Immigrant Justice

In ICE Custody: America, the country I love, is allowing detained migrants like me to be treated in inhumane and degrading ways

September 20, 2020

I came to the United States from Honduras when I was 18 years old. I have lived here more than 20 years. My time in this country has left me with little doubt that my personality and character have been shaped by American society and culture over the past two decades. My beautiful wife, son, siblings and father are all U.S. citizens.

Immigrant Rights Advocates Ask Court to Permanently Block Trump Policy Turning Back Asylum Seekers

September 08, 2020

September 8, 2020, San Diego – Asylum seekers who have been turned back by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) from ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border asked a federal court to permanently stop the Trump...

‘The heat is consuming them’: Families Report Dire and Rapidly Deteriorating Conditions at Louisiana ICE Prisons

August 30, 2020

NEW ORLEANS – Families of loved ones detained at Jackson Parish Correctional Center in Jonesboro, Louisiana and LaSalle Correctional Center in Olla, Louisiana, two Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) migrant prisons...

Reckless ICE Evacuation Procedures Put Immigrants Detained in Louisiana Facilities at Risk During Hurricane Laura

August 27, 2020

NEW ORLEANS – As Hurricane Laura barreled through Louisiana, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) never shared any emergency plans detailing how the agency would ensure the safety of the hundreds of immigrants in its custody...

Immigrant Rights Groups File Civil Rights Complaint Calling for a Halt and Investigation of Racist Practices at Louisiana ICE Prison

August 26, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC – Following the peaceful protest of Black asylum seekers held at the Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center in Pine Prairie, Louisiana, the Cameroonian American Council (CAC), Freedom for Immigrants, ISLA Immigration...

Features and Stories

SPLC sues farm labor contractor for underpaying H-2A guest workers and threatening to deport them for speaking out

August 14, 2020

Liz Vinson

'The epitome of greed': Private Prison Corporation Asks Immigrants to Bear Cost of Their Detention

August 07, 2020

ATLANTA – Attorneys with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Perkins Coie LLP, Project South and the Law Office of Andrew R. Free today filed a motion to dismiss CoreCivic’s counterclaim against the plaintiffs in the forced...

SPLC Statement on Anniversary of Mississippi Workplace Raids

August 07, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – One year ago today armed agents set upon workers at poultry plants in Mississippi, arresting more than 600 immigrants and terrorizing them, their families, and their communities. This raid occurred just days...

Lawsuit Now Covers Thousands of Asylum Seekers Unlawfully Turned Back at Ports of Entry

August 06, 2020

SAN DIEGO— A federal judge has granted class certification in Al Otro Lado v. Wolf, a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s policy of turning back asylum seekers at ports of entry. The ruling provides that the challenge...

SPLC Files Class Action Lawsuit Targeting Arkansas Farm Labor Contractor Exploiting Migrant Workers