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SPLC: NATIONAL GUARD ACTIONS AT THE BORDER VIOLATE HUMAN RIGHTS

October 22, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released the following statement from Efrén C. Olivares, Deputy Legal Director for the Immigrant Justice Project, in response to reports that Texas National Guard troops...

Immigration Advocates Applaud End of Performance Metrics for Immigration Judges

October 21, 2021

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Innovation Law Lab (Law Lab) released the following statement in response to the Department of Justice’s decision to end Trump-era case completion quotas for immigration...

SPLC Denounces Biden Administration Plan to Restart “Remain in Mexico"

October 15, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement by Melissa Crow, senior supervising attorney with the SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project, responding to the Biden administration’s plan to...

One Year after “Death Flights,” Civil Rights Groups Press for Information on Torture and Deportation of Cameroonian Refugees

October 13, 2021

October 13, 2021, New York ‒ Civil rights organizations today filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit demanding information about the U.S. government’s wrongful deportation of asylum seekers to Cameroon, where a civil...

SPLC Responds to DHS Memo on Workplace Enforcement

October 12, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement by Meredith Stewart, senior supervising attorney with the Immigrant Justice Project, in response to the new Department of Homeland Security...

DeSantis Doubles Down After Racist Law Exposed

September 30, 2021

MIAMI – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement by AJ Hernandez Anderson, a senior supervising attorney with the SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project responding to Gov. DeSantis’ latest Executive Order...

Florida’s Racist Anti-Immigrant Bill Overturned in Federal Court

September 22, 2021

MIAMI - A federal court ruled that key sections of Florida’s anti-sanctuary law violate the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution, delivering a decision that strikes a major blow to the state’s anti-immigrant policy...

Federal Court Ruling a Major Victory for Farmworkers’ Rights

September 16, 2021

GREENSBORO, N.C. - North Carolina farmworkers and their sole union won a substantial victory yesterday when a federal court struck down part of a state law that would have stripped farmworkers and their union of their rights to...

BREAKING: Court Says Turnbacks of Tens of Thousands of Asylum Seekers Are Unlawful

September 02, 2021

San Diego, CA – A federal judge declared unlawful the U.S. government’s turnbacks of asylum seekers arriving at ports of entry along the U.S southern border. The court ruled that the United States is required by law to inspect...

Immigrant Rights Advocates Urge Court to Permanently End Trump-Era Policy that Turned Back Tens of Thousands of Asylum Seekers

September 01, 2021

San Diego, CA – Immigrant rights advocates released the following statement after presenting oral arguments before U.S. District Judge Cynthia Bashant of the Southern District of California, where they urged the court to declare...

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