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Federal Court Allows Workers’ Claims to Proceed in Lawsuit Challenging Major ICE Workplace Raid

February 02, 2021

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – On Sunday, January 31, a federal judge largely allowed a lawsuit challenging an April 2018 immigration raid to proceed, denying in part the federal government’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit. The raid took...

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‘Remain in Mexico’: Biden administration must keep promise to end policy that forces migrants to wait in dangerous Mexican border towns

January 29, 2021

Melissa Crow

Unlawfully Imprisoned for Months, Eight Cubans Take ICE to Federal Court

January 25, 2021

LUMPKIN, Ga. – On Friday, January 22, eight Cubans filed a group habeas petition in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, seeking their immediate release from Stewart Detention Center (SDC), an Immigration...

Federal Lawsuit Seeks Damages for Family Torn Apart by Trump Administration’s Separation Policy

January 22, 2021

TUCSON – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Covington & Burling, and Coppersmith Brockelman has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a father and son who were forcibly separated by government officials for two months...

SPLC Responds to Administration’s Discontinuation of Remain in Mexico Policy

January 21, 2021

WASHINGTON – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) responded to the Biden administration’s announcement of the discontinuation of the Remain in Mexico policy going forward. The following statement is from Melissa Crow, Senior...

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Biden-Harris Día 1 - Acción en Inmigración es un Primer Paso Crítico Hacia la Justicia para Migrantes

January 20, 2021

Efrén C. Olivares

Court Blocks Trump Administration Attempt to Thwart Court Order Protecting Asylum Seekers

January 18, 2021

Today, a federal court issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) blocking the Trump administration’s latest attempt to prevent asylum seekers from accessing the U.S. asylum process. The order blocks a rule, issued in December...

Charlotte Man Faces Deportation by Obscure, Racist Immigration Law

January 14, 2021

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Deportation is imminent for 44-year-old Kelvin Silva, a long-time resident and valued community member of Charlotte. Attorneys say Silva, who is currently in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (...

‘Adopted with the intent to discriminate’: Florida Advocates and Leading Expert Witness Conclude Testimony Challenging Florida’s Racist, Anti-immigrant Law

January 14, 2021

MIAMI – Acclaimed U.S. historian Allan J. Lichtman appeared in trial as an expert witness in the legal challenge to Florida’s anti-sanctuary law, or S.B. 168, testifying that the legislation was designed in close collaboration...

SPLC: Trump’s Reckless Border Trip Must Be Cancelled

January 11, 2021

ALAMO, Texas – In response to the president’s planned visit to the border on Tuesday, Efrén Olivares, deputy legal director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Immigrant Justice Project, released the following statement. “For...

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