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...
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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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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...
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 (...
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...
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...
December 21, 2020
MIAMI – United States District Judge Beth Bloom has issued an order blocking Florida law enforcement agencies from transporting persons in their custody outside of their jurisdiction for the purpose of handing them over to...
November 23, 2020
WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden today announced that he will nominate Alejandro Mayorkas, who served as director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS...
November 23, 2020
Amnesty International USA, the Association of Pro Bono Counsel, Refugees International, and a group of immigration law professors have filed amicus briefs in a case challenging the so-called Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP),...
