SPLC Denounces Governors’ Defiance of U.S. Constitution, Supreme Court and Failure to Protect People Seeking Asylum

January 26, 2024

ENGLISH VERSION Montgomery, Ala. — Today, in response to a joint statement issued by 25 governors in support of Texas’ refusal to comply with the Supreme Court’s ruling on the state’s use of razor-wire barriers at the border, the...

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Settlement marks step toward ending abuses at for-profit immigrant prisons

November 09, 2023

Dwayne Fatherree

Exterior of Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia

SPLC Welcomes U.S. Supreme Court Decision Allowing Federal Immigration Enforcement Priorities to Remain in Place

June 23, 2023

WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Texas that the states lacked standing to challenge the Biden administration’s federal immigration enforcement priorities. “Today’s Supreme Court decision is a...

SPLC Calls for Just and Humane Immigration System on World Refugee Day

June 20, 2023

ATLANTA — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) joins the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in observance of World Refugee Day . For more than two decades, nations around the world, humanitarian aid workers and...

Civil Rights Organizations Urge Biden Administration to Use Executive Authority to Protect Immigrant Families and Workers

May 25, 2023

WASHINGTON — Today, as first reported by The Hill , a coalition of prominent civil rights organizations sent a letter to the Biden administration calling on President Joe Biden to take all actions within his authority to protect...

SPLC Statement on the Stipulated Dismissal of SPLC v. DHS 

April 20, 2023

ATLANTA — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released the following statement from Efrén C. Olivares , deputy legal director of the SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project , in response to the stipulated dismissal of Southern...

SPLC Statement on Latest Death at Stewart Detention Center

April 07, 2023

ENGLISH AND SPANISH VERSIONS ATLANTA – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement about the death of Salvador Vargas, a 61-year-old Mexican man in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

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SPLC urges Biden administration to abandon ‘misguided’ asylum rule

March 28, 2023

Efrén C. Olivares

Demonstrators hold signs that read President Biden: Detainer in Chief

SPLC Submits Public Comments on Biden Administration’s Proposed Asylum Ban

March 27, 2023

ATLANTA – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) submitted public comments today in opposition to the Biden administration’s Proposed Rule entitled “Circumvention of Lawful Pathways,” which would severely restrict access to...

SPLC Statement on President Biden’s Proposed Family Detention Policy Changes

March 07, 2023

English and Spanish versions WASHINGTON — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released the following statement from Efrén C. Olivares , deputy legal director for the SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project , in response to President...

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