The following statement was delivered by Michelle Lapointe, acting deputy legal director for the SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project, during a congressional briefing in Washington, D.C., on June 7, 2018.
The following statement was delivered by Michelle Lapointe, acting deputy legal director for the SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project, during a congressional briefing in Washington, D.C., on June 7, 2018.
The SPLC strongly opposes the suggestion this week by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos that schools can report undocumented students to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
When Victor came to the U.S. from Guatemala, he was eager to attend high school so he could study his favorite subjects – science and math – and prepare for a career in engineering, technology, medicine, or some other field where he could make good use of his talents.
The Trump administration’s decision to separate children from their parents at the border is heartless, cruel, and will traumatize young people.
This legal action is senseless and cruel. Young people protected under DACA are part of the fabric of their communities in each of the states that signed on to this suit.
El Southern Poverty Law Center presento una denuncia en la corte federal pidiendo la liberación de Manuel Duran, un periodista quien fue ilícitamente arrestado por la policía de Memphis y detenido por las autoridades de inmigración Estadounidenses (ICE) a manera de venganza por reportar las técnicas e implementación de las leyes contra los inmigrantes en el estado de Tennessee.
The SPLC is seeking the release of Manuel Duran, a journalist who was unlawfully arrested by Memphis police and detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in retaliation for reporting on controversial issues related to law enforcement in Tennessee.
The SPLC is preparing to provide legal representation to approximately 50 people who were arrested at a meatpacking plant in Bean Station, Tennessee, in the largest workplace immigration raid since the George W. Bush administration.
The ICE raid in Tennessee on Thursday signals a return to the days of large-scale, militaristic workplace raids that needlessly shatter families, leave children without parents and send hard-working immigrants out of jobs and into the shadows.
Immigrant children who have been illegally barred from enrolling in high school in Collier County, Florida, should be allowed to begin classes during the upcoming school year while a federal lawsuit filed on their behalf makes its way through court, according to a motion filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center today.