April 24, 2023
MONTGOMERY, Ala . 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) issued the following statement from Jalaya Liles Dunn , director of the 人兽性交鈥檚 Learning for 人兽性交, in response to Alabama Governor Kay Ivey鈥檚 decision to fire the...
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April 24, 2023
JEFFERSON PARISH, La. 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) filed an administrative complaint today with the U.S. Department of Education鈥檚 Office of Civil Rights, urging the department to investigate a decision by the...
April 21, 2023
JACKSON, Miss. 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center鈥檚 ( 人兽性交 ) Mississippi State Office is pleased to announce the 2023 Advocacy Institute. Applications for the Advocacy Institute will be accepted through Monday, May 1. The annual...
April 20, 2023
ATLANTA 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) released the following statement from Efr茅n C. Olivares , deputy legal director of the 人兽性交鈥檚 Immigrant Justice Project , in response to the stipulated dismissal of Southern...
April 20, 2023
MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� On Saturday, April 22 at 5:00 p.m. CT, the Civil Rights Memorial Center (CRMC) , a project of Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交), will celebrate and honor the social justice and civil rights work of Joanne...
April 14, 2023
MIAMI 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) and Americans for Immigrant Justice released the following statements in response to the Eleventh Circuit decision in the City of South Miami, et al. v. DeSantis, et al. , a case...
April 13, 2023
ATLANTA 鈥� This week, the Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交), Project South and pro bono counsel, Perkins Coie LLP , petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to overturn a federal district court decision...
April 12, 2023
MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) issued the following statement from Susan Corke, director of the Intelligence Project , in response to the 2022 release of its Whose Heritage? data and map , which tracks...
April 11, 2023
MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) released an interactive timeline tracking the white nationalist hate group Patriot Front . The group formed in 2017, following the deadly 鈥淯nite the Right鈥� rally in...
April 07, 2023
ENGLISH AND SPANISH VERSIONS ATLANTA 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) 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...
April 07, 2023
MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� On Tuesday, April 11 at 1:30 p.m. CST , the Central Alabama Fair Housing Center (CAFHC) will host a virtual event celebrating Fair Housing Month. In recognition of the 55 th anniversary of the Federal Fair...
March 31, 2023
EATONVILLE, Fla. 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center ( 人兽性交 ) and The Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community ( P.E.C. ) issued the following statement in response to the sale of most of the remaining acres of the historic...
March 31, 2023
MIAMI 鈥� Yesterday, immigrant rights organizations launched a mobile billboard campaign that highlights the abuses occurring at the Baker County Detention Center (Baker). The billboard, showcasing quotes from immigrants detained...
March 30, 2023
ATLANTA 鈥� This week, a federal judge in Georgia denied a request by individuals previously held at the Stewart Detention Center, a privately operated immigrant detention center in Stewart County, Georgia, to proceed as a class in...
March 27, 2023
ATLANTA 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) submitted public comments today in opposition to the Biden administration鈥檚 Proposed Rule entitled 鈥淐ircumvention of Lawful Pathways,鈥� which would severely restrict access to...
March 27, 2023
EATONVILLE, Fla. 鈥� On Friday, Mar. 24, the Southern Poverty Law Center 人兽性交 filed a complaint in state court against the Orange County Public School Board on behalf of the Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community, Inc. (...
March 24, 2023
MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� Today, the Alabama Supreme Court permitted the Alabama Judicial Resources Allocation Commission (JRAC) to remove a judgeship from diverse Jefferson County to majority-white Madison County. This means Tiara...
March 20, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥� Several civil rights groups sent a letter today urging the U.S. Department of Education to investigate the state鈥檚 decision to move children to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola 鈥� the nation鈥檚 largest...
March 17, 2023
ENGLISH AND SPANISH VERSIONS RIVERSIDE, Calif. 鈥� On Wednesday, a federal court largely denied the Biden administration鈥檚 motion to dismiss a lawsuit, Immigrant Defenders Law Center et al. v. Mayorkas , brought on behalf of people...
March 14, 2023
MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction against state statutes that criminalize soliciting donations and begging, ruling that the statutes violate the First Amendment to the United States Constitution...
March 13, 2023
MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� On Friday, March 17, at 5:30 p.m. , the Civil Rights Memorial Center (CRMC) , a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交), will host Kwame Alexander , author of 鈥� An American Story. 鈥� Joining the author...
March 08, 2023
OCALA, Fla. 鈥� The Marion County Sheriff鈥檚 Office (MCSO) in Florida settled a federal lawsuit for its illegal detention and referral of Neville Brooks, a lawful permanent resident, to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE...
March 07, 2023
ATLANTA 鈥� Today, an employee at the Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交), who was arrested while volunteering as a legal observer on behalf of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG), was released on bail. 人兽性交 President and CEO Margaret...
March 07, 2023
English and Spanish versions WASHINGTON 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) released the following statement from Efr茅n C. Olivares , deputy legal director for the 人兽性交鈥檚 Immigrant Justice Project , in response to President...
March 06, 2023
ATLANTA 鈥� The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) and the Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) issued statements in response to the arrest of a legal observer on Sunday, March 5 in Atlanta: NLG 鈥淟aw enforcement detained at least 35...
