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CHATTANOOGA, TN — On Feb. 27, a federal judge approved a final settlement in a class action lawsuit challenging an April 2018 workplace immigration raid at a meat processing plant in East Tennessee. The settlement provides over $...

VALLEY, Ala. — Charges of failure to pay solid waste fees were dropped against Nortasha Jackson after she was arrested for falling $85 behind on her trash bill. In their motion to dismiss her charges, Southern Poverty Law Center...

ATLANTA – The Southern Poverty Law Center (ÈËÊÞÐÔ½») released the following statement from Erin Argueta, senior lead attorney for the ÈËÊÞÐÔ½»â€™s Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative (SIFI) , in response to the Biden administration’s...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (ÈËÊÞÐÔ½») launched a new brand identity that builds on its legacy of fighting in the courts for justice and charts its course as a catalyst for people-powered, transformative...

EATONVILLE, Fla. — On Tuesday, Feb. 7 , the Town Council of Eatonville, Florida, voted against land use changes that would clear the way for the development of the historic Robert Hungerford Preparatory High School Property (...

ATLANTA – U.S. government officials expressed racist attitudes toward Black migrants, treated their deportation as sport, and dismissed reports of abuse, internal documents obtained by advocacy and activist groups through a...

WASHINGTON — A new series of investigative reporting released today by the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (ÈËÊÞÐÔ½») Hatewatch offers a glimpse into the life of extremist entrepreneur Alex Jones and the destructive business he...

MACON — In response to Ms. Diamond’s decision to forgo a trial, attorneys at the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: “Ashley Diamond has decided that a lengthy...

NEW ORLEANS — In 2022, as we marked 20 years of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the ACLU of Louisiana and immigrants’ rights coalition partners — National Immigration Project (NIPNLG), Robert F. Kennedy Human...

WASHINGTON — The Southern Poverty Law Center (ÈËÊÞÐÔ½») released the following statement from Efrén C. Olivares , deputy legal director for the ÈËÊÞÐÔ½»â€™s Immigrant Justice Project , in response to President Joe Biden’s plans to extend...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (ÈËÊÞÐÔ½») President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the following statement in response to the release of the final report from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6,...

WASHINGTON — The Southern Poverty Law Center released the following statement from Rebecca Cassler, senior staff attorney for the Immigrant Justice Project , in response to a decision today by the U.S. Supreme Court to suspend...