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Settlement Reached with City of Montgomery in Lawsuit Challenging Criminalization of People Asking for Assistance

November 24, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� In a settlement announced today, the city of Montgomery has agreed that it will immediately stop arresting or ticketing people who panhandle. The settlement serves as a resolution to a lawsuit filed in February...

人兽性交 Action: Historic Nomination of Alejandro Mayorkas for DHS Secretary Paves Way for Agency to Support a Reimagined, Humane Immigration System

November 23, 2020

WASHINGTON 鈥� 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...

Amicus Briefs Filed in Support of Challenge to Trump Administration Policy That Denies Asylum Seekers Safety & Legal Rights

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),...

人兽性交: Full Investigation Required for Death of 18-Year-Old Devon Gregory

November 23, 2020

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. 鈥� On Tuesday, November 17, four police officers with the Jacksonville Sheriff鈥檚 Office (JSO) shot more than 30 rounds into Devon Gregory鈥檚 vehicle during a traffic stop in Jacksonville. The medical coroner...

人兽性交: Transgender Woman Sues Georgia Dept of Corrections After Repeated Sexual Assaults and Denials of Medical Care

November 23, 2020

ATLANTA, Ga. 鈥� Today, Ashley Diamond, a Black transgender woman represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Southern Poverty Law Center, sued the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) for the second time for its...

人兽性交 Sues Tuscaloosa Sheriff for Failing to Release Public Records about COVID-19 at the Jail

November 23, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Alabama - The Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) filed a lawsuit today against Tuscaloosa County Sheriff Ron Abernathy for not complying with the Alabama Open Records Act. Nearly four months after 人兽性交 requested...

Survey: Food Insecurity, Lack of Support Remain Top Challenges for Mississippians Receiving SNAP

November 23, 2020

JACKSON, Mississippi - Since the start of the COVID-19 epidemic in March, food insecurity and child care have been major issues during this pandemic. A new state survey of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients...

New 人兽性交 Series Explores the Human Cost of Mass Parole Denials in Alabama

November 19, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Alabama 鈥� Despite thousands of people in Alabama's prisons being eligible for parole and awaiting a hearing , the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles denies even the best candidates. 鈥� Freedom Denied 鈥� 鈥� a new...

人兽性交 Responds to New FBI Report Showing Increase in Hate Crimes in 2019

November 16, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) is calling on the federal government to mandate hate crime data collection at all levels of government after a new report released today by the Federal Bureau of...

'After about 5 minutes of struggle, they forced my index finger on the paper': ICE Forcing More Asylum Seekers to Sign Deportation Paperwork as Another Deportation Flight to Cameroon Looms

November 09, 2020

NEW ORLEANS 鈥� On Thursday, November 5, immigrant rights organizations filed a new multi-individual Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) complaint with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Civil Rights and Civil...

人兽性交 Statement on 2020 Election Results

November 07, 2020

Montgomery, Ala. 鈥� Southern Poverty Law Center President and CEO Margaret Huang released the following statement as news outlets called the state of Pennsylvania for Joe Biden, giving him 273 electoral college votes to push him...

人兽性交 Urges Provisional Voters in Georgia to Check Status of Ballot In-Person in Final 24 Hours Available to Them

November 05, 2020

ATLANTA 鈥� The following statement is by Poy Winichakul, staff attorney for the Southern Poverty Law Center: 鈥淔or voters who cast provisional ballots on Tuesday, they have one day remaining to ensure those ballots are counted in...

人兽性交 Urging Georgia Voters to Cure Absentee Ballots by Friday at 5PM

November 04, 2020

ATLANTA 鈥� The following statement is from Poy Winichakul, staff attorney for the Southern Poverty Law Center: 鈥淎s we patiently await results in races up and down the ballot in Georgia, we鈥檙e urging voters who submitted ballots...

Mississippi Voters Have Until November 13 to Cure Absentee Ballots with Signature Match Issues

November 04, 2020

JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi voters who voted by absentee ballot have until Friday, Nov. 13 to fix any signature match issues. In August, the Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交), Lawyers鈥� Committee for Civil Rights and Dechert LLP...

人兽性交 Statement: U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia Nondiscrimination Case

November 04, 2020

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. 鈥� Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia regarding whether private foster care agencies that hold public government contracts can ignore anti-discrimination...

Mississippi voters overturn two Jim Crow-era decisions at ballot box

November 04, 2020

JACKSON, Miss. 鈥� With a majority of ballots counted, Mississippi voters are projected to overwhelmingly pass Ballot Measures 2 and 3, reforming how statewide elections are won and approving a new state flag, respectively. The...

人兽性交 Action Fund: Minimum wage increase will lift wages for millions, help get people out of poverty

November 04, 2020

Tallahassee, Fla. -- On Tuesday millions of Florida voters went to the polls and approved a constitutional amendment that will raise the minimum wage in Florida to $15 an hour. The 人兽性交 Action Fund supported efforts to raise the...

人兽性交 Statement As Election Day Polls Begin to Close Across the United States

November 03, 2020

Montgomery, Ala. 鈥� Southern Poverty Law Center President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the below statement as polling stations begin to close in the eastern United States: 鈥淭his election season has been a source of energy and...

Election Day Statement from 人兽性交 President and CEO Margaret Huang

November 03, 2020

Montgomery, Ala. 鈥� Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) President and CEO Margaret Huang released the below statement as millions of Americans cast their votes for the next president of the United States: 鈥淭his year, a devastating...

人兽性交: Every Eligible American Should Vote and Every Vote Cast Must Be Counted

November 02, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The following statement is by Nancy Abudu, deputy legal director of Voting Rights for the Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交), ahead of Election Day: 鈥淚n this unprecedented election season - amid a pandemic,...

人兽性交 Report Finds 23 Million Outstanding Mail-In Ballots

November 02, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� The latest analysis released this afternoon by the Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) finds that, a day before Election Day, there are still 23 million people who have an outstanding mail ballot that they have...

Alabamians for Fair Justice: Change in Alabama鈥檚 Parole Board Leadership Presents Opportunity for Increased Fairness, Justice, and Public Safety

November 02, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - According to news reports , Charles Graddick will no longer serve as the director for the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Parole. The following statement is from Alabamians for Fair Justice: 鈥淪ince Mr. Graddick...

URGENT: 人兽性交 Report Finds 24 Million Outstanding Mail-In Ballots; Officials Urge Americans Should Return Absentee Ballots Directly to Drop Boxes or Election Officials, or Vote In-Person

November 02, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� A new analysis released today by the Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) finds that while nearly 80 million people have already voted in the 2020 election, both by mail and early in-person voting, another 24...

New 人兽性交 Analysis: With 28 Million Outstanding Mail-in Ballots, Voters Should Return Absentee Ballots Directly to Drop Boxes or Election Officials

October 30, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� A new analysis released today by the Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) finds that while over 70 million people have already voted in the 2020 election, both by mail and early in-person voting, another 28...

New 人兽性交 Analysis: 30 Million Americans Have Not Mailed Their Ballots Yet

October 28, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� A new analysis released today by the Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) finds that with just six days to go before the 2020 General Election, at least 30 million Americans have not yet mailed in their ballots...

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