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SPLC: Attorney General’s Decisions Are Important First Step in Re-establishing Rights of Asylum Seekers

June 16, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following Attorney General Merrick Garland’s decisions vacating key pieces of the Trump administration’s systematic assault on the U.S. asylum process, Peter Isbister, Senior Lead Attorney with the Southern...

SPLC: New OSHA Safety Standards Fail Workers

June 10, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Julia Solórzano, a staff attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) Immigrant Justice Project, released the following statement responding to Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA)...

SPLC Responds to Vice President Harris: Seeking Asylum is a Fundamental Right

June 09, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sarah Rich, a senior supervising attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released the following statement responding to comments made by Vice President Kamala Harris. “Seeking protection from...

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Immigrant Rights: Humane policies, not harmful propaganda, will improve quality of life for everyone

June 08, 2021

Efrén C. Olivares

SPLC Responds to DHS Ending Remain in Mexico Policy

June 02, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Melissa Crow, a senior supervising attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released the following statement responding to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) formally ending the Migrant...

SPLC: Reviving Rocket Docket a Serious Misstep

May 28, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Gracie Willis, a staff attorney, with the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Immigrant Justice Project released the following statement on the proposed Dedicated Docket announced today by the Executive Office for...

SPLC: Florida’s Failed Challenge to ICE Guidance Is State’s Latest Effort to Demonize Immigrants

May 21, 2021

MIAMI – A federal judge in the Middle District of Florida on Thursday denied the state of Florida’s request for a preliminary injunction to block the Biden administration's interim Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...

Survivors of ICE Detention and Advocates React to DHS Decision to Cut Detention Contracts

May 20, 2021

OCILLA, Ga. – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to end its contracts with the Bristol County Detention Center in North Dartmouth, Mass., and the Irwin County...

Hundreds of Immigrants Detained in Mississippi Endangered in COVID-19 Outbreak Caused by U.S. Government

May 17, 2021

NATCHEZ, Miss. – A catastrophic COVID-19 outbreak at the Adams County Detention Center (ACDC) in Natchez, Miss., is recklessly endangering the lives of hundreds of people, says a new Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL)...

Formerly Detained Immigrants to Biden: End Immigrant Detention

May 13, 2021

ATLANTA – A group of nearly 30 immigrants formerly detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today sent a letter to the White House, the Department of Homeland Security, and Georgia Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon...

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