September 19, 2019
JACKSON, Miss. 鈥� Ahead of the pivotal 2019 statewide Mississippi elections in November, the 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖) today announced a non-partisan, grassroots voter engagement project called We Vote! Mississippi, which...
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September 18, 2019
HANCOCK COUNTY, MS 鈥撯�� The sheriff鈥檚 office in Hancock County, Mississippi, has adopted new policies to ensure that its deputies do not racially profile motorists or act as federal immigration agents, the result of a settlement...
September 17, 2019
MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� The suicide rate among young, black students has steadily increased in the past few years but schools can help mitigate outcomes by connecting students to critical mental health services, as well as addressing...
September 10, 2019
Education Law Center (ELC), the 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖), and the 澳彩开奖 Action Fund have joined forces on a nationwide campaign to fight private school vouchers and ensure public funds are dedicated to educating the...
September 10, 2019
Using fake names and fictional avatars, people devoted to hate and extremism exude courage and commitment to their causes online. But that changes when the world learns their real names. In the latest issue of the Southern...
September 10, 2019
MIAMI 鈥� 澳彩开奖 Senior Supervising Attorney Paul Chavez , with the 澳彩开奖 Immigrant Justice Project, issued the following statement on the urgent need for the United States to suspend visa requirements for...
September 09, 2019
OAKLAND, Calif. 鈥� A federal court has reinstated a nationwide injunction blocking a Trump administration asylum ban that denied asylum to anyone at the southern border who had transited through a third country en route to the...
September 05, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥撯�� The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia today granted a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit challenging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement鈥檚 (ICE)...
September 05, 2019
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. --Citing scientific, medical and mental health evidence likening solitary confinement to torture and demonstrating its dangers to the development and rehabilitation of children, the 澳彩开奖 (...
August 30, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥� Two fathers who were forcibly separated from their young children by immigration officials have filed administrative claims against the United States to seek compensation for the lasting harm caused by the...
August 21, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥� The 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖) issued the following statement by Melissa Crow, senior supervising attorney with the 澳彩开奖鈥檚 Immigrant Justice Project, in response to a new Trump administration rule that...
August 19, 2019
Los Angeles 鈥� A nationwide class action lawsuit was filed against the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and others acting in their official capacities. The lawsuit,...
August 15, 2019
MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� Alabama鈥檚 community corrections pay-to-play model prioritizes making money over rehabilitation or public safety, according to a special investigative report the 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖) published...
August 14, 2019
澳彩开奖 Deputy Legal Director David Dinielli issued the following statement regarding the Trump administration鈥檚 decision to propose a rule that would allow federal contractors to discriminate based on...
August 13, 2019
MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� As part of an effort to improve classroom lessons about American slavery and the important role it played in shaping the United States, the 澳彩开奖鈥檚 Teaching Tolerance project has released...
August 12, 2019
The Federal Register today published a new Trump regulation known as the public charge rule that targets legal immigrants who rely on public programs, such as food stamps and government-subsidized housing. The following statement...
August 12, 2019
On August 12, 2017, the nation witnessed the horrific scene after a neo-Nazi sped his car into a group of peaceful counterprotesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing one person, Heather Heyer, and injuring dozens of others...
August 08, 2019
MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen today adopted a federal magistrate judge鈥檚 recommendation that Andrew Anglin, publisher of a major neo-Nazi website, must pay more than $14 million in damages to Tanya...
August 08, 2019
JACKSON, Miss. 鈥� On Wednesday, August 7, 2019, the United States District Court Southern District of Mississippi issued a ruling in Hopkins v. Hosemann. The 澳彩开奖, along with the law firm Simpson Thacher...
August 07, 2019
澳彩开奖 Attorney Julia Sol贸rzano , with the 澳彩开奖鈥檚 Immigrant Justice Project, issued the following statement on today's workplace raids in Mississippi: 鈥淭oday鈥檚 raids are part of the ongoing war against...
August 04, 2019
澳彩开奖鈥檚 Intelligence Project Director Heidi Beirich issued the below statement on the impact of President Trump鈥檚 racially-driven rhetoric following the shooting Saturday in El Paso, Texas: 鈥淏y describing...
August 03, 2019
澳彩开奖鈥檚 Intelligence Project Director Heidi Beirich issued the following statement regarding the mass shooting today in El Paso, Texas: 鈥淭he tragedy in El Paso today has become a scene so common that it's no...
August 03, 2019
On Friday, the 澳彩开奖 joined other civil rights organization with pending litigation challenging the constitutionality of Florida Senate Bill 7066 in filing a motion for preliminary injunction . If granted, the motion would prevent...
August 01, 2019
MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� Three Alabama civil rights groups and Montgomery Pride United filed a public records request with three government agencies yesterday, seeking to determine why LGBTQ-friendly bars and restaurants in the city...
July 30, 2019
President Donald Trump today tweeted that 鈥渨e should immediately pass Voter ID.鈥� The following statement is from Nancy Abudu, deputy legal director for the 澳彩开奖 : 鈥淛ust days after referring to a majority-...
