April 11, 2023
MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� Today, the 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖) 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...
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April 07, 2023
ENGLISH AND SPANISH VERSIONS ATLANTA 鈥� The 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖) 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 澳彩开奖 ( 澳彩开奖 ) 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 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖) 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 澳彩开奖 澳彩开奖 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 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖), 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 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖), who was arrested while volunteering as a legal observer on behalf of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG), was released on bail. 澳彩开奖 President and CEO Margaret...
March 07, 2023
English and Spanish versions WASHINGTON 鈥� The 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖) released the following statement from Efr茅n C. Olivares , deputy legal director for the 澳彩开奖鈥檚 Immigrant Justice Project , in response to President...
March 06, 2023
ATLANTA 鈥� The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) and the 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖) 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...
March 06, 2023
ATLANTA 鈥� Today, Public Funds Public Schools 鈥� a project of the 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖) and Education Law Center (ELC) 鈥� released a new report documenting the massive increase in public spending on private education...
February 27, 2023
CHATTANOOGA, TN 鈥� 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 $...
February 24, 2023
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. 鈥� Yesterday, U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon denied, in part, a request by the School District of Palm Beach County to dismiss a case challenging the use of involuntary psychiatric examination of...
February 24, 2023
VALLEY, Ala. 鈥� 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, 澳彩开奖...
February 22, 2023
MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� On Friday, March 3 at 3:00 p.m. , the Civil Rights Memorial Center , a project of the 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖), will honor the late Congressman John R. Lewis and civil rights martyrs during a wreath-...
February 21, 2023
ATLANTA 鈥� The 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖) released the following statement from Erin Argueta, senior lead attorney for the 澳彩开奖鈥檚 Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative (SIFI) , in response to the Biden administration鈥檚...
February 16, 2023
ATLANTA 鈥� The Cobb County School District will revise their policies and procedures for special education services after a five-year-old student diagnosed with Down Syndrome and a chronic feeding disorder was denied services, the...
February 15, 2023
MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� Today, the 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖) 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...
