Federal immigration authorities detained thousands of people each month in Georgia’s Irwin County Detention Center and Stewart Detention Center, even though many of these individuals were found eligible for release. Hundreds remained in detention because immigration officials refused to set an...
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June 06, 2019
ATLANTA – Southern Poverty Law Center, the American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Georgia filed a federal lawsuit today challenging the Trump administration’s cash bail system that discriminates against people held in Georgia...
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YouTube announced plans today to clean up extremism and hate speech on its popular service by removing thousands of videos and channels that advocate neo-Nazism, white supremacy and other bigoted ideologies.
June 05, 2019
YouTube announced plans today to clean up extremism and hate speech on its popular service by removing thousands of videos and channels that advocate neo-Nazism, white supremacy and other bigoted ideologies. The decision by...
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Juan Carlos Herrera-Zapata knew he was gay from the time he was a little boy.
June 05, 2019
The Louisiana Senate today voted 30-6 in favor of House Bill 518 , which reforms the state’s unjust, expensive and out-of-step habitual offender statute by eliminating certain first-time, nonviolent offenses from later being...
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The Louisiana Legislature this week passed legislation that will help ensure schools are complying with federal anti-discrimination laws, and, in a separate bill focused on law enforcement agencies, create a task force that will improve collection and reporting of data on basic law enforcement activities.
June 04, 2019
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½) filed a lawsuit in federal court today against two Arizona-based groups and their members who have been intimidating, threatening and harassing churches, pastors and...
When a group of churches in Phoenix began helping immigrants released from the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), two Arizona-based groups – including an ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½-designated hate group – began threatening the churches and harassing the pastors and project volunteers. The ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½...
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The ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½â€™s Lecia Brooks testified today before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (Committee on Oversight and Reform) about the need for federal action to confront the deadly white nationalist movement. Brooks delivered the following oral remarks to the subcommittee chaired by U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin, in addition to written testimony.
