LatinoJustice condemns the latest Supreme Court shadow docket decision letting states use a defective database to check voter rolls. This election is still up to voters. Confirm your registration at vote.org and make a plan to vote. Full statement: visit.latinojustice.org/condemn-shadow-docket

New York state banned local police from doing ICE's work. In the Times Union, our President Lourdes M. Rosado writes that the state must now close the loopholes and pass New York for All. Read the op-ed: visit.latinojustice.org/close-the-loopholes

BREAKING: NYPD Ran 1,710 Flock Searches Despite Publicly Denying Contract S.T.O.P. and LatinoJustice PRLDEF Demand Records Related to Their Findings @latinojustice.bsky.social #Flock #NYPD www.stopspying.org/content-inpu... www.stopspying.org/content-inpu...

S.T.O.P. - The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project

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New York state and local police are searching Flock data to aid ICE and immigration enforcement. 👀 Full scoop from @keelyquinlan.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/new-york-pol... #Flock #ICE #NewYork #NYC #Mamdani @stopspyingny.bsky.social @latinojustice.bsky.social

NEW: @stopspyingny.bsky.social & @latinojustice.bsky.social caught NY police trying to cover their tracks while using Flock to aid with ICE operations. statescoop.com/new-york-pol...

BREAKING: S.T.O.P., LatinoJustice PRLDEF Report Finds NY Police Search Flock for ICE The report release coincides with New York’s deadline to terminate formal and informal 287(g) agreements with ICE. @latinojustice.bsky.social #Flock #ICE www.stopspying.org/content-inpu...

S.T.O.P. - The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project

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Heidi Beirich spent her career tracking violent hate groups. Now the federal government has charged her with fraud, adding her to its case against the Southern Poverty Law Center. We stand with her and with SPLC against these political attacks. visit.latinojustice.org/beirich-splc

A group of parents sued to roll back fair admissions at Boston's three Exam Schools. Latino, Black, and Asian families stepped in to fight it, alongside LDF, AALDEF, Advancing Justice, and the NAACP. Statement: visit.latinojustice.org/boston-exam-schools

The DOJ is suing NY, CT, and VT to block undocumented students from in-state tuition and financial aid. Francisca Fajana: these lawsuits target students who are part of our communities and have worked hard for the same opportunities as everyone else. visit.latinojustice.org/doj-tuition

Acompañanos para un seminario gratuito sobre derechos legales. Aprende sobre: ✅ Tus derechos bajo las leyes de inmigración ✅ Cómo actuar durante encuentros con las autoridades  ✅ Recursos legales confiables para compartir con tu comunidad Regístrese: bit.ly/4f8PtPT

ICE killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old father of three, as he drove to work in Houston. The government now admits he wasn't their target. LatinoJustice demands a full, independent investigation. Read the full statement: visit.latinojustice.org/justice-for-...

6-3: The Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship and struck down the order that would have denied it to U.S.-born children based on their parents' status. A win for millions of families, many of them Latino. Our statement: visit.latinojustice.org/birthright

LatinoJustice mourns the passing of Kenneth Kimerling, a lifelong civil rights champion. 🕊️ Ken fought tirelessly for our Latino communities, marginalized communities and beyond. We extend our deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. Statement: https://bit.ly/4dEq14b

Every voice matters in the fight for democracy. @LatinoJustice is proud to join community leaders and advocates to discuss protecting access to the ballot and building a democracy that works for all of us. 📍 Macon, GA 📅 Saturday, May 30 ⏰ 1–4 PM EDT Join us, RSVP at: bit.ly/4uMDH31

Kagan called it: Callais turned Section 2 into "all but a dead letter." Senate Judiciary held a hearing today. The state fight continues: NJ Voting Rights Act hearing Thursday, and Maryland just became the 9th state to enact a state VRA.

Rex Chen breaks down two real habeas corpus cases. One judge in Brooklyn moved within a week and a half. Another in Louisiana let weeks pass while detention conditions wore a woman down until she gave up her legal fight.

Tale of Two Habeas Cases (Part one)

By Rex Chen, Supervising Counsel for Immigrant Rights

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DOJ is indicting the Southern Poverty Law Center, the org that's spent 50 years exposing the KKK and other hate groups. Using civil rights tools against civil rights groups. We stand with SPLC. An attack on one is an attack on all. Full statement: visit.latinojustice.org/stand-with-splc

Now, @latinojustice.bsky.social discusses how for decades legally innocent people have had their vote to taken from them while their incarcerated pretrial at Rikers.

LatinoJustice is urging SCOTUS to reject Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship. Denying citizenship to U.S.-born children would upend the Constitution and create a permanent underclass. This is legally wrong and morally repugnant. Read more at https://visit.latinojustice.org/BR-Citizenship

Trump just ordered the creation of a federal voter list and limits on absentee ballots. This is a blatant unconstitutional power grab that could disenfranchise millions and silence communities of color. Read more: visit.latinojustice.org/voter-list

🚨 2 minutes to protect the vote. On Mar 17, LatinoJustice PRLDEF leads the March to Stop the SAVE Act, a nationwide effort with OneV to defeat a bill that could make it harder for millions to vote. 👉 Act now: onev.vote/stopsaveact2... #StopTheSAVEAct @latinojustice.bsky.social

A federal judge ordered the release of a 65-year-old man after ICE arrested him without a warrant in a Long Island parking lot. The court ruled the detention illegal. ICE agents are not above the law. Read more: https://visit.latinojustice.org/ice-release

LatinoJustice filed a brief defending Illinois’ in-state tuition law for undocumented students. Blocking access to higher education pushes students into the shadows and harms communities and local economies.  Read more: https://visit.latinojustice.org/illinois-tuition

A welcoming city doesn’t collude with ICE! We’re at @nyccouncil’s Immigration Hearing to speak to Sanctuary Protections for Immigrant Communities and the accountability that NYC Trust Act would bring to protect New Yorkers from the harms of city agency collusion with ICE.

Today from me in the @nydailynews.com -- @latinojustice.bsky.social is proud to represent Long Island Audit at the New York State of Appeals in the first case to test the scope of the Right to Record Acts.

NYC tries to limit right to record cops

Across the nation, masked ICE agents are terrorizing our neighbors, breaking into homes, and abducting families. Many community members and activists, rightfully horrified, have picked up their sma…

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Trump fired DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, but her removal alone will not end the cruelty and violence of current immigration enforcement policies. The system that enabled racial profiling and harm to immigrant communities remains. Read more: visit.latinojustice.org/noem-dhs

Tenant and immigrant rights groups are condemning HUD’s proposed rule that would strip housing from mixed-status families. The policy could displace tens of thousands, including nearly 37,000 children, most of them U.S. citizens. Read: visit.latinojustice.org/hud-rule

ICE did not become this powerful overnight. Decades of patchwork policy built the system we’re facing today. In our first Substack column, our President and General Counsel Lourdes M. Rosado urges the need for a long-term, humane approach to immigration. Read: https://visit.latinojustice.org/ICE

This Valentine’s Day, I’m standing with immigrants and rejecting harmful language. Immigrants are our neighbors, community leaders, and friends. Join me in taking action by using people-first language and demanding dignity for all. #ToImmigrantsWithLove #IStandWithImmigrants

The House passed the SAVE America Act, a bill that would force voters to show documents like passports or birth certificates just to cast a ballot. This is voter suppression by paperwork and fear, plain and simple. Read more: https://visit.latinojustice.org/SAVE-ACT-VOTE