Press Releases
Oct 29, 2018
ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Statement on Smith College Findings on Racial Profiling of Black Student
NEW YORK — Smith College investigators issued findings today on the July 31 racial profiling incident involving Oumou Kanoute, a black student who was reported to campus police w...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Oct 29, 2018
ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Secures Release of American Citizen Unlawfully Detained by Trump Administration
Settlement Comes After Government’s ‘Attempts to Circumvent Rule of Law Blocked Each and Every Time’
Oct 26, 2018
ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Comment on Reports Trump Administration Exploring Sealing Southern Border
NEW YORK — The Trump administration is reportedly looking at executive action to block asylum seekers and immigrants from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
Omar Jadwat, director o...
Oct 24, 2018
ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Comment on Georgia Voting Rights Ruling
ATLANTA — A judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking election officials in Georgia from throwing out absentee ballots or applications for a supposed signature mism...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Georgia Muslim Voter Project v. Kemp
Oct 24, 2018
ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Calls for Moratorium on Law and Immigration Enforcement Use of Facial Recognition
Demands DHS Disclose If and How It Plans to Use the Surveillance Technology Following Reports of Amazon Courting ICE to Buy ‘Rekognition’
Oct 21, 2018
ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Statement on Reports of Trump Administration Attacks on Transgender People
NEW YORK—The Trump administration is reportedly working to dramatically roll-back protections for transgender students and narrow the definitions of sex and gender that courts ha...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
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