SPLC Action Fund Applauds Passage of National Defense Authorization Act, Which Will Remove Confederate Names from Military Bases

December 11, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by an overwhelming, veto-proof majority of 84 to 13. President Trump has threatened to veto the bill because it will rename ten military...

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SPLC Action Fund Responds to House Passage of the National Defense Authorization Act by a Veto-Proof Majority

December 09, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The SPLC Action Fund’s Lecia Brooks released the following statement in response to the House of Representatives 335-78 bipartisan passing of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by a veto-proof...

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SPLC Action: Historic Nomination of Alejandro Mayorkas for DHS Secretary Paves Way for Agency to Support a Reimagined, Humane Immigration System

November 23, 2020

WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden today announced that he will nominate Alejandro Mayorkas, who served as director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS...

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SPLC Action Fund Responds to U.S. House Committee Testimony of Alabama and Louisiana Secretaries of State

June 11, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The following statement is by Caren Short, senior staff attorney for the SPLC Action Fund, and comes in response to testimony by Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill and Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle...

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SPLC Action Statement on House Oversight Hearing on Policing Practices and Law Enforcement Accountability

June 10, 2020

Washington, DC. — SPLC Action President and CEO Margaret Huang released the below statement ahead of today’s U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary hearing on Policing Practices and Law Enforcement: “Our nation’s policing system...

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SPLC Action makes recommendations to Congress to address COVID-19 needs in the Deep South

April 22, 2020

The SPLC Action Fund sent a detailed letter to members of Congress on April 22, 2020, highlighting the need for federal action that specifically addresses the needs of people in South.

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SPLC statement on House Judiciary Committee hearing on Trump administration’s family separation policy

February 26, 2019

Mary Bauer

The House Judiciary Committee heard testimony today from senior Trump administration officials during a hearing on the administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy, which has resulted in thousands of children being separated from their parents.

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SPLC Action Fund Applauds Passage of National Defense Authorization Act, Which Will Remove Confederate Names from Military Bases

SPLC Action Fund Responds to House Passage of the National Defense Authorization Act by a Veto-Proof Majority

SPLC Action: Historic Nomination of Alejandro Mayorkas for DHS Secretary Paves Way for Agency to Support a Reimagined, Humane Immigration System

SPLC Action Fund Responds to U.S. House Committee Testimony of Alabama and Louisiana Secretaries of State

SPLC Action Statement on House Oversight Hearing on Policing Practices and Law Enforcement Accountability

SPLC Action makes recommendations to Congress to address COVID-19 needs in the Deep South

SPLC statement on House Judiciary Committee hearing on Trump administration’s family separation policy

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