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Federal court says SPLC challenge to Trump’s migrant ‘turnback’ policy can move forward <[link removed]>
We’ve cleared a key hurdle this week in our legal battle to stop the Trump administration’s cruel attempt to dismantle our nation’s decades-old asylum system. A federal judge on Monday rejected the administration’s second attempt to dismiss our lawsuit challenging it’s policy of turning back asylum seekers who present themselves legally at official ports of entry.

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New report reveals how U.S. businesses exploit foreign students in cultural exchange program <[link removed]>
A new report we’ve co-released with our allies shows how a program intended to provide cultural exchange for foreign students has morphed into a source of cheap, exploitable labor for some major corporations. Dominican students, for example, were promised cultural experiences while working at resorts and ice cream shops. Instead, they performed grueling housekeeping and laundry jobs with little opportunity for cultural exchange – and were overcharged for cramped, bug-infested housing.
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SPLC: Trump perpetuates myth of voter fraud, calls for voter ID laws that suppress turnout <[link removed]>
President Trump keeps telling lies about “voter fraud” in his attempt to promote election laws aimed at suppressing the votes of African Americans. “Just days after referring to a majority-black city as ‘infested,’ the president now calls for voter ID – a device that disproportionately keeps black voters from the polls,” responded Nancy Abudu, who heads our voting rights legal team.
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News You Should Know

Asylum seekers targeted by kidnappers, extortionists and traffickers while waiting in Mexico <[link removed]> ( Los Angeles Times )

The Gilroy Garlic Fest Shooter Plugged a White Power Manifesto on Instagram <[link removed]> ( Rolling Stone )

How bigotry created a black mental health crisis <[link removed]> ( Washington Post )

What we know about conditions in migrant detention centers <[link removed]> (PBS NewsHour)

Opinion | Voter ID laws burden minority voters, have zero effect on fraud <[link removed]> ( AL Reporter)












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