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SPLC sues Trump administration over new asylum rule <[link removed]>
We asked a federal court this week to block a despicable new Trump administration policy that will create further chaos at the border and jeopardize the safety of thousands of migrants who are seeking refuge in the U.S. The new rule, which went into effect Tuesday, categorically bars asylum for anyone who hasn’t already been denied asylum from any other country they passed through while traveling to the U.S.
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Judge sentences Charlottesville murderer to 419 years <[link removed]>
The neo-Nazi who killed anti-racist protester Heather Heyer during the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville nearly two years ago will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. A state judge this week sentenced James Alex Fields Jr., 22, to 419 years on a first-degree murder charge and nine counts of malicious wounding. The judge told a packed courtroom that Fields committed an act of terrorism when he rammed his car into counter-protesters during the “Unite the Rally” in August 2017.

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SPLC sues Florida officials over law requiring police to act as ICE agents <[link removed]>
A new Florida law requiring local police to cooperate with federal immigration authorities will erode public safety for all citizens while increasing racial profiling and unjust deportations, the SPLC and its allies charged in a new federal lawsuit this week. “Racial and national origin minorities who are victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking will be deterred from accessing services for crime, placing them at greater risk and undermining public safety,” the lawsuit states.

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News You Should Know

Killing of Sadie Roberts-Joseph, African American Museum Founder, Stuns Baton Rouge <[link removed]> ( The New York Times )

Trump's new asylum rule puts migrants on dangerous, sometimes lethal, paths to U.S. <[link removed]> ( Newsweek )

Coroner: Six Parchman inmates dead this month, including two who served time on death row <[link removed]> ( Mississippi Today)

Anti-Semitic flyers calling Holocaust 'fake news' posted at Massachusetts synagogue <[link removed]> ( The Hill )

House votes to condemn Trump's racist tweets <[link removed]> (CNN)












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