Legal Documents and Publications
- One-Pager: “Countering Violent Extremism” Programs in the U.S. South
- Face Sheet: HB 963: Silencing Immigrant Voices and Enabling Political Attacks on Nonprofits
- Fact Sheet: SB 442 Discriminates Against Noncitizens Holding CDLs
- Fact Sheet: HB 1379 Creates More Detailed Reporting Requirements Than Federal Law and Increases Burden on Schools
- Letter to DHS and ICE: Urgent Demand to Stop Inhumane Conditions at Atlanta ICE Field Office
- Fact Sheet: HB 1363/SB 523 Mandate a Distorted Definition of Antisemitism in Schools and Suppressing Palestinian Advocacy
- Fact Sheet: HB 1158 Erases Palestinian Identity and Attacks Palestinian Sovereignty
- Fact Sheet: HB 675 Targets Free Speech, Protest, and Organizing in Georgia (Updated)
- Letter to Georgia Congressional Delegation Opposing Irwin Reopening
- Letter to Georgia Colleges and Universities: No Police on Campuses
- 2025 FOIA Lawsuit Against ICE Pertaining to the 287(g) Program in Georgia
- Lawsuit against the FBI and Department of Homeland Security in the FOIA litigation pertaining to the Stop Cop City Movement
- Fact Sheet: Judicial Warrant vs ICE Administrative Document (Spanish)
- 2025 Annual UPR Submission to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Water Sanitation Justice
- One Pager: HB 161: Expands GBI Subpoena Power to Target Organizing Networks
- One Pager: SB 21: Punishes Localities and Public Workers For Not Enacting Harsh Immigration Policies
- Fact Sheet: HB 675 Targets Free Speech, Protest, and Organizing in Georgia
- One Pager: SB 177: State Overreach Threatens to Suppress & Criminalize Political Organizing and Advocacy
- Written Testimony on SB 177
- Fact Sheet: HB 602 Financially Penalizes Student Protestors
- Anti-Palestine Bills: The Rise in Repressive State Legislation Targeting Support for Palestine Since October 2023
- Fact Sheet: HB 1105: Georgia’s Racial Profiling Bill
- Fact Sheet: HB 505 Targets Free Speech, Protest, and Organizing in Georgia
- Fact Sheet: SB 132 Bans Certain Immigrants from Owning Real Property in Georgia
- Letter to Georgia Senate Judiciary Committee in Opposition to SB 523
- Request for a Thematic Hearing to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
- Report: An Upward Trend in Jailhouse Cooperation with ICE
- Letter to Georgia House Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Committee in Opposition to HB 1093
- Fact Sheet: HB 1093 Bans Certain Migrants from Owning Certain Real Property in Georgia
- Fact Sheet: SB 420 Bans Certain Migrants from Owning Certain Real Property in Georgia
- HB 30 Fact Sheet: Manipulating Antisemitism to Suppress Advocacy for Palestine
- Key Developments in the Human Rights Situation in Indian-Administered Kashmir, December 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023
- Letter to Georgia Senate Judiciary Committee in Opposition to HB 30
- Key Developments in the Human Rights Situation in Indian-Administered Kashmir, November 1, 2023 – November 30, 2023
- Key Developments in the Human Rights Situation in Indian-Administered Kashmir, October 1 – 2023 – October 31, 2023
- Letter from Legal Organizations to University and College Leaders
- Key Developments in the Human Rights Situation in Indian-Administered Kashmir, September 1 – 2023 – September 30, 2023
- Key Developments in the Human Rights Situation in Indian-Administered Kashmir, August 1 – 2023 – August 31, 2023
- Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee for the U.S. ICCPR 5th Periodic Review on Human Rights Abuses of the Immigrant Detention System
- Open Records Requests and FOIAs Pertaining to Stop Cop City/Defend the Atlanta Forest to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Open Records Requests and FOIAs Pertaining to Stop Cop City/Defend the Atlanta Forest to the Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center and Georgia Bureau of Investigation
- Open Records Requests and FOIAs Pertaining to Stop Cop City/Defend the Atlanta Forest to the Department of Homeland Security
- Open Records Requests and FOIAs Pertaining to Stop Cop City/Defend the Atlanta Forest to the Dekalb County Police Department
- Open Records Requests and FOIAs Pertaining to Stop Cop City/Defend the Atlanta Forest to the Atlanta Police Department
- Key Developments in the Human Rights Situation in Indian-Administered Kashmir, July 1 – 2023 – July 31, 2023
- Request to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to Provide Follow-Up on Human Rights Abuses of Privatized Immigrant Detention (Re: Ongoing Impunity and Lack of Redress for Past Abuses)
- FOIA Lawsuit regarding Sexual Abuse of Detained Migrant Women at the Stewart Detention Center
- Florida Records Request Re: SB 264 filed in partnership with CREW
- Key Developments in the Human Rights Situation in Indian-Administered Kashmir, June 1 – 2023 – June 30, 2023
- Letter of Solidarity in the Death of Ernesto Rocha-Cuadra
- Fact Sheet: Judicial Warrant vs. ICE Administrative Document
- Key Developments in the Human Rights Situation in Indian-Administered Kashmir, May 1 – 2023 – May 31, 2023
- Restrictions on Real Property Ownership by Immigrants and Immigrant-Owned Businesses
- Key Developments in the Human Rights Situation in Indian-Administered Kashmir April 1, 2023 – April 30, 2023
- SPLC and Project South Seek Appeal of Decision Denying Class Certification in Forced Labor Lawsuit
- Key Developments in the Human Rights Situation in Indian-Administered Kashmir March 1, 2023 – March 31, 2023
- Project South Opposition to HB 30
- Developments in the Human Rights Situation in Indian-Administered Kashmir February 1, 2023 – February 28, 2023
- SB 132 Fact Sheet.2 Bans Certain Immigrants from Owning Real Property in Georgia
- HB 452 and SB 132 Fact Sheet: Bans Certain Immigrants from Owning Real Property in Georgia
- SB 147 Fact Sheet: Bans Certain Immigrants from Owning Real Property in Texas
- Periodic Summary of Critical Developments in the Human Rights Situation in Indian-Administered Kashmir August 4, 2019 – January 31, 2023
- Developments in the Human Rights Situation in Indian-Administered Kashmir January 1, 2023 – January 31, 2023
- HB 136 Fact Sheet: Creates Skewed Database of Immigrants Incarcerated in Georgia
- Briefing Guide: U.S. Govt’s Systematic Mistreatment of Cameroonian & other Black Migrants
- HB 30 Fact Sheet: Redefining Antisemitism to Suppress Advocacy for Palestine
- Letter to the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights
- Letter to DHS OIG to Issue Findings Investigations Into Irwin County Detention Center Abuses Pending for More Than Two Years
- Request to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for a Thematic Hearing to Provide Follow-Up on Human Rights Abuses of Privatized Immigrant Detention
- Administrative Complaint re: Abuse, Excessive Use of Force at Folkston Detention Facility
- Letter to Georgia Congressional Delegates re: Closure of Stewart Detention Center
- Administrative Complaint re Sexual Assault at the Stewart Detention Center
- FOIA Request for Records Related to Medical Care of Women in ICE Custody at the Stewart Detention Center
- Request to the IACHR for a Thematic Hearing or Working Meeting to Provide Follow-Up on the Situation of Human Rights Abuses Endemic in the System of Privatized Immigrant Detention
- Coalition Letter to Senator Warnock Re: Border Policies
- FOIA lawsuit Against ICE Re Death of Santiago Baten-Oxlaj at the Stewart Detention Center
- 2022 FOIA Request on Local Law Enforcement Collaboration with ICE in Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina
- SB 171 Fact Sheet
- Broken Promises – Limits of Biden’s Executive Order on Private Prisons
- FOIA Request for Records Related to the Expansion of Folkston ICE Processing Center Operated by Private Prison Company GEO Group
- Renewed Request for a Thematic Hearing Addressing the U.S.’s Failure to Ensure Undocumented Residents of Georgia Access to Public Institutions of Higher Education
- Escalating Jailhouse Immigration Enforcement
- HB 1274: Redefining Antisemitism to Suppress Advocacy for Palestine
- HB 1 Protects Racist Extremists on Campus
- FOIA lawsuit on U.S. Government Violence Forcing Deportation of Cameroonian Asylum Seekers
- 287(g) Agreements in Georgia Fact Sheet (see Chart Here)
- Request to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for a Thematic Hearing on Denial of Access to Undocumented Residents to Institutions of Public Higher Education
- Medical Abuse of Immigrants Detained at the Irwin County Detention Center
- Deliberate Indifference
- HB 534 Targets and Criminalizes Black and Brown Communities for Drag Racing
- FOIAs on U.S. Government Violence Forcing Deportation of Cameroonian Asylum Seekers [Data] [Emails]
- Spying on the Margins: The History, Law, and Practice of U.S. Surveillance Against Muslim, Black, and Immigrant Communities and Contemporary Strategies of Resistance
- Request to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for a Thematic Hearing on Immigration Detention
- FOIA Lawsuit Against ICE Regarding Collaboration between ICE and Several Southern States
- GA HB 286 Prevents Divestment in Police and Decreases Public Safety in Georgia
- GA HB 383: Anti-BDS Bill
- Class Action Lawsuit on Behalf of Women Who Faced Medical Abuse at the Irwin County Detention Center
- UN Communication Addressing U.S. Violations of International Law at Immigration Detention Facilities in the U.S. State of Georgia
- FOIA Request Regarding Local Police Collaboration with ICE in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee
- ICE FOIA Lawsuit Regarding Non-Consensual Gynecological procedures
- Complaint to DHS OIG regarding Abuses at the Irwin County Detention Center
- FOIA pertaining to Gynecological Procedures Performed on Individuals in ICE Custody
- Letter to Congress on Whistleblower’s Disclosures on Medical Care in ICE Detention at the Irwin County Detention Center
- Veto HB 838, The Anti-Black Lives Matter Bill
- Immigrants’ Rights Organizations Urge City Council and Mayor to Close ACDC
- Submission to the Working Group on the use of mercenaries on Conditions at Privately-Operated Immigration Detention Centers in Georgia
- Congressional Letter Requesting the Immediate Release of Immigrants in ICE custody in Georgia
- Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Decision in the Class Action Forced Labor Lawsuit Against CoreCivic
- GA DDS ICE Fact Sheet
- Statement of Support for HB 896
- GA. HB 896: The Tuition Equity Bill
- GA. HB 1083: The Anti-Sanctuary Bill
- GA. HB 994: The Youth Criminalization Bill
- GA. HB 915 Anti-Sanctuary Bill Fact Sheet
- GA. HB 784 Secretive School Board Decisions Fact Sheet
- Request to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for a Thematic Hearing on Conditions at Georgia Immigration Detention Centers
- Spanish Translation of Follow Up Letter to the Georgia Congressional Delegation Requesting an Investigation of Stewart Detention Center
- Follow Up Letter to the Georgia Congressional Delegation Requesting an Investigation of Stewart Detention Center
- Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Decision in the Utilities Case against LaGrange
- Coalition Letter to Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Re GILEE & GILEE Factsheet
- Islamophobia and Surveillance Fact Sheet
- Letter to GA Congressman Bishop – RE: Detention of Children at Fort Benning
- ICE Detainee Death Review of Yulio Castro
- Submission to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on Conditions at Georgia Immigration Detention Centers
- Brief Submitted to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in the Lawsuit Challenging Forced Labor at Stewart Detention Center
- Amicus Brief Filed in the Case Challenging Arkansas’ Anti-BDS Law (1) (2)
- FOIA Lawsuit Against ICE Re Death of Yulio Castro-Garrido at the Stewart Detention Center
- Fact Sheet – SB 15 Threatens the Safety of Georgia’s Students of Color
- Fact Sheet – HB 270: Prohibits Certain Naturalized Citizens from Voting, and Increases Surveillance and Information Sharing with Federal Agencies
- Fact Sheet – HB 202: Immigrant Registration Bill
- Communication Addressing U.S. State of Georgia’s Violations of International Law in its Denial of Access to Higher Education for Undocumented Students
- Letter to American Airlines re Racial and Religious Discrimination Against Sheikh Ukkashah Muhammad
- Letter to GA Counties re ICE Holds
- Inside Atlanta’s Immigrant Cages
- A Dream Deferred
- Request to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for a Thematic Hearing on Conditions at Georgia Immigration Detention Centers
- Letter to Southern Localities that Deny Undocumented Individuals Access to Utilities
- UN Communication Regarding Conditions in Georgia Immigration Detention Centers
- Lawsuit Challenging Forced Labor Program at Stewart Detention Center
- FOIA Request on Local Law Enforcement Collaboration with ICE in Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina
- Letter to the North Carolina Director of Prisons on Denial of Visitation Rights to Noureddine Oumous
- SB 452, the “Deportation Pipeline” Bill Fact-Sheet
- History of Anti-Immigrant Legislation in Georgia 2006 – Present
- Letter to the Georgia Congressional Delegation Requesting an Investigation of Irwin and Stewart Detention Centers
- Georgia Non-Detainer Policies
- Request to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for a Thematic Hearing on Conditions at Georgia Immigration Detention Centers
- How Can Your Organization or Place of Worship Be a Sanctuary?
- Letter to the Hall County Sheriff Regarding Continued Detention After Posting Bond
- Report on Georgia Immigration Detention Centers
- Spanish Translation: Excerpts from the Report on Georgia Immigration Detention Centers
- SB 1, “The Anti-Protester” Bill Fact-Sheet
- HB 452, the “Immigrant Registration” Bill Fact-Sheet
- HB 324 and SB 161, “The Scarlet Letter” Bills Fact-Sheet
- HB 37, “The Anti-Sanctuary Campus” Bill Fact-Sheet