News & Commentary
Dec 03, 2019
MS Families in Desperate Need after ICE Raids
In the largest workplace raid in American history, ICE rounded up and detained more than 680 members of our communities, putting families in immediate crisis. Hundreds of children returned from their first day of school only to find that their parents had been locked up. We, along with more than two dozen organizations, formed the Mississippi Immigration Coalition to help the families affected by the raids. The Coalition’s help includes legal advice and representation; community, family, and mental health services; and humanitarian aid. As of November 2019, $298,905 has been sent to help 223 families with rent, utilities, medicine, and health care. The devastation that resulted from these raids is a direct result of the Trump administration’s extreme immigration policies, which make no one safer in Mississippi and came at no Mississippian’s urging.
Jun 28, 2019
Joint Press Statement from the Board Chair and Executive Director of the ACLU of Mississippi announcing Resignation of the Executive Director
Jun 25, 2019
Children Continue to Die in Government Custody, and DHS is Dodging Accountability
In recent months, at least seven children have either died in custody or after being detained by federal immigration agencies at the border. These children came to the United States desperate for shelter and safety, but found inhumanity and suffering, under our government’s care, instead.Their deaths reveal just how dire the conditions are under which U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are holding hundreds of children. Detention facilities are dangerously overcrowded, where migrants are forced to wear soiled clothes for days at a time. To make matters worse, CBP also appears to be holding children for extended periods of time in direct conflict with the Flores agreement, a set of legal guidelines that provide humane conditions for immigrant children in detention — guidelines the Trump administration is now attempting to dismantle,
Jun 12, 2019
Keesler Air Force Base Observes LGBTQ Pride Month
The ACLU of Mississippi and our Transgender Education & Advocacy Program (TEAP-MS) are thrilled to participate in the first-ever base-wide Keesler Air Force Base LGBTQ Observance. This education and resource event is a follow-up to a more intimate workshop we hosted at the base back in April.
Jun 06, 2019
REPORT ALERT: Mississippi ranks 20th with highest student arrest in the nation
Recently, the ACLU released Cops and No Counselors: How the Lack of School Mental Health Staff is Harming Students, an analysis of federal data that examines the first state-level student-to-staff ratio comparison of mental health personnel and law enforcement in schools. The data is not surprising.
May 24, 2019
ACLU Statement on Mississippi’s 6-Week Abortion Ban Ruling
In response to the block of Mississippi’s 6-week abortion ban in federal court, Joshua Tom, legal director of the ACLU of Mississippi, had the following statement:
May 24, 2019
Black Trans Women Are Being Murdered in the Streets. Now the Trump Administration Wants to Turn Us Away From Shelters and Health Care.
By LaLa B Holston-Zannell, Trans Justice Campaign Manager
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