LOS ANGELES, Calif. — With several states, including California, suing the Trump administration to oppose the rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, Board of Supervisors Chairman Mark Ridley-Thomas will file a motion Tuesday asking Los Angeles County’s lawyers to file amicus briefs in support of their litigation. “For many Dreamers, the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced that the Department of Education will roll back Obama Administration-era Title IX guidelines which protected sexual assault survivors on college and university campuses across the nation. This policy decision could harm LGBTQ students who experience higher rates of sexual assault. The Education Secretary announced the start…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following today’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings for Sixth Circuit judicial nominee Joan Larsen, Seventh Circuit judicial nominee Amy Coney Barrett, and Eric Dreiband, nominated to head the Department of Justice’s civil rights division, Alliance for Justice (AFJ) President Nan Aron spoke out against all three of the nominees opposing their confirmation….
WASHINGTON ― The Trump administration today announced the termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The program will officially terminate in six months when the matter will be handed over to Congress. Nearly 800,000 young undocumented immigrants are at risk of deportation if the president and members of the House and Senate…
WASHINGTON— Today, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, along with 77 civil and human rights groups, sent a letter to senators urging them to oppose the confirmation of Eric Dreiband to be the Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice. The Senate Judiciary Committee has announced…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights sent a letter to the Senate urging opposition to the confirmation of Amy C. Barrett to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. According to The Leadership Conference’s letter, Professor Barrett’s statements and writings reveal a strong bias against reproductive freedom…
MARYLAND — The American Civil Liberties Union and Covington & Burling LLP today filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging the president’s directive banning transgender service members from continuing to serve in the military or receiving medically necessary health care, and banning men and women who are transgender from enlisting. The lawsuit was filed…
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― President Donald Trump on Friday pardoned Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Arpaio was convicted of criminal contempt last month for violating a 2011 order that barred Arpaio and his office from detaining individuals solely based on suspicions about their legal status. Arpaio, 85, was scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 5. “Throughout…
OTTAWA– Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Ahmed Hussen today announced that the Government of Canada will be working to implement an “X” gender designation in Canadian passports, as well as other documents issued by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to support LGBTQ2 rights and advance the Government’s agenda on gender equality, diversity…
NEW YORK, N.Y. – GLAAD, today voiced outrage over President Trump’s choice to defend former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio at a political rally last night in Phoenix, Arizona. Arpaio is infamous for his previous conviction of issuing racist, anti-immigrant policies in Maricopa County even after being ordered by a judge to stop racial targeting and…
