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When School and Sports Aren’t Safe: Massachusetts Faces Identity-Based Bullying:

When School and Sports Aren’t Safe: Massachusetts Faces Identity-Based Bullying Simone and Albert: At a moment when the federal government has abandoned its role, progressive states must step up and stand firmly with students.

Why ICE-free courthouses matter...

The Trial Court’s “Soft Diplomacy” With ICE Is Not a Strategy. It’s Surrender. By Brooke Simone and Joshua Dankoff

In the wake of César Chávez, accountability must center survivors while resisting racist narratives about Latinx communities:

Reckoning with César Chávez: Beyond “Sí Se Puede” By Iván Espinoza-Madrigal

Seven Allston Car Wash workers detained in ICE raid file complaint against DHS

Seven Allston Car Wash workers detained in ICE raid file complaint in potential lawsuit against DHS The employees, who are immigrants, are seeking a million dollars each in damages, claiming violations of the U.S. Constitution and physical and mental distress.

Lawyers for Civil Rights' latest case holding ICE accountable:

“ICE rounded up employees working outside of the car wash bay and building in one sweep, without any questioning first, based solely on the fact that they worked at a car wash — a job with a predominantly immigrant workforce — and their race and language," read the complaint.

Allston Car Wash workers detained by ICE file complaint, claim civil rights violations - The Boston Globe The complaint says ICE agents conducted a warrantless search without probable cause, racially profiling the workers and denying them due process.

Today, the front page of the Boston Globe featured Kenia and her family, Lawyers for Civil Rights clients in a federal lawsuit after ICE shattered their car window while they were driving to church on Mother’s Day. Kenia and her young children endured ICE brutality. Now, LCR is fighting for accountability. Read Kenia's story here:

Months after her husband was violently arrested by ICE, this Chelsea mother says her life has unraveled - The Boston Globe Daniel Flores-Martinez, 40, was deported to Mexico last year after agents pulled the family’s SUV over while they were on their way to church on Mother’s Day.

In this Teen Vogue op-ed, Lawyers for Civil Rights client, Ana Michelle Ramirez Sanan, a high school senior, explains why she testified at a congressional forum about DHS.

I Spent My Senior Year Fighting ICE. When Will Justice Come? The damage doesn’t end when ICE leaves. It stays with us. It takes what’s left of our innocence and childhood.

With dauntless courage and unwavering resilience, teens are responding to ICE brutality.

ICE ‘took so much from us’: Mass. teen tearfully recounts detainment before Congress A Chelsea teen testified before Congress about how an ICE stop shattered her family’s sense of safety — and why the trauma still follows them months later.

The trouble with using technology to enforce traffic laws

The trouble with using technology to enforce traffic laws Speed cameras will open a Pandora’s box of risks: greater hardship for low-income drivers, deeper racial disparities for people of color, the persecution of immigrants and a disregard for civil rights, writes Iván Espinoza-Madrigal.

Please join Lawyers for Civil Rights for a timely webinar on voter registration in public hospitals—a vital intervention to expand civic participation in low-income communities while meeting legal requirements under the National Voter Registration Act (“NVRA”). The discussion will feature LCR attorneys and expert guests leading cutting-edge voter engagement efforts on the ground. Please join us on December 9 at noon for this free catalytic event. Register here:

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Patient Participation: Advancing Democracy Through Public Health. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. The discussion will explore the intersection of public health and democracy, focusing on how expanding voter registration access in hospital settings can democratize participation and empower hundreds of eligible voters. In particular, this would remove barriers to civic participation for low-income...