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26 Apr, 4 tweets, 2 min read
🚨TODAY:

Following the torture & forced deportation of #Cameroonian asylum seekers under the Trump admin, SPLC joined allies @theCCR @ProjectSouth in filing FOIA requests for government records on abuses against Black immigrants.

More in our statement:splcenter.org/presscenter/fo…
The FOIAs request records of communication on the deportation of Cameroonian immigrants between 8/1/20 and 1/19/21.

Read the 2 FOIA requests here: splcenter.org/sites/default/…
During that period, the gov deported an unknown number of #Cameroonian & other African #asylumseekers:

Despite life-threatening situations in their home countries, the fact that many had pending immigration court proceedings & despite pleas from members of the Congress.
Advocacy groups filed 2 complaints detailing ICE’s violent & coercive tactics –– The CRCL complaints remain unresolved.

The harm inflicted on Black immigrants can never be undone. Obtaining records of the abuses is critical to holding the gov accountable & preventing future harm

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9 Apr
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Today #AshleyDiamond, a Black trans woman, celebrates her birthday from a men's prison where she has been sexually assaulted at least 16 times since Oct '19.

We've helped her request an emergency order for protection.

Our statement:bit.ly/3tiDRQ9
The motion filed asks that the #Georgia Dept of Corrections take immediate steps to:

🔴Protect Ashley from physical & sexual violence.
🔴Transfer her to a women’s facility.
🔴Provide medically necessary treatment for gender dysphoria.
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After a historic legal settlement over abusive conditions facing incarcerated trans people in GDC prisons 6 years ago, Ashley is once again trying to survive brutal, unrelenting abuse as a trans woman in GDC men's prisons.

Read more in Ashley's case file:splcenter.org/seeking-justic…
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25 Mar
.@POTUS @VP @SecMayorkas: We urge you to immediately SHUT DOWN 10 ICE facilities & cancel their contracts! #FirstTen #CommunitiesNotCages

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24 Mar
The military has a growing problem with white supremacy & extremism –– because our country does.

Lecia Brooks, SPLC's Chief of Staff, testified before @HASCDemocrats today about white supremacists' presence in the military.

Read her remarks:

#RefuseHate splcenter.org/news/2021/03/2…
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The Boogaloo Movement
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Allegedly, AWD members have been responsible for 5 murders since 2017.
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Birds of a feather flock together, and as @hatewatch previously reported, Stephen Miller has a long history of promoting white nationalist ideas.

We’re not surprised Miller is joining Rep. Mo Brooks.
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And under Trump, Miller shaped racist policies of the former President: Creating the zero-tolerance/family separation policy, the Muslim ban & ending the #DACA program.
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"We now know that 6 of those victims were Asian women.

While we’re relieved the suspect was quickly apprehended, we’re certainly not at peace as this attack still points to an escalating threat many in the Asian American community feel today.
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🚨NOW: Chief of Staff Lecia Brooks is testifying before
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This #YearInHate2020, we counted 838 hate groups.

View our hate map 👇 splcenter.org/hate-map
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