PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 15 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island issued the following statement by Executive Director Steven Brown in response to incident outside the Wyatt Detention Center where protesters were pepper-sprayed and one person was seriously injured by a pickup truck used by a correctional officer to break up protesters blocking in the facility's parking lot: "Last night's incident outside the Wyatt Detention Facility was unconscionable, and nothing less tha  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 14 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island issued the following news release: The South Kingstown School Committee has approved an ACLU of RI-drafted resolution clarifying that SK schools will not cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) absent a valid judicial warrant that has been verified by the district superintendent and its legal counsel. A similar policy was approved by the Central Falls School District in June 2017. Although  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Bend the Arc Jewish Action issued the following statement with four organizations, including T'ruah - The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, National Council of Jewish Women, J Street, and Torah after the violent attack on Jewish and immigrant justice protesters during a Never Again Action protest at a Rhode Island detention center, where a corrections officer appeared to drive his truck into a crowd, injuring several: "We are appalled by this brutal act committed against Je  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Aug. 15 -- The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society issued the following statement by President and CEO Mark Hetfield on the attack on Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters in Rhode Island: Yesterday, a group of protesters were hit by a truck as they peacefully protested against immigration detention conditions around the country. As can be seen in this video, as they sat in front of the Wyatt Detention Center in Central Falls, Rhode Island, the driver of the truck plo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The National Council of Jewish Women issued the following statement with four organizations, including Bend the Arc Jewish Action, T'ruah - The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, J Street and Torah on the news of an attack on Jewish and immigrant justice protesters during a Never Again Action protest at a Rhode Island detention center, where a corrections officer appeared to drive his truck into a crowd, injuring several: "We are appalled by this brutal act committed against  more