East Boston Father Sues ICE After Being Detained Despite Lawful Status ICE Racially Profiled Immigrant, Ignored Proof of Lawful Status, Wrongfully Arrested Him, and Held Him Under Inhumane Conditions for Two Days Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR)Â filed a federal lawsuit...
Statement on Birthright Citizenship Ruling by Attorneys Who Secured Injunction in Massachusetts Federal Court June 30, 2026 “Citizenship, then and now, was the right to have rights to freely participate in our political community. The Framers of the Fourteenth Amendment extended that promise to every free-born person in this land. We keep that promise...
June 25, 2026 Today’s decision is a profound disappointment for the hundreds of thousands of people and families who have built their lives in this country under Temporary Protected Status (TPS). By sharply limiting judicial review of TPS terminations, the Court has made it more difficult to ensure that these life-altering decisions comply with the law. We...
Black College Students File Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Nichols College After Being Unfairly Punished for Acting in Self-Defense Worcester, MA – Two Black college students have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Nichols College after the college expelled one student and barred the other from campus activities and student life following...
Voting Rights Groups Demand That Massachusetts Public Hospitals Help Patients Register To Vote, As Required By Federal Law Lawyers for Civil Rights has now sent two demand letters to Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin, Massachusetts’ chief elections official, demanding that four state-operated hospitals (the “Hospitals”) help patients register to...
Latina Construction Worker Sues J. Derenzo Co. Over Racist, Anti-Immigrant, and Sexist Harassment Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) and pro bono counsel from Fair Work, P.C. have filed suit against J. Derenzo Co., a multi-million-dollar Boston-based company, on behalf of Yesy Patricia Carbajal Alvarenga, a Latina construction worker who endured months of...
Lawyers for Civil Rights Launches “Fair Play Off the Pitch” Initiative Ahead of FIFA World Cup 2026 Multilingual legal resources will help workers and vendors understand their rights As Massachusetts prepares to welcome visitors from around the world during FIFA World Cup 2026, Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) is launching Fair Play Off the Pitch, a...
Court-Ordered Report Reveals Low Voting Rates in Jails; Highlights Need for More Voter Engagement Less than 5% of Eligible Incarcerated Individuals Voted in November 2024 Election Compelled by a court-ordered settlement, Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin has released a long-overdue report on jail-based voting in Massachusetts, fulfilling an...
