https://ccrjustice.org/rss.xml A listing of current content on the CCR website. en https://ccrjustice.org/home/press-center/press-releases/center-constitutional-rights-condemns-new-york-officials-support <div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><h2><a href="/home/press-center/press-releases/center-constitutional-rights-condemns-new-york-officials-support">Center for Constitutional Rights Condemns New York Officials’ Support of Israeli War Criminals at Israel Day Parade</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-post-date field-type-ds field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">June 1, 2026</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">June 1, 2026, New York – T oday, the Center for Constitutional Rights made the following statement in response to New York officials marching with Israeli war criminals in New York’s Israel Day...</div></div></div> Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:08:17 +0000 jnessel 10695 at https://ccrjustice.org https://ccrjustice.org/home/press-center/press-releases/cancer-alley-residents-urge-parish-council-table-ordinance-would <div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><h2><a href="/home/press-center/press-releases/cancer-alley-residents-urge-parish-council-table-ordinance-would">Cancer Alley Residents Urge Parish Council to Table Ordinance That Would Turn Historic Black Community Into Industrial Sacrifice Zone</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-post-date field-type-ds field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">June 1, 2026</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">In letter to St. James Parish Council, groups say ordinance reflects discriminatory and deadly land use system that has roots in slavery, threaten legal action if ordinance is not withdrawn St. James...</div></div></div> Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:40:15 +0000 jnessel 10694 at https://ccrjustice.org https://ccrjustice.org/mississippi-not-sacrifice-zone-natural-gas-pipelines <div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><h1><a href="/mississippi-not-sacrifice-zone-natural-gas-pipelines">Mississippi Is Not a Sacrifice Zone for Natural Gas Pipelines</a></h1></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">On May 26, 2026, the Center for Constitutional Rights submitted a public comment asking the Federal Energy Commission to deny a certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the construction...</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-learn-more-ds field-type-ds field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://ccrjustice.org/mississippi-not-sacrifice-zone-natural-gas-pipelines">Read More</a> </div></div></div> Thu, 28 May 2026 20:46:34 +0000 awang@ccrjustice.org 10693 at https://ccrjustice.org https://ccrjustice.org/home/press-center/press-releases/parents-and-children-nyc-file-class-action-lawsuit-claiming-acs <div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><h2><a href="/home/press-center/press-releases/parents-and-children-nyc-file-class-action-lawsuit-claiming-acs">Parents and Children in NYC File Class Action Lawsuit Claiming ACS Unconstitutionally Separates Families</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-post-date field-type-ds field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">May 28, 2026</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">ACS has long abused its so-called “emergency removal” authority, consistently relying on it in over 50 percent of removals — with devastating consequences for families 90 percent of ACS’s “emergency...</div></div></div> Thu, 28 May 2026 12:21:16 +0000 jnessel 10691 at https://ccrjustice.org https://ccrjustice.org/home/press-center/press-releases/mahmoud-khalil-s-legal-team-will-seek-supreme-court-review-appeals <div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><h2><a href="/home/press-center/press-releases/mahmoud-khalil-s-legal-team-will-seek-supreme-court-review-appeals">Mahmoud Khalil’s Legal Team Will Seek Supreme Court Review of Appeals Court Decision</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-post-date field-type-ds field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">May 22, 2026</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Mr. Khalil cannot legally be detained at this time and is asking the court to protect him as the appeals process continues May 22, 2026, New York — Today, Mahmoud Khalil’s legal team announced they...</div></div></div> Fri, 22 May 2026 18:52:47 +0000 saltenor@ccrjustice.org 10689 at https://ccrjustice.org https://ccrjustice.org/home/press-center/press-releases/dignity-not-detention-coalition-statement-new-york-state-budget <div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><h2><a href="/home/press-center/press-releases/dignity-not-detention-coalition-statement-new-york-state-budget">Dignity Not Detention Coalition Statement On New York State Budget Immigration Package</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-post-date field-type-ds field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">May 21, 2026</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Years of organizing by directly impacted communities deliver historic wins for immigrant New Yorkers</div></div></div> Thu, 21 May 2026 20:22:27 +0000 dmizner@ccrjustice.org 10688 at https://ccrjustice.org https://ccrjustice.org/home/press-center/press-releases/google-s-aiding-israel-s-genocide-against-palestinians-exposes <div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><h2><a href="/home/press-center/press-releases/google-s-aiding-israel-s-genocide-against-palestinians-exposes">Google’s Aiding of Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians Exposes Company and its Leadership to Potential Legal Liability </a></h2></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-post-date field-type-ds field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">May 20, 2026</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">May 19, 2026, Philadelphia—A coalition of legal groups – Abolitionist Law Center , Center for Constitutional Rights, and Tech Justice Law – notified Google LLC (“Google”) and its executive leadership...</div></div></div> Wed, 20 May 2026 17:38:41 +0000 saltenor@ccrjustice.org 10687 at https://ccrjustice.org https://ccrjustice.org/home/blog/2026/05/18/murder-allan-feliz-and-constant-coddling-killer-cops <div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><h2><a href="/home/blog/2026/05/18/murder-allan-feliz-and-constant-coddling-killer-cops">The Murder of Allan Feliz and the Constant Coddling of Killer Cops</a></h2></div></div></div><span property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2026-05-18T00:00:00-04:00" class="date-display-single">May 18, 2026</span><section class="field field-name-field-related-people-tag field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label"><span>By</span>&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even">David Mizner</li></ul></section><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">The Feliz family fights for accountability against a system designed to prevent it</div></div></div> Mon, 18 May 2026 18:05:59 +0000 dmizner@ccrjustice.org 10686 at https://ccrjustice.org https://ccrjustice.org/home/press-center/press-releases/after-new-evidence-doj-misconduct-mahmoud-khalil-calls-board <div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><h2><a href="/home/press-center/press-releases/after-new-evidence-doj-misconduct-mahmoud-khalil-calls-board">After New Evidence of DOJ Misconduct, Mahmoud Khalil Calls on Board of Immigration Appeals to Terminate Case </a></h2></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-post-date field-type-ds field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">May 15, 2026</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Mr. Khalil Separately Appealed the Removal Order to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals May 15, 2026, New York — In light of new evidence of misconduct by the Trump Administration, Mahmoud Khalil’s...</div></div></div> Fri, 15 May 2026 16:02:39 +0000 jnessel 10685 at https://ccrjustice.org https://ccrjustice.org/home/press-center/press-releases/allan-feliz-s-family-challenges-nypd-commissioners-refusal-fire <div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><h2><a href="/home/press-center/press-releases/allan-feliz-s-family-challenges-nypd-commissioners-refusal-fire">Allan Feliz’s Family Challenges NYPD Commissioner&#039;s Refusal to Fire Killer Cop in State Supreme Court Hearing </a></h2></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-post-date field-type-ds field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">May 14, 2026</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Suit calls Commissioner Tisch’s decision to overturn her own deputy commissioner’s guilty verdict an abuse of discretion May 14, 2026, New York – Today, the family of Allan Feliz asked the New York...</div></div></div> Thu, 14 May 2026 16:14:47 +0000 jnessel 10683 at https://ccrjustice.org