WASHINGTON—Civil-rights groups on Wednesday filed a class-action lawsuit that faults the U.S. government for not providing legal representation to children facing deportation hearings, the latest ...

Three more federal civil rights lawsuits were filed against Oregon Youth Authority staff Wednesday, alleging three different employees groomed and sexually abused youth and young adults who were in ...

The inaugural director of Austin’s Civil Rights Office reportedly submitted her resignation this week, several months after multiple city employees filed complaints about alleged workplace ...

ICE can destroy certain detainee records from as early as 2017. Four civil rights organizations have filed separate Freedom of Information Act requests with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to ...

The NAACP and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed a lawsuit on Tuesday alleging that a new congressional map passed in Texas violates the Voting Rights Act. The lawsuit alleges ...