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At our 60th anniversary commemoration at the Library of Congress, Chair Lhamon; Vice Chair Timmons-Goodson; Commissioners Adegbile, Heriot, Kladney, and Narasaki; and former Chair William Allen spoke with Susan Bro, Co-Founder and Director of the Heather Heyer Foundation, November 2017
Highlights
Due to an absence of appropriations, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is not currently open. Once funding has been re-established, the agency will re-open under its normal schedule.
- Furlough Notice to USCCR Employees
- January 25, 2019 Commission Session on Immigrant Family Separation – Information on Public Comments
- Friday, January 25, 2019 Public Comment Session on Immigrant Family Separation & Written Comment Submission Information (Sunshine Act Meeting Notice)
- Information Request to the Department of Health and Human Services on Family Separation, December 2018
- Information Request to the Department of Homeland Security on Family Separation, August 2018
- U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Warns Against Attempts to End Birthright Citizenship, Continued Hostility to Immigrants, December 2018
Commission News
- December 20, 2018: Commission Releases Report: Broken Promises: Continuing Federal Funding Shortfall for Native Americans (Press Release)
- December 20, 2018 Public Conference Call, Report Release - Broken Promises: Continuing Federal Funding Shortfall for Native Americans
- December 7, 2018: Commission Issues Statements and Letters Regarding Important Civil Rights Issues (Press Release)
- Commission to Release Report: Broken Promises: Continuing Federal Funding Shortfall for Native Americans - December 20, 2018
- November 15, 2018: Commission Releases Report: Police Use of Force: An Examination of Modern Policing Practices (Press Release)
- November 15, 2018 Public Conference Call, Report Release - Police Use of Force: An Examination of Modern Policing Practices
Other
Recent Reports
Annual Statutory Enforcement Reports
- Minority Voting Rights Access - 2018 Report
- Targeted Fines and Fees - 2017 Report
- Environmental Justice - 2016 Report
- Immigration Detention - 2015 Report
Briefing Reports
- Broken Promises: Continuing Federal Funding Shortfall for Native Americans
- Police Use of Force: An Examination of Modern Policing Practices
- Contemporary Civil Rights Challenges: A View from the States - 2018 Survey of the State Advisory Committees
- Higher Education Access, Persistence, and Completion for Students of Color
State Advisory Committee Reports
- Employment Discrimination in Utah 1997
- Payday Lending in Rhode Island
- October 2018 - Access to Voting Across America: Collected Reports of the State Advisory Committees to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
- Colorado Constitution’s No Aid to Sectarian Institutions Clause and its Impact on Civil Rights
- Elder Abuse in New Mexico
Recent Correspondence
- Information Request to the Department of Health and Human Services on Family Separation, December 2018
- Information Request to the Department of Homeland Security on Family Separation, August 2018
- U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Urges U.S. Department of Health and Human Services not to narrowly define gender to a biological condition at birth, December 2018
- U.S. Commission on Civil Rights comment in opposition to Notice of Proposed Rulemaking re. Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds, December 2018
Recent Congressional
Reports and Testimony
- Performance and Accountability Report for Fiscal Year 2018
- Request for Congressional Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2019
- USCCR Strategic Plan FY 2018 to 2022
- USCCR Performance and Accountability Report (PAR) for Fiscal Year 2017