The South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center (SCALJC) is a left-wing advocacy group that advocates for policies such as Obamacare, LGBT adoption[1] and illegal immigration. [2] South Carolina Appleseed joined the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in a federal lawsuit against the state of South Carolina to repeal a law that allowed police to verify citizenship status during traffic stops. [3] We do not accept direct transfers because we are not a legal aid organization. The center accepted donations from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the philanthropic enterprise of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan. [11] Zuckerberg advocated a liberal expansionist immigration policy. [12] The center markets to illegal aliens a guide called ICE Raid Preparedness, which provides assistance to illegal immigrants, including guides on legal rights, information on how to prepare for immigration and customs raids (ICE), and instructional videos in Spanish on how to deal with ICE agents. [14] In April 2019, SCALJC and other center-left groups published an open letter condemning the immigration policies of President Donald Trump`s administration. The letter listed nearly 30 Trump directors and asked U.S. CEOs never to hire any of them in any capacity. [4] Berkowitz challenged a proposed Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) policy to prioritize 100,000 disadvantaged U.S.
citizens over illegal immigrants in public housing. [13] SCALJC supports illegal immigrants and an expansionist liberal immigration policy. Sue Berkowitz described the goal of the Trump administration`s immigration policy as “dehumanizing and demonizing vulnerable children.” She claimed that President Trump and Republican members of Congress were trying to distract people from their violence and fuel further attacks on Mexican immigrants. [10] A description of our services can be found on our website. Education: Individual, under the supervision of an SC licensed lawyer; independent projects possible. The SCALJC blog, South Carolina Healthcare Voices, was created to draw attention to the need for Obamacare. [5] The blog advocates for taxpayer-provided public health care for South Carolina residents. [6] South Carolina Appleseed and Sue Berkowitz opposed a state law that protected religious adoption agencies (such as Catholic charities) from providing services to same-sex couples. Berkowitz viewed the law as discriminatory against LGBT couples, saying it had reduced the number of safe adoptive homes for foster children. [9] Berkowitz rejected and denounced a policy of the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that required able-bodied adult Medicaid recipients to work 80 hours a month or actively seek work, volunteer or receive education, and condemned them as draconian. She argued that it would harm children.
The SCALJC published a study indicating that 14,000 parents would lose health care. [8] The South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center is dedicated to advocating for low-income people in South Carolina to effect systemic change by acting before and through the courts, legislators, administrative agencies, communities, and the media, and helping others do the same through education, training, and co-counseling. Sue Berkowitz, president of the South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center, said the Republican-led Senate alternative to Obamacare would kill people. SCALJC said the law will fund tax breaks for the wealthy and corporations, make “draconian” cuts to Medicaid, most likely eliminate children`s services and allow discrimination. [7] Support for research and preparation of materials for legal education and litigation. The problems affect the impoverished population and range from bankruptcy, adoption, divorce, Social Security, Medicaid, landlords, consumer debt to housing. Case-specific searches can also be conducted at local legal aid offices.