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San Francisco — The ACLU Foundation of Northern California and Goodwin Procter LLP today filed a series of claims related to the mistreatment of ICE detainees while they were transported between detention facilities, as well as a FOIA lawsuit seeking more details about ICE’s contract with G4S Secure Solutions, the company contracted to provide transportation services for detainees.In Jul... Read More

CONTACT: Inga Sarda-Sorensen, 347-514-3984, isarda-sorensen@aclu.orgSACRAMENTO — A federal court today upheld the California Values Act, which ensures that police and sheriffs do not indiscriminately help ICE round up and deport immigrants in California. The ruling is a major rebuke to the Trump administration’s nationwide attacks on so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions.The American Civil... Read More

The ACLU Foundation of Northern California filed suit against Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, demanding that the State Department issue a decision on an Iranian family’s application for a waiver from the Muslim Ban. Read More

The ACLU Foundation of Northern California filed suit against Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on July 5, 2018, demanding that the State Department issue a decision on an Iranian family’s application to immigrate to the United States. Presidential Proclamation 9645 -- commonly known as the Muslim Ban -- along with other federal law, requires State Department officials to issue decisions on vi... Read More

A federal judge orders the reunification of thousands of parents and children separated by the Trump administration's zero tolerance immigration policy. Read More

Supreme Court has upheld the Trump administration’s third Muslim ban. The ACLU will host a media call at noon. Read More

President Trump's executive order has no plan to reunite over 2,300 children who have been take away from their parents. We will be monitoring the administration’s to see if family separations really stop. Read More

In response to reports that President Trump will issue an executive order on family separation, Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, offered the following reaction: Read More

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is reportedly planning to withdraw from the U.N. Human Rights Council today.Jamil Dakwar, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Human Rights Program, issued the following statement in response:“The Trump administration’s withdrawal from the U.N. Human Rights Council, coupled with its abusive use of power at home, only confirm what we’ve always known... Read More

As public outrage around family separation mounts, members of Congress demand access to government-run facilities, and the United Nations condemns us, the Trump administration is attempting to shift the blame — fast. Read More