March 6, 2017
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The new executive order banning the issuance of visas to people from certain countries is based on the same religious animus that fueled the Trump's first attempt at a Muslim ban. Read more
Free Speech
Our support of the Bill of Rights and the first amendment right to free speech is unequivocal. This includes challenging activities or actions that seek to curtail, limit or erase the free speech of others. However, we reserve the right to exercise our free speech by critiquing the speech of others, such as hateful speech, that is contrary to our core values, which support liberty and justice for all.
ACLU responds to excessive force used on protesters. Read more
ACLU defends "I can't breathe" t-shirts at school... Read more
Your free speech rights at demonstrations and protests. Know Your Rights
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March 6, 2017
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The Trump administration has conceded that its original Muslim ban was indefensible... The only way to actually fix the Muslim ban is not to have a Muslim ban. - Omar Jadwat, ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project Director Read more
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The following Op-Ed by Alan Schlosser and Diana Tate Vermeire was originally published in the Daily Californian on Friday, February 10. Last week, free speech suffered a blow when force and intimidation by some protesters prompted the University of... Read more
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February 15, 2017
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What is America? From its beginning it has always been a painful paradox, a country founded on violent dehumanization but proclaiming the highest ideals of human kinship. As generations have before us, today millions join together to make it what it... Read more »
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The National Coalition Against Censorship and the ACLU of Northern CA today sent a letter demanding artwork unjustly banned by a school administrator in San Jose is returned to the walls. Read more
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February 9, 2017
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Today’s ruling is reason to celebrate. If the court had granted the Trump administration’s request, U.S. citizens, residents, and their family members here and across the world would have once again been facing chaos and uncertainty. The Trump... Read more
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February 2, 2017
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Three students at California universities, along with Jewish Family & Community Services East Bay, filed a lawsuit today against President Donald J. Trump, the Department of State, the Department of Homeland Security, and U.S. Customs and Border... Read more
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February 2, 2017
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California filed a Freedom of Information Act request today with its local U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) office to expose how Trump administration officials are interpreting and executing the... Read more
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January 25, 2017
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Today, President Trump and his new administration confirmed the institution of draconian, punitive, and discriminatory immigration policies that ignore the lessons of the last 30 years of immigration policy and betray our most basic values as a... Read more
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January 25, 2017
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The ACLU of California condemns the anti-immigrant actions taken this week by President Donald Trump. >> Contact us re: SFO, OAK, SJO, FAT airport arrivals affected by Trump's executive order On behalf of the ACLU of Northern California, I... Read more