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Despite Trump’s Order, for Many Families the Nightmare Is Just Beginning

June 21, 2018

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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 »

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ACLU Statement on Proposed Trump Executive Order on Family Separation

June 20, 2018

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Immigrants' Rights, Racial Justice

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

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ACLU Comment on U.S. Plans to Withdraw from U.N. Human Rights Council

June 19, 2018

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Immigrants' Rights

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... Read more

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Fact-Checking Family Separation

June 19, 2018

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Immigrants' Rights, Racial Justice

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 »

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Plaintiff Jose Gutierrez Sanchez and his family

Court Orders Bond Hearings in Suit by Bay Area Residents Stuck in Immigration Detention

June 7, 2018

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Immigrants' Rights

A federal judge this week granted a preliminary injunction in a class action lawsuit filed by two Bay Area fathers stuck in immigration detention and denied bond hearings. Read more

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It’s Time to #Powerthe14th

June 5, 2018

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Immigrants' Rights, LGBT Equality, Racial Justice

Whether you realize it or not, July 9, 1868 was a day that changed your life and ours. Why? Because it was the day that the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. Read more »

Case

Aleman Gonzalez v. Sessions (Immigration Detention)

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Immigrants' Rights

In March of 2018, two Bay Area fathers who had been detained for over six months at the Contra Costa West County Detention Facility in Richmond, California sued the federal government in a class action lawsuit challenging their unlawful and... Read more

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Justice Never Sleeps… and Neither Do We (Kind of)

June 1, 2018

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Education Equity, Immigrants' Rights

California's 2018 legislative session is happening now. These are the priority bills for the ACLU of California’s Center for Advocacy & Policy... Read more »

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A Look Back at 1968

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Economic Justice, Free Speech, Immigrants' Rights, Racial Justice

1968 was a year that shook the nation and left indelible marks that remain today. How far have we come? Where are we going? Read more

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ACLU Foundation of Northern California v. ICE (License Plate Readers)

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Immigrants' Rights, Technology and Civil Liberties

The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit on May 23, 2018 demanding records of ICE’s relationship with private companies to access vast troves of information about drivers... Read more