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Records Reveal ICE Agents Run Thousands of License Plate Queries a Month in Massive Location Database

June 5, 2019

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Immigrants' Rights, Privacy and Government Surveillance, Technology and Civil Liberties

Documents reveal that ICE uses vague and inappropriate criteria to search through its mass license plate surveillance system. The search history show how the agency exploits surveillance technology to target and deport immigrants. Read more »

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ACLU Sues ICE Contractor, Calls for Investigation of Abuse of Women Immigrants

May 21, 2019

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Immigrants' Rights

ICE contractor shackled women immigrants and held them for hours in a scorching van. Today, the ACLU filed a lawsuit and is calling for an investigation of the abuse. Read more

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Liborio Ramos v. G4S Secure Solutions (Detainee Transport)

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Immigrants' Rights

The ACLU Foundation of Northern California and Goodwin Procter LLP today filed a lawsuit against ICE contractor G4S Secure Solutions, for its inhumane treatment of four detainees who were shackled for hours in a hot windowless van during transport. Read more

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Ninth Circuit Decision Defeats Trump; CA to Remain a Sanctuary State

April 18, 2019

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Immigrants' Rights, Racial Justice

The ACLU of California released a statement applauding the Ninth Circuit's decision to uphold the California Values Act. Read more

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Records Reveal ICE Using Mass Surveillance Database to Track People With Aid of Local Law Enforcement

March 13, 2019

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Immigrants' Rights, Technology and Civil Liberties

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California today released records revealing that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has gained access to an expansive surveillance database to target immigrants. The... Read more

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Documents Reveal ICE Using Driver Location Data From Local Police for Deportations

March 13, 2019

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Immigrants' Rights, Technology and Civil Liberties

ICE is using mass location surveillance to target immigrants. And local governments are helping—feeding their residents’ personal information even when it violates local privacy laws or sanctuary policies. Read more »

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ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging National Emergency Declaration

February 19, 2019

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Immigrants' Rights

The ACLU and the Sierra Club filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s emergency powers declaration to secure funds to build a wall along the southern border. Read more

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