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Every child in California has the right to a free public education regardless of their race, nationality, sex, religion, whether they speak English or not, and immigration status. Read more
Immigrants' Rights
The ACLU fights to make sure that the rights and liberties guaranteed by our constitution apply to all immigrants, regardless of immigration status. We challenge the serious civil rights violations faced by immigrant communities.
Interactive: Timeline of Trump's Muslim Ban... Check it out
Settlement with ICE lets immigrant detainees use phones to call... Read more
Class action lawsuit to stop unreasonable detention. Learn more
Applying for a driver's license under AB 60... Learn more
News
September 5, 2017
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Today, Attorney General Sessions announced his intent to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, callously reneging on the government’s commitment to hundreds of thousands of American youth. Read more
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The ACLU Foundation of Northern California is suing Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) for using unsubstantiated... Read more
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August 31, 2017
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The Trump administration settled with plaintiffs in the first legal challenge to the executive order, which barred travelers from certain majority Muslim countries from entering the U.S. Read more
Blog
August 29, 2017
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As mobile iris-scanning apps and tools become available, racial profiling by law enforcement could lead to Latinos and people of color having their eyes scanned simply because they speak Spanish or have brown skin. Read more »
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August 25, 2017
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President Trump has pardoned former Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, who was found guilty of criminal contempt for deliberately violating a federal court order that prohibited illegal detentions based only on suspicions about... Read more
Blog
August 21, 2017
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In this time when our federal government has ordered ICE officials to aggressively pursue undocumented folks, it’s important to remind some of our most vulnerable populations about their constitutional rights. Read more »
Blog
August 21, 2017
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Read this in English » En estos momentos, cuando nuestro gobierno federal ha ordenado que agentes de ICE persigan agresivamente a personas indocumentadas, es importante hacerles recordar a nuestras poblaciones más vulnerables de sus derechos... Read more »
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August 11, 2017
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Read the English version » SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Abogados representado a niños inmigrantes y a sus familias demandaron hoy al Procurador General Jeff Sessions, la Oficina de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés) y al... Read more
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August 11, 2017
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The lawsuit charges that federal authorities – under the guise of a “crackdown” on transnational street gangs – are embarking on a concerted effort to detain and deport children based on unreliable claims of gang affiliation and flawed reports of... Read more