News

Media Contact:

(415) 621-2493
press@aclunc.org

SEARCH BY:

News

ACLU Comment on Google’s Commitment Not to Sell a Facial Recognition Surveillance Product

December 13, 2018

File Under :

Privacy and Government Surveillance, Technology and Civil Liberties

Google announced that they, unlike Amazon and Microsoft, will not release facial recognition technology. The ACLU called on other companies to follow suit.Read more »

News

ACLU Responds to Reports CBP is Using Tear Gas Against Migrants at the Border

November 26, 2018

File Under :

Immigrants' Rights

Reports released today indicate that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents are using tear gas against migrants attempting to seek asylum at the San Ysidro port of entry at the Mexico/California border.Read more »

News

ACLU of Northern California Statement on Referendum to Repeal Bail Reform Legislation

November 20, 2018

File Under :

Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Racial Justice

The ACLU will continue to vigorously support efforts that move California forward, advance racial justice and create a pretrial justice system wherein freedom from unnecessary detention is the norm.Read more »

News

Court Blocks Trump's Ban on Green-Card Holders in the Military

November 19, 2018

File Under :

Immigrants' Rights

Breaking federal court ruling halts a Trump administration policy that blocked hundreds of lawful permanent residents from serving in the U.S. military.Read more »

News

Movement for Debt Free Justice Launched in California

November 19, 2018

File Under :

Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Economic Justice

Debt Free Justice California, a statewide coalition, launched today to put an end to the unfair ways California's criminal legal system drains wealth from vulnerable communities.Read more »

News

Groups File Federal Lawsuit Challenging New Trump Asylum Ban

November 9, 2018

File Under :

Immigrants' Rights

SAN FRANCISCO — The American Civil Liberties Union, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Center for Constitutional Rights have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the asylum ban proclamation signed this morning by President Trump. The lawsuit currently... Read more »

News

ACLU Comment on Trump's Dismissal of Jeff Sessions

November 7, 2018

File Under :

Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Immigrants' Rights, Racial Justice, Reproductive Justice & Gender Equity

Jeff Sessions was the worst attorney general in modern American history. But his dismissal shouldn’t be based on political motives.Read more »

News

ACLU Calls for Independent Counsel to Review Cases of Prosecutor Andrew Ganz

November 1, 2018

File Under :

Criminal Justice and Drug Policy

On October 19, a State Bar Court of California judge found San Francisco prosecutor Andrew Ganz culpable of four counts of misconduct and recommended 90 days of suspension. The charges were related to a 2012 murder case Ganz prosecuted while working... Read more »

News