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Detained Asylum Seekers Sue Obama Administration to End Long Waits for Initial Interviews

April 17, 2014

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Immigrants' Rights

Today the ACLU filed a federal class action lawsuit on behalf of thousands of immigrants fleeing persecution who have faced months of detention while they await reasonable fear determinations, the first step in seeking protection in the U.S. when...Read more »

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Marco Rodriguez receives his voter registration card from Covered California.

California to Comply with Voter Registration Law According to Settlement

March 24, 2014

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Voting Rights

In a victory for voting rights, the state of California has agreed to mail voter registration cards to nearly 4 million Californians who have signed up for health insurance through the state health exchange, Covered California, and to ensure that...Read more »

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Parents and Physicians Declare Victory, End Clovis Sex Education Lawsuit

February 25, 2014

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Education Equity, Reproductive Justice

Today parents and physicians dismissed their lawsuit against the Clovis Unified School District (CUSD), whose sex education curriculum was not in compliance with California state law. As a result of the lawsuit, the district has made dramatic...Read more »

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Opponents of CA School Success & Opportunity Act Fail to Put Law On Ballot

February 24, 2014

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Education Equity, LGBT Equality

Today, the effort to repeal the School Success and Opportunity Act—California’s new law ensuring that all children have opportunities to do well in school—failed to qualify for the ballot.Read more »

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ACLU of Northern California Releases Preliminary Findings on CHP Stops and Impounds

February 22, 2014

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Immigrants' Rights, Racial Justice

The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California released preliminary findings of an investigation into 2012 traffic citations issued by the California Highway Patrol (CHP) in the Fresno area.Read more »

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ACLU Charges State with Illegally Denying the Right to Vote to Tens of Thousands of Voters

February 4, 2014

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Racial Justice, Voting Rights

The ACLU of California and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area (LCCR) today filed a lawsuit charging the state with unconstitutionally stripping tens of thousands of people of their right to vote.Read more »

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ACLU Commends ICE for Ending Courthouse Sweeps

January 23, 2014

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Immigrants' Rights

Today the ACLU of California and the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project applaud the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to halt its troubling practice of arresting individuals at Kern County courthouses.Read more »

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Historic Settlement Reached in Class Action Lawsuit Challenging the Shackling of Immigrants in Court

January 23, 2014

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Immigrants' Rights

An historic settlement was reached Thursday in a class action lawsuit between immigration authorities and immigrants bringing an end to the federal government’s practice of forcing detained immigrants to go through their civil immigration hearings...Read more »

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Civil Rights Groups Condemn Kern County Sheriff's Violation of the TRUST Act

January 14, 2014

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Immigrants' Rights

Kern County Sheriff's actions damage public safety, waste resources, and hurt local families.Read more »

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Black students are punished more harshly and more frequently than white students for the same offenses.

Groundbreaking New Federal Guidelines on School Discipline Underscore Need to Pass AB 420

January 8, 2014

Issues :

Education Equity, Racial Justice

The Department of Education and Department of Justice today released federal guidance to assist schools in administering discipline in a nondiscriminatory way and to provide alternatives to overly punitive school discipline practices.Read more »

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Detained Asylum Seekers Sue Obama Administration to End Long Waits for Initial Interviews

California to Comply with Voter Registration Law According to Settlement

Parents and Physicians Declare Victory, End Clovis Sex Education Lawsuit

Opponents of CA School Success & Opportunity Act Fail to Put Law On Ballot

ACLU of Northern California Releases Preliminary Findings on CHP Stops and Impounds

ACLU Charges State with Illegally Denying the Right to Vote to Tens of Thousands of Voters

ACLU Commends ICE for Ending Courthouse Sweeps

Historic Settlement Reached in Class Action Lawsuit Challenging the Shackling of Immigrants in Court

Civil Rights Groups Condemn Kern County Sheriff's Violation of the TRUST Act

Groundbreaking New Federal Guidelines on School Discipline Underscore Need to Pass AB 420

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