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ACLU Releases New Data on Stockton Unified’s Pattern of Wrongly Arresting Students
The District reported 1,936 student arrests between July 2012 and November 2016. 52% of student arrests were for low-level misbehavior – such as truancy, curfew violations, and disturbing the peace. The data also shows that policing in SUSD has a particularly harsh impact on Black and Latinx students and students with disabilities.
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Advocates Vow to Double Down on Efforts to Reform California’s Money Bail System
The CA Assembly failed to approve AB 42, a bill to reform California’s money bail system. The defeat came on the heels of the Senate’s bipartisan approval of an identical measure, SB 10, which now heads to the Assembly for consideration.
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Summer 2017 ACLU News
California Senate Approves Bail Reform Legislation
The California Senate approved SB 10, a bill to reform and modernize California’s money bail system, on a bipartisan 25-11 vote. An identical bail reform bill, AB 42, is expected to be voted on by the Assembly later this week.
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Nationwide Report: Insurance Corporations Created Exploitative $2 Billion Bail Industry
Today, Color Of Change and the American Civil Liberties Union’s Campaign for Smart Justice released a scathing national report exposing insurance corporations’ hand in creating an unnecessary and largely unaccountable $2 billion bail industry.
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Advocates Applaud Gov. Brown for Providing Additional Funding for Deportation Defense
CA Gov. Brown's revised state budget proposal includes an additional $15 million for legal services for immigrants, including deportation defense. Research has shown that having effective legal representation can multiply immigrants’ ability to stay in the country.
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ACLU of California Issues Texas Travel Advisory
The American Civil Liberties Union of California issued a travel alert today informing anyone planning to travel to Texas in the near future to anticipate the possible violation of their constitutional rights when stopped by law enforcement following the passage of a Texas law, known as SB4.
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Voting Rights Groups Sue California for Voter Suppression
LAUSD Board Votes to Pass a Binding Safe Schools Resolution for Immigrant Students and Families
ACLU of California Denounces Trump Administration’s Orwellian “VOICE” Initiative
The Department of Homeland Security has introduced its "VOICE" initiative, described as a "grotesque propaganda tool" by the ACLU of California's Immigrants' Rights Director.
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Judge Blocks Federal Government from Denying Funds to ‘Sanctuary Jurisdictions’
San Francisco —Today, a judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction that blocks the federal government from denying federal funds to “sanctuary jurisdictions.”
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