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In a victory for free speech online and the right to document the government's conduct, the Department of Homeland Security has withdrawn a subpoena to Meta demanding the identities of multiple anonymous Instagram accounts that posted about ICE raids in Los Angeles, after ACLU NorCal challenged the subpoena in federal court.  Read More

Following a troubling wave of retaliations against journalists, advocates, and bystanders recording immigration enforcement activity in public view, the ACLU and ACLU of Northern California filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) seeking transparency about DHS's policies and practices related to people filming immigration and law enforcement activity. Read More

ALPRs are an invasive mass-surveillance technology: high-speed, computer-controlled cameras that automatically capture images of the license plates of every driver that passes by, without any suspicion that the driver has broken the law.  Read More

The ACLU of Northern California today condemned President Trump’s inflammatory surge of federal immigration agents to the Bay Area and his threat to send the National Guard to San Francisco. Read More

The League of Women Voters has gone to court to prevent the Trump administration from accessing and misusing voting data that could harm California communities Read More

We filed an amicus brief to support the Stanford Daily student newspaper's challenge of the Trump administration's unlawful use of the Immigration Nationality Act to suppress noncitizens' protected speech supporting Palestine and criticizing Israel. Read More

We filed two motions seeking preliminary orders to prevent ICE from arresting immigrants at courthouses and detaining them overnight in unsafe conditions in holding cells meant for temporary detention at ICE offices while the federal class-action lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's unlawful immigration enforcement tactics proceeds. Read More

The federal class-action lawsuit challenges the Trump administration's practice of unlawfully arresting and detaining immigrants whom the government previously determined were not dangerous or a flight risk. Read More

The U.S. Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s request to stay a federal court decision protecting Venezuelans with Temporary Protected Status while it appeals the lower court’s ruling. Read More

The federal class-action lawsuit challenges the Trump administration's policy of arresting people when they appear for their mandatory hearings in immigration court and holding them for days in a makeshift detention center without access to beds, basic hygiene supplies, medical care, or legal counsel. Read More

The five-year settlement requires the city to follow its bag-and-tag policy and establishes strong oversight measures. The Coalition on Homelessness sued San Francisco in 2022 over its practice of seizing and destroying unhoused residents’ belongings during encampment sweeps in violation of the Fourth Amendment. Read More

A federal district court found that DHS Secretary Kristi Noem did not have the authority to cancel the extension of Temporary Protected Status the Biden administration had granted to more than one million Venezuelans and Haitians who have lived and worked lawfully in the US for years. (Photo courtesy of Sam Comen) Read More