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A federal district court ruled that ICE must improve detention conditions in the short-term holding cells at its San Francisco office. Among other basic necessities, ICE must supply mattresses and clean bedding, dim the lights overnight, and provide access to medical care and prescription medications. Read More

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for free speech online and the right to document the government's conduct, the Department of Homeland Security has withdrawn a subpoena to Meta demanding the identities of multiple anonymous Instagram accounts that posted about ICE raids in Los Angeles, after ACLU NorCal challenged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

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

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

A federal judge stopped the Trump administration from terminating Temporary Protected Status for 60,000 people from Honduras, Nicaragua, and Nepal while the case proceeds. The people affected by the court's ruling have lived in the United States for more than a decade. Read More

The National TPS Alliance sued the Trump administration over the federal government's termination of Temporary Protected Status for thousands of people from Nepal, Honduras, and Nicaragua who have lived lawfully in the United States for many years. Read More