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ACLU Comment on Trump Administration's New Travel Ban Restrictions
President Trump issued a third version of his Muslim travel ban, which the ACLU is challenging at the U.S. Supreme Court with partner organizations.
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ACLU Comment on Trump Administration's Possible New Travel Ban Restrictions
ACLU Comment on the Trump administration considering new travel ban restrictions to ban Muslims from the United States.
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ACLU Announces Grant for UC Berkeley Student Groups
The ACLU of Northern CA's grant program for student groups to bring speakers to UC Berkeley to advance equal justice this school year.
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ACLU of Northern CA Corrects the Record on Berkeley Patriot Statement as Reported on KQED’s The California Report
The ACLU of Northern California is not currently representing the Berkeley Patriot in any way, contrary to Pranav Jandhyala’s statement on KQED’s The California Report.
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ACLU of California Statement on Riverside Unified Sanctuary Policy
On Monday, the Riverside Unified School District (RUSD) Board of Education unanimously approved a campus sanctuary policy.
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California Legislature Approves Bill to Limit State and Local Role in Deportations
CA Assembly and CA Senate have approved the California Values Act, SB 54. The legislation prohibits immigration enforcement overreach by the federal government and is headed to the governor for his signature.
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ACLU of California Statement on the Trump Administration's Decision to End DACA
Today, Attorney General Sessions announced his intent to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, callously reneging on the government’s commitment to hundreds of thousands of American youth.
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Government Settles in First Lawsuit Filed Against Trump's Muslim Ban
The Trump administration settled with plaintiffs in the first legal challenge to the executive order, which barred travelers from certain majority Muslim countries from entering the U.S.
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ACLU Comment on Trump Pardon of Joe Arpaio
President Trump has pardoned former Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, who was found guilty of criminal contempt for deliberately violating a federal court order that prohibited illegal detentions based only on suspicions about immigration status.
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ACLU reta encarcelamientos de adolescentes inmigrantes por la administración Trump
ACLU Challenges Trump Administration’s Jailing of Immigrant Teens
The lawsuit charges that federal authorities – under the guise of a “crackdown” on transnational street gangs – are embarking on a concerted effort to detain and deport children based on unreliable claims of gang affiliation and flawed reports of criminal history.
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