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In a major victory for civil rights, a federal district court issued a preliminary injunction barring U.S. Border Patrol from using practices that violate federal law and the U.S. Constitution. The ruling applies to future immigration enforcement operations in the Eastern District of California, which stretches inland from Bakersfield to the Oregon border. Read More

The League of Women Voters of California seeks to intervene in a lawsuit challenging state law allowing mail ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted if they arrive within seven days of Election Day. If the lawsuit succeeds, hundreds of thousands of California voters could be disenfranchised. Read More

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied the Trump administration's request for a stay of a district court order preventing the government from ending Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans while the case proceeds. Read More

A federal court today blocked the federal government’s attempt to strip Venezuelans of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) while the case moves forward. Read More

In the first hearing in NTPSA v. Noem, a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's decision to terminate humanitarian protections for more than one million Haitian and Venezuelan TPS holders, plaintiffs asked the court to put on hold DHS Secretary Noem's plan to revoke work authorization and legal status in early April for 350,000 Venezuelans while the case proceeds. Read More

The ACLU Foundation of Northern California filed a motion today to challenge an unconstitutionally broad search warrant that authorized UCSC police to seize and search a student’s cellphone, in violation of the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (CalECPA), the First and Fourth Amendments, and the California Constitution.  Read More

After Trump threatens to pull funding from colleges and univerities that allow "illegal" protests, the ACLU sent a letter to colleges and universities, urging them to protect free speech. Read More

On behalf of the United Farm Workers (UFW) and five Kern County residents, the ACLUs of California sued the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, and U.S. Border Patrol to prohibit immigration agents from stopping, arresting, and expelling community members from the country using practices that violate the U.S. Constitution and federal law. Read More

Venezuelans with Temporary Protected Status sued the Trump administration over its illegal attempt to revoke an 18-month extension of TPS, robbing them of legal status and work permits. Read More

With the appointment of Judge Ursula Jones Dickson to replace former District Attorney Pamela Price, the ACLU and our partners on the Alameda County District Attorney Accountability Table will continue advocating for policies that reflect the values of the community and hold the incoming district attorney accountable. Read More

The ACLU called on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to appoint a district attorney who truly reflects the values of Alameda County residents who support equal justice under the law and public safety solutions that address the root causes of crime Read More

Despite a hard-fought campaign, Proposition 6, the initiative to prioritize rehabilitation over forced prison slave labor, did not secure majority support. While the final outcome fell short, the campaign to end carceral slavery ignited an overdue dialogue about a prison system that has failed to prioritize rehabilitation, thereby jeopardizing public safety. Read More