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For Immediate Release: Jul 07, 2025

Media Contact: press@aclunc.org, (415) 621-2493

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Read more about TPS Holders Challenge the Termination of Temporary Protected Status for 60,000 Nepali, Honduran, and Nicaraguan Long-Term Residents of the United States

Jul 02, 2025

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Read more about Conozca Sus Derechos: En la Corte de Inmigración

Jun 27, 2025

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Read more about Know Your Rights: Immigration Court

Jun 27, 2025

Read more about Drone surveillance is creepy, and it’s against the law

Jun 26, 2025

Read more about Four Decades of Data Reveal California's Death Penalty is Riddled with Racial Bias

For Immediate Release: Jun 26, 2025

Media Contact: press@aclunc.org, (415) 621-2493

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Read more about ACLU Joins Calls to Gov. Newsom to Commute All Death Sentences as State Supreme Court Reviews Constitutional Challenge

For Immediate Release: Jun 19, 2025

Media Contact: press@aclunc.org, (415) 621-2493

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Read more about The ACLUs of California Statement on Ninth Circuit Decision Allowing Federalization of California National Guard

For Immediate Release: Jun 18, 2025

Media Contact: press@aclunc.org, (415) 621-2493

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Read more about ACLU Statement on SCOTUS Ruling in U.S. v. Skrmetti

For Immediate Release: Jun 17, 2025

Media Contact: press@aclunc.org, (415) 621-2493

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Read more about California ACLUs Applaud State Leadership's Fight Against Federal Abuse of Power in the Deployment of the National Guard

For Immediate Release: Jun 07, 2025

Media Contact: press@aclunc.org, (415) 621-2493

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Read more about ACLU Statement on Trump's Deployment of National Guard in Los Angeles