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For Immediate Release: Dec 05, 2016
Media Contact: press@aclunc.org, (415) 621-2493

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  • Read more about ACLU Applauds California Lawmakers for Standing by Immigrant Communities
Today, California lawmakers introduced Assembly Bill 3 and Senate Bill 6 to provide legal representation to the state’s immigrant communities who will be targeted by the federal government’s efforts to ramp up deportation programs and go after new classes of people for deportation.

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Dec 05, 2016

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  • Read more about The Obama Administration Is Allowing Religious Organizations to Restrict Health Care for the Most Vulnerable, but We Just Won the First Round
When she was 17 years old, Rosa* fled her home country and came to the U.S. seeking a better life. As she made her way across the border, she was raped. After she arrived in the U.S. alone, she was taken into federal custody and then placed with a Catholic organization that receives taxpayer money to provide services to young women like Rosa.

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Dec 05, 2016

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  • Read more about Money Bail: Freedom and Justice Out of Reach for Far Too Many Californians
Each year, thousands of Californians are kept in jail awaiting trial simply because they can't afford to post bail.

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For Immediate Release: Dec 05, 2016
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Nov 29, 2016

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  • Read more about ACLU to Trump: Flag Burning is Free Speech
President-elect Donald J. Trump tweeted that anyone who burns a flag should be jailed or even stripped of their U.S. citizenship. The idea that the government could use citizenship as a punishment for political speech is not simply unconstitutional, but fundamentally un-American.

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Nov 28, 2016

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  • Read more about Standing on the Shoulders of My Ancestors: My Journey through the National Museum of African American History and Culture
On opening day of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in D.C., I crossed the threshold with a memory deeply embedded in my psyche.

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Nov 21, 2016

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  • Read more about President-Elect Trump Will Soon Have the Keys to the Surveillance State
On January 20, President Obama will hand Donald Trump the keys to the surveillance state. What can you do to protect against government spying?

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Nov 18, 2016

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  • Read more about The ACLU Responds to the Potential Nominations of Sen. Sessions for Attorney General and Rep. Pompeo for CIA Director
As a matter of organizational policy, the ACLU doesn't take a position supporting or opposing presidential or judicial nominations. We do, however, educate the American people and the Congress about nominees’ records and past positions.

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For Immediate Release: Nov 15, 2016
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  • Read more about ACLU Files Suit Demanding Accountability In California Execution Protocols
The ACLU of Northern California filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a state statute that gives unlimited discretion over executions to the California Department of Corrections.

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Nov 14, 2016

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  • Read more about The ACLU Is Receiving an Outpouring of Support. Here’s Our Plan.

Since Election Day, the ACLU has seen a renewed sense of urgency from hundreds of thousands of Americans to protect civil liberties.

In just five days, our Facebook followers have increased by 25 percent to nearly one million people; 400,000 people viewed our open letter to President-elect Trump on our website; and 150,000 new people have joined our e-mail list. We have also heard from thousands of people offering to volunteer their time and services and have received roughly 120,000 donations, totaling more than $7.2 million.

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