For Immediate Release: Jan 08, 2014
Media Contact: press@aclunc.org, (415) 621-2493
Ashton Lee and his mother, Catherine
Transgender students, and their parents, educators and friends today are both relieved and concerned that while the California School Success and Opportunity Act (AB 1266), which helps schools better understand how to provide a fair opportunity for transgender students to participate and succeed, failed to qualify for a referendum based on a random count of signatures but may still qualify depending on the outcome of a full count of the signatures. The law went into effect on January 1 and today the Secretary of State announced that a referendum has failed to qualify for the ballot on the first spot count of the signatures, though that finding will be confirmed by a full count.
Dec 23, 2013
Are you giving - or, better yet, hoping to get - a new Xbox One this holiday season? With the recent news that the NSA is spying on gaming networks, we put together some important privacy information and tips to help you better protect yourself.
Dec 23, 2013

Audley Barrington Lyon, Jr. is currently in immigration detention while he fights deportation to Jamaica. A “U visa” is a beacon of hope for Mr. Lyon, who was an innocent bystander when he was seriously injured in shooting. A U visa—available to crime victims who cooperate with criminal investigations—would give him the opportunity to stay in the country with his U.S. citizen wife. Unfortunately, he doesn’t stand a fighting chance.

Dec 23, 2013
On Thursday, December 19th President Obama commuted the sentences of eight people who have been imprisoned more than 15 years on crack-cocaine charges, a move in line with his administration's attempts to ease some of the harsher drug-sentencing decisions of the past two decades.
For Immediate Release: Dec 12, 2013
Media Contact: press@aclunc.org, (415) 621-2493
father with baby
The ACLU-NC, Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus, and co-counsel Keker Van Nest LLP, filed a statewide class action lawsuit on Thursday. The class action lawsuit urges that immigrants are entitled to go before an immigration judge to request release while they fight their deportation cases.
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