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California Values Act: It’s About More than Dollars and Cents
Mar 21, 2017
Fresno City Council Member Steve Brandau wants Fresno to turn its back on immigrants, inclusion, and human dignity.
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Bill to Address Secret and Unregulated Use of Jailhouse Informants Passes Out of Committee
Mar 21, 2017
Today, a bill to close a significant loophole in existing law regarding jailhouse informants passed unanimously out of the Assembly Public Safety Committee. Assembly Bill 359, by Assemblymember Reginald Jones-Sawyer (D-Los Angeles), comes in the wake of controversy in Orange County over use of jailhouse informants and revelations that two informants were paid over $335,000 in cash payments fr...
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Un oficial de inmigración nos metió a mi hermana y a mí en un armario y nos agredió sexualmente
Mar 22, 2017
Nos fuimos de Guatemala buscando una vida pacífica. Lo que paso después que cruzamos la frontera nos cambió la vida.
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ACLU del Norte de California entabla queja contra la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza por agresión sexual
Mar 22, 2017
La ACLU del Norte de California radicó dos quejas con el gobierno federal a nombre de dos hermanas que fueron agredidas sexualmente por un oficial de CBP.
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ACLU of Northern California Files Claims Against Customs And Border Protection for Sexual Assault
Mar 22, 2017
The ACLU of Northern California today filed two claims with the federal government on behalf of two sisters who were sexually assaulted by a CBP officer.
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J.I. v. United States (Sexual Assault)
Mar 22, 2017
On March 22, 2017, the ACLU Foundation of Northern California filed two claims with the federal government on behalf of two teenage sisters who were assaulted by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer.
In July 2016, the sisters — then 19 and 17— lost their way while traveling to the United States from Guatemala, and encountered CBP officers after crossing the Texas-Chihuahua, Mexico, bord...
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A Border Agent Took My Sister and Me Into a Closet and Sexually Assaulted Us
Mar 22, 2017
We fled Guatemala looking for a safer and more peaceful life. What happened to us after crossing the border changed our lives.
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"My Voice Matters." When Their Principal Tried to Remove #BlackLivesMatter from the Yearbook, These Teens Spoke Up.
Mar 24, 2017
Students on yearbook staff wrote an article about Black Lives Matter. When their principal rejected it, they knew it was time to speak up for their rights. Students have a right to free speech and expression at school. This includes political speech, cultural expression, and speech that a school district may preemptively feel is controversial.
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ACLU Statement on California Chief Justice’s State of the Judiciary
Mar 27, 2017
ACLU of California Center for Advocacy and Policy statement in response to CA Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye's State of the Judiciary Address.
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Broad Coalition Supports Effort to Reform California’s Unfair and Costly Money Bail System
Mar 27, 2017
A broad coalition applauded lawmakers' unveiling of two bills that, if passed, would reform California's money bail system. Thousands of Californians are detained pretrial simply because they can't afford to post bail.
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