Blogs
San Diego Values Community & Transparency
The California Values Act (SB 54), which went into effect in January 2018, protects the safety and well-being of all Californians by ensuring state and local resources are not used for federal immigration enforcement. In enacting the law, the state legislature acknowledged what community groups... November 18, 2019
Court Rejects UCSD’s Attempt to Sidestep the First Amendment in Controversial Student Newspaper Case
The ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties recently scored a major victory for freedom of speech when the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court ruling dismissing our First Amendment case against the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). September 30, 2019
My Time as a Legal Intern at the ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties
Before law school, I worked for several years in education and saw a number of systemic inequalities and injustices in my community that I felt powerless to address. After doing some soul-searching, I decided to go to law school to work in the public interest sector and better serve these at-risk... August 29, 2019
How It All Began: ACLU and the Uncovering of the Trump Administration’s Family Separation Policy, Part 3
This three-part blog series, co-authored by ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties’ Legal Investigator & Researcher — Mayra Lopez and Immigrant Rights & Binational Affairs Advocate — Esmeralda Flores, is a uniquely personal glimpse into our work to protect immigrants’ civil rights and... June 28, 2019