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Mar 22, 2017

Job Opening: Community Organizer

Community Organizer

The ACLU of San Diego & Imperial...

Mar 21, 2017

Bill to Address Secret and Unregulated Use of Jailhouse Informants Passes Out of Committee

SACRAMENTO-- 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...

Mar 16, 2017

In California, We the People Can Protect Our Values and Each Other

By Becca Cramer

California is known for being a leader in protecting the rights of LGBTQ people, women, people of color, immigrants, and other marginalized communities. And while we...

Mar 16, 2017

ACLU Statement on the California Chief Justice's Demand that Immigrant Agents Steer Clear of Courts

Please attribute the following statement to Jennie Pasquarella, director of immigrants' rights for the ACLU of California, following the request by the California Supreme Court chief justice to the Trump...

Mar 10, 2017

ACLU Files Class Action Lawsuit Against DHS Challenging Months - Long Delays in Bringing Detained Immigrants, Asylum Seekers Before Judges

SAN DIEGO, CA – The ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties (“San Diego ACLU”), Fish & Richardson P.C., and the Law Offices of Leonard B. Simon P.C. filed a class action...

Mar 6, 2017

Why the Only Way to Fix the Muslim Ban Is Not to Have a Muslim Ban

By Cody Wofsy, Skadden Fellow, ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project

Today President Trump signed a new Muslim ban. The new...

By Cody Wofsy, Skadden Fellow, ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project

Today President Trump signed a new Muslim ban. The new...