Jonathan Blazer, dir. of border strategies at National ACLU, joins Norma Chávez-Peterson, ACLU-SDIC executive dir., for a discussion about the efforts of the ACLU-SDIC and our direct service partners in response to the mass street releases.
Police abuse of power has come under unprecedented and long overdue public scrutiny over the past few years. Yet, many people concerned about police accountability may overlook the egregious practices of the single largest law enforcement agency in the United States...
February 10, 2022
On January 12, 2022, the ACLUF-SDIC sent a letter to the Imperial County Board of Supervisors in response to community concerns about the lack of language access during board meetings for people who do not speak English.
We lost a quiet but fierce champion of justice. Charles A. Bird died June 21, 2021 after a long illness. Charlie was many things—a brilliant lawyer, an avid outdoorsman, a bar and community leader, a believer in freedom of conscience and a colleague and mentor to generations of advocates.