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ACLU-SDIC Testimony – San Diego City Council Considers Whether to Continue Surveillance Use Policies
By Blair Overstreet
Have the police ever taken your property?
Many people in California have had their money, car, and even their home permanently taken by law enforcement – even though they were never arrested or convicted of a crime. If this has happened to you, sharing your story could help end policing for profit in California.
ACLU and Senator Joel Anderson Host Panel on Asset Forfeiture Abuse at San Diego Law School
A Woman With a Disability and PTSD Waited For an Asylum Interview.
Last Thursday, March 17, Nicole Ramos, a U.S. immigration lawyer, escorted her client M. to the San Ysidro Port of Entry. M. is a Mexican transgender woman who has a disability and PTSD seeking asylum in the United States. U.S. law requires an asylum seeker like M. to appear at the port of entry for a credible fear interview and initial processing by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers. Accordingly, M. entered the line for asylum processing at the port.
For the next thirty-four hours, the CBP officers on duty failed to provide M. with any food.
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