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ACLU-SDIC Testimony – San Diego County Board of Supervisors Considers CLEAR Ordinance
By Eddie Meyer
ACLU-SDIC Testimony – San Diego City Council Considers Whether to Continue Surveillance Use Policies
By Blair Overstreet
ACLU-SDIC Testimony – San Diego County Board of Supervisors Considers Drafting CLEAR Ordinance
By Brisa Velazquez
ACLU-SDIC Testimony – San Diego City Council Considers Due Process & Safety Ordinance
By Brisa Velazquez
ACLU Class Action Lawsuit Challenges Immigration Enforcement Agencies’ Practices of Tearing Families Apart
SAN DIEGO — Using misinformation, deception, and coercion, Border Patrol and ICE officers have pressured hundreds, if not thousands, of Mexican nationals with deep roots here in the United States into forfeiting their right to a fair hearing and a chance to live here lawfully, alleges the ACLU in a lawsuit being filed today in federal court in Los Angeles. The lawsuit, Lopez-Venegas v. Napolitano, alleges that as a matter of regular practice, Border Patrol agents and ICE officers pressure undocumented immigrants to sign what amounts to their own summary expulsion documents. The procedure is formally known as “voluntary departure,” but it regularly results in the involuntary waiver of core due process rights. An individual who signs for voluntary departure immediately surrenders his or her rights to a hearing before an immigration judge and is usually expelled to Mexico within a matter of hours.
Demanda Colectiva de la ACLU Desafía la Aplicación de las Prácticas de las Agencias Migratorias que Separan a las Familias a Través de la Intimidación
ACLU of California Takes Immigration Reform Workshops on the Road
ACLU of California Immigration Reform Workshop Dates and Locations:
May 21, 6:30 – 8:00 pm – San Diego, CA: Mercado Apartments,
2001 Newton Ave., SD 92113 [contact Beatriz]
May 22, 6:30 – 8:00 pm – San Diego, CA: MAAC Community Charter School, 1385 Third Ave., Chula Visa, CA 91911 [contact Beatriz]
May 23, 6:30 – 8:30 pm – Santa Paula, CA: Casabella Apartments Community Room, 622 Main St., Santa Paula, CA 93060
[contact Elvia]
May 29, 6:00 – 8:00 pm – Sacramento, CA: Consulate General of Mexico in Sacramento, 2093 Arena Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95834
[contact Angelo]
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