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ACLU-SDIC Testimony – San Diego County Board of Supervisors Considers CLEAR Ordinance

The following testimony outlines the ACLU-SDIC's support for the Civil Liberties Enforcement and Accountability Rules (CLEAR) Ordinance. This testimony was delivered before the San Diego County Board of Supervisors by ACLU-SDIC Immigrants' Rights Senior Policy Advocate on January 13, 2026.

By Eddie Meyer

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Court Finds Border Patrol Violated Federal Court Order During Sacramento Raids

The court granted a motion to enforce an order barring Border Patrol from making illegal stops in the Eastern District of California
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ACLU-SDIC Testimony – San Diego City Council Considers Whether to Continue Surveillance Use Policies

The following testimony outlines the ACLU-SDIC's opposition to the San Diego City Council continuing the city's contract with Flock Safety. This testimony was delivered before the San Diego City Council by ACLU-SDIC Central San Diego Organizer Blair Overstreet on December 9, 2025.

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ACLU-SDIC Testimony – San Diego County Board of Supervisors Considers Drafting CLEAR Ordinance

The following testimony outlines the ACLU-SDIC's support for drafting the Civil Liberties Enforcement and Accountability Rules (CLEAR) Ordinance. This testimony was delivered before the San Diego County Board of Supervisors by ACLU-SDIC Staff Attorney Brisa Velazquez October 21, 2025.

By Brisa Velazquez

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ACLU-SDIC Testimony – San Diego City Council Considers Due Process & Safety Ordinance

The following testimony outlines the ACLU-SDIC's support for the Due Process & Safety Ordinance proposed. This testimony was delivered before the San Diego City Council by ACLU-SDIC Immigrants' Rights Staff Attorney Brisa Velazquez October 20, 2025.

By Brisa Velazquez

Who Did We Kill This Year?

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With ACLU’s Rapid Growth Comes New Leader, and Increased Emphasis on Latino Engagement

SAN DIEGO – Having grown from seven staff members to twenty-one in seven years, the San Diego ACLU today announced the promotion of Norma Chávez-Peterson to the new position of Associate Director supervising the organization’s entire advocacy portfolio. Chávez -Peterson started as Organizing Director nine months ago and led the organization’s Latino voter engagement campaign in Escondido and the San Diego component of the statewide campaign to replace California’s death penalty (Proposition 34).

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U.S. Supreme Court to Review Challenges to DOMA and Prop. 8

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ACLU Challenges Defense Department's Policy Excluding Women from Combat

SAN FRANCISCO – The Defense Department’s longstanding policy barring women from thousands of ground combat positions was challenged today in a federal lawsuit by four servicewomen and the Service Women’s Action Network.

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ACLU Files Class Action Lawsuit Challenging Mandatory Immigration Lock-up

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Marriage Equality Sweeps the Nation

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San Diego ACLU Seeks to Gag SDGE’s Gag Order Request

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ACLU Advocates for the Right to Challenge Warrantless Wiretapping

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More Cause for Shock and Concern at the Border, says San Diego ACLU

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