In response to a surge of civil rights violations occurring nationwide, the ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties (ACLUF-SDIC) is tracking and investigating unlawful conduct by federal immigration agents.

A growing coalition of civil rights and community organizations today announced their opposition to a proposed voter ID initiative that would impose sweeping new restrictions on how every Californian casts their ballot and harm communities that already face obstacles to voting.

Amid ongoing federal actions affecting civil rights nationwide, the ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties (ACLU-SDIC) is launching EmpowerEd: an educational series that provides the public with information on their rights, advocacy tools, and knowledge about existing laws and systems. 

Nationwide, our communities are experiencing a coordinated attack on our civil rights designed to make us feel overwhelmed and powerless.

Prop 36 proponents promised safety, accountability, and mass treatment. California’s getting more mass incarceration instead.

Free speech organizations filed a friend-of-the-court brief today in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Newsom v. Trump, California’s lawsuit challenging President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops and active-duty Marines earlier this summer in Los Angeles and surrounding counties.

Today, the Supreme Court granted the federal government’s request for a stay (or pause) of a temporary restraining order (TRO) prohibiting federal agencies–including the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)–from continuing their unlawful actions in Los Angeles and surrounding counties.    

Today, the Trump administration filed an application for review at the U.S. Supreme Court in Vasquez Perdomo v. Noem, asking the high court to lift the temporary order currently barring federal agencies—including DHS—from continuing their unlawful actions in Los Angeles and surrounding counties.

Temporary restraining orders granted regarding unlawful stops and access to counsel