Reform must also guarantee legal representation for those who cannot defend themselves; give judges the power to provide individualized justice in deportation cases; and significantly downsize our costly immigration jails.”

“Too often our immigration system does not live up to what our Constitution requires, and the results are devastating, not only to the immigrants themselves, but also to their spouses and children - many of whom are American citizens and lawful residents.”

View ACLU’s full testimony submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee at this link: https://www.aclusocal.org/testimony-of-ahilan-arulanantham-for-3-20-2013-senate-judiciary-committee-hearing/

Ahilan Arulanantham’s bio is here.