ACLU Statement on Forcible Removal of U.S. Senator Padilla
This week alone, we’ve witnessed immigration raids and attacks on protesters, but the assault on the nation’s most senior Latino leader paints a vivid picture of an administration that is increasingly unleashed and behaving like thuggish autocrats.
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LOS ANGELES -- In response to Trump administration's deployment tonight of the National Guard in Los Angeles County, please attribute the following statement to Victor Leung, chief legal and advocacy officer at the ACLU Foundation of Southern California: