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ACLU of California Statement on Misleading Campaign Ad

Please attribute the following statement to the ACLU of California affiliates in regards to recent campaign ads opposing Tony Thurmond for California Superintendent of Public Instruction:

October 25, 2018

DHS Submits Plan to Abide by Judge’s Order Blocking TPS Terminations

San Francisco — In response to the October 3 court order in Ramos v. Nielsen blocking the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 300,000 people from Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador who have lived legally in the United States for years or decades, today

October 24, 2018

ACLU Statement on Reports of Trump Administration Attacks on Transgender People

NEW YORK — The Trump administration is reportedly working to dramatically roll-back protections for transgender students and narrow the definitions of sex and gender that courts have increasingly used to provide protections for LGBTQ people.

October 21, 2018

Settlement Requires L.A. Superior Court to Consider Drivers' Inability to Pay Traffic Fines

LOS ANGELES — Under a settlement signed, the Los Angeles County Superior Court has agreed to procedures to ensure that no motorists will be saddled with traffic fines they simply cannot afford to pay.

October 8, 2018

Federal Court Blocks Trump's Termination of Legal Status for Hundreds of Thousands of TPS Holders

SAN FRANCISCO — Today, a federal district court issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration’s termination of legal status for beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti, and Sudan. The Trump administration had terminated the legal

October 3, 2018

ACLU Statement on Fivefold Expansion of L.A. Public Defenders' Immigration Unit

LOS ANGELES — The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California applauds the L.A. County Board of Supervisors for its vote today to increase the number of immigration experts on the L.A. County Public Defender's Office staff from two to 10.

October 2, 2018

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