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Lawyers for Deported United States Citizen Call for Review of Immigration Procedures by Obama Administration

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Lawyers for a United States citizen who was illegally deported to Mexico are calling for the Obama administration to carefully review immigration procedures to ensure that no U.S. citizen is illegally deported again.

January 26, 2009

ACLU/SC Opposes Troubling Provisions of L.A. District Attorney's Proposed Gang Injunction in South Los Angeles

A gang injunction that would cover a 10-square-mile, unincorporated area of South Los Angeles and could prohibit even nongang members from taking part in everyday activities is overly broad and unconstitutional, the ACLU of Southern California argued today in an amicus brief filed in the Los Ange

January 14, 2009

LAPD Provides Disappointing Response to Racial Profiling Report

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The Los Angeles Police Department has provided a disappointing and inadequate response to a report that found racially biased policing in its ranks, a coalition of community groups told the Los Angeles Police Commission today.

January 13, 2009

Overview of the Prop 8 Challenge

On November 5, 2008, the day after Proposition 8 was approved by voters, the California ACLU affiliates joined with the National Center for Lesbian Rights, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., and the law offices of David C.

January 9, 2009

New Filing in Prop 8 Legal Challenge

San Francisco'The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and Lambda Legal filed a reply brief on Jan. 5 in the California Supreme Court, the next step in the lawsuit seeking to overturn Proposition 8, which passed by a mere 52 percent on Nov. 4.

January 5, 2009

Affluent Beach City Sued for Treating Disabled Homeless People as Criminals

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

December 23, 2008