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LOS ANGELES — In a court order that accuses federal officials of “straight up dishonesty,” a U.S. District Court judge today ordered a drastic reduction in population at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center amid a major outbreak of COVID-19.
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors today approved settlement of a class action lawsuit brought by immigrants who were unlawfully detained by the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department — sometimes for months — because of “ICE hold” requests from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enfor
The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California endorses Yes on Propositions 15, 16, 17, 18, and 21 and No on Propositions 19, 20, 22, 24, and 25 for the election on November 3, 2020. The ACLU SoCal also endorses Yes on Measure J on the ballot in Los Angles County.
LOS ANGELES — The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California will hold its annual Bill of Rights Awards Gala on Sunday, October 4 at 7 p.m., hosted by Emmy-, Tony-, and Grammy-winning performer and activist Billy Porter.
LOS ANGELES — According to government documents revealed yesterday, there has been a major outbreak of COVID-19 at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center.
In a 2-1 decision today, a three-judge Panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Trump administration’s effort to terminate the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) of approximately 300,000 people who have lived here lawfully, many of them for decades.