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ACLU Statement on Ninth Circuit Ruling on Child Immigrants’ Right to Counsel

LOS ANGELES – Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling on C.J.L.G. v. Whitaker, a lawsuit that addresses whether immigrant children facing deportation should have the right to a court-appointed attorney. The court found that our client, known as C.J., did not receive a fair hearing.

May 3, 2019

ACLU Sues to Stop ICE From Transferring Jailed Immigrants Out of State

SANTA ANA — Immigrants jailed by the federal government while their deportation cases remain ongoing, sometimes for years, have two vital links to the outside world — their families and their attorneys — both of which are crucial to build cases that can lead to asylum or other legal status. But U.S.

May 2, 2019

California Assembly Privacy Committee Kills Consumer Privacy Bill and Only Hears Tech-Sponsored Bills

SACRAMENTO – Today, the California Assembly Privacy Committee will hear only consumer privacy bills promoted by tech companies to weaken the California Consumer Privacy Act.

April 23, 2019

Federal Court Upholds SB 54, the CA Values Act

SAN FRANCISCO — Today, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Trump administration's attempt to suspend the California law SB 54 that limits local and state law enforcement from acting as deportation agents. The ACLU of California, which supported the law — also known as the California

April 18, 2019

ACLU Sues the OC Board of Supervisors for Unlawfully Stifling Dissent

SANTA ANA — Participatory democracy, in which constituents are free to comment on the actions and views of elected officials, is one of the cornerstones of our nation. But not at the Orange County Board of Supervisors, where meetings are held in a manner more befitting a monarchy.

April 9, 2019

Doctors, Students Hold Rally at UCLA to Protest UC Partnership with Catholic Hospital

LOS ANGELES — Dignity Health, a Catholic hospital chain, has denied medical services to transgender patients and to women seeking reproductive health procedures as widely accepted as tubal ligations. And yet, the University of California public system has formed alliances with Dignity Health

April 8, 2019