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Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender People in San Bernardino County Jail Gain Rights

For years, a group of people incarcerated in a San Bernardino County jail were locked in their cells for as much as 23 hours a day. They were not permitted to participate in the jail’s job training, educational, drug rehabilitation, religious or community re-entry programs. Today, a settlement has

August 15, 2018

ACLU to Argue in Court for Decision on Army Veteran Yea Ji Sea's Citizenship Application

LOS ANGELES — Yea Ji Sea, 29, a Korean-American woman recently given an honorable discharge from the U.S. Army after four years of meritorious service, is in danger of being deported because the Trump administration has not acted upon her 2016 citizenship application. At a hearing in federal court

August 13, 2018

Voting rights groups praise California Motor Voter for reaching nearly 800,000 voter registration transactions

SACRAMENTO, July 25, 2018 — California voting rights organizations today praised the California Motor Voter program for dramatically increasing statewide voter registration.

July 25, 2018

ACLU SoCal Names Melissa Goodman Director of Advocacy/Legal Director

LOS ANGELES – Today, the ACLU Foundation of Southern California welcomes Melissa Goodman as its new Director of Advocacy/Legal Director. In this role Goodman leads the affiliate's advocacy department, which comprises 60 attorneys, policy advocates, organizers, and support staff across offices in Los

July 24, 2018

ACLU Sues to Obtain Citizenship for Decorated Soldier Discharged by Army

LOS ANGELES — Yea Ji Sea, 29, who has lived in the U.S. since she was a child, was so highly respected by her supervisors in the U.S. Army that one of them wrote she "volunteers for deployments willing to die for a country she loves... I would trust her with my life and (she) deserves citizenship

July 18, 2018

ACLU Asks Court to Halt Deportation of Man Unlawfully Arrested at Greyhound Station

LOS ANGELES — The immigration agents who detained and handcuffed Edgar Solano as he waited for a bus in Indio knew only three things about him: his name, where he lived, and that he looked Latino. That was enough for them. But it's not enough for the Constitution.

July 17, 2018