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ACLU SoCal Opens Kern County Office

BAKERSFIELD — The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California will mark the opening of its Kern County office in Bakersfield with a press conference for local media on Nov. 1. Community Engagement Policy Advocate Rosa Lopez and Staff Attorney Jordan Wells will each make brief

October 31, 2018

Rally at Board of Supervisors to Eliminate Unjust Court Fees

LOS ANGELES — When you get out of jail in Los Angeles County, it’s almost never for free. Even if people have completed their sentences and paid their fines, they are hit with exorbitant administrative fees that have nothing to do with their punishments. The county fees, often amounting to thousands

October 29, 2018

Guadalupe Plascencia, a U.S. Citizen Unlawfully Detained by ICE, Wins Settlement

RIVERSIDE — Guadalupe Plascencia, a U.S. citizen for two decades, was held last year by the San Bernardino Sheriff's Department and then federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, who accused her of being in the country illegally. When Plascencia protested that she was a citizen,

October 26, 2018

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