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Federal Court Upholds California Values Act

SACRAMENTO — A federal court today upheld the California Values Act, which ensures that police and sheriffs do not indiscriminately help ICE round up and deport immigrants in California.

July 5, 2018

Federal Court Blocks Trump Administration's Arbitrary Detention of Asylum Seekers

WASHINGTON — A federal court has blocked the arbitrary detention of asylum seekers fleeing persecution, torture, or death in their countries of origin. It also ordered a case-by-case review of whether each asylum seeker in the class-action lawsuit should be released on humanitarian parole.

July 2, 2018

ACLU Files Lawsuit Against Oppressive 'YAT' Youth Program in Riverside

RIVERSIDE — The Youth Accountability Team (YAT) program was created in 2001 in Riverside County to target at-risk youths for intervention. But YAT treats children who have not been convicted of crimes like hardened criminals with surprise searches, unannounced home visitations, strict restrictions

July 2, 2018

Lawsuit Demands Transparency on Trump ‘Extremism’ Program in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — The City of Los Angeles is set to receive a $425,000 grant from the federal Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) program supposedly aimed at building community resistance to extremism. But under the Trump administration, the secretive CVE program poses a dangerous threat to the civil rig

June 28, 2018

Federal Court Orders Reunification of Thousands of Parents and Children Torn Apart by Trump Family Separation Policy

SAN DIEGO — A federal judge late tonight ordered the reunification of thousands of parents and children forcibly separated by the Trump administration. The American Civil Liberties Union sought the nationwide preliminary injunction to halt the practice and immediately reunite all the separated famil

June 26, 2018

Court Finds Immigration Detainees Held Incommunicado in Victorville Prison Must Be Allowed Access to Legal Help

LOS ANGELES — In a major victory over a Trump administration detention policy, immigration detainees held at the prison complex in Victorville, California will now be allowed contact with attorneys in person and by phone.

June 21, 2018