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Court Hearing for Man Arrested by ICE Shortly After Reciting Anti-ICE Poem

SAN FRANCISCO — A hearing on the ACLU lawsuit regarding Jose Bello, a Bakersfield man arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents shortly after publicly reciting a poem critical of ICE, will be held Monday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco. The lawsuit argues that Bello's

July 12, 2019

ACLU Files Preemptive Lawsuit to Protect Refugees from Massive Trump ICE Raids

NEW YORK — In anticipation of the Trump administration's threatened mass arrest of thousands of families and children, four immigration legal aid nonprofit organizations filed a lawsuit today to protect those refugees.

July 11, 2019

California Set to Pass Landmark Legislation to Save Lives, Reduce the Number of Police Shootings

Sacramento, CA — Today, the California Senate passed landmark legislation to strengthen the law on police use of force and reduce the number of deadly police shootings in the state. Assembly Bill 392: The California Act to Save Lives, introduced by Assemblymember Shirley Weber (D-San Diego), will

July 8, 2019

ACLU Back in Court to Challenge Orange County Jailhouse Informant Program

SANTA ANA — The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU Foundation of Southern California, and the law firm of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP today filed an appeal to a court ruling on its lawsuit against Orange County's District Attorney and Sheriff, whose departments conducted a secret jailhouse info

July 1, 2019

Court Halts Deportation of L.A. Man Arrested at Unlawful Traffic Stop

LOS ANGELES — Deportation proceedings against construction worker Jonathan Mondragon, who was pulled over and arrested by Border Patrol officers in 2017, have been dismissed by the Immigration Court in Los Angeles. The court agreed with a motion filed last year by the American Civil Liberties Union

June 27, 2019

Read a Protest Poem, Get Arrested by ICE

BAKERSFIELD — Farm worker, student, and activist Jose Bello read a poem he wrote, "Dear America," before the Kern County Board of Supervisors in May. It protested actions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

June 25, 2019