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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

ACLU Seeks Remedies For Trump Administration’s Failure to Meet Family Reunification Deadline

SAN DIEGO — Given the Trump administration's failure to comply with the July 10 reunification deadline for children under 5, the American Civil Liberties Union today asked a federal court to order the government to:

July 12, 2018

Court: L.A. Sheriff Violated Constitution by Holding Thousands of People on ICE Detainers

LOS ANGELES — On Wednesday, a federal court in California reaffirmed its class action ruling that the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department unlawfully detained thousands of suspected immigrants on the basis of unconstitutional requests from ICE known as immigration detainers.

July 12, 2018