Press

ACLU lawyers and advocates are among the nation's leading experts on civil liberties and constitutional freedoms. They are regularly sought out by leading broadcast, print and online media to lend an essential voice to the conversation about some of the most important issues facing the nation.

Please contact the ACLU SoCal Media Line at (213) 977-5252 or e-mail communications@aclusocal.org.

Filter Press

ACLU of California Statement on 2018 Legislation to Hold Police Accountable

SACRAMENTO — Today, California lawmakers introduced groundbreaking legislation to hold police accountable and protect communities from police use of force and misconduct.

April 3, 2018

Court orders Trump Administration To Stop Blocking Abortion For Young Immigrant Women In U.S. Custody

Judge Allows Case to Proceed as a Class Action and Issues Preliminary Injunction

WASHINGTON — A federal court ordered the Trump administration on Friday to stop blocking young immigrant women in federal custody from obtaining abortions.

April 2, 2018

ACLU SoCal Statement on the Death of Judge Stephen Reinhardt

Please attribute the following to Hector Villagra, executive director of the ACLU Foundation of Southern California, in regards to the death of Ninth Circuit Court Judge Stephen Reinhardt. Villagra clerked for Judge Reinhardt in the 9th Circuit from 1995 to 1996:

March 29, 2018

BREAKING: Deported Army Veteran Hector Barajas Granted U.S. Citizenship

TIJUANA — Deported U.S. Army veteran Hector Barajas, who has been living in Mexico the last 8 years, today received word from the Dept of Homeland Security that he is being granted U.S. citizenship. Barajas, a decorated vet who received an honorable discharge after serving nearly six years in the mi

March 29, 2018

ACLU Files Pregnancy Discrimination Charges Against West Coast Dockworkers

LOS ANGELES — The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU Foundation of Southern California, the law firm of Outten & Golden LLP, and Los Angeles attorney Brenda Feigen filed pregnancy discrimination charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission today on behalf of female longshore worker

March 29, 2018

Bay Area Residents Stuck in Immigration Detention File Class Action Lawsuit Against Sessions

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Two Bay Area fathers who have been detained for over six months at the Contra Costa West County Detention Facility in Richmond, California sued the federal government today in a class action lawsuit challenging their unlawful and prolonged detention.

March 27, 2018