Press Releases

Beaumont Unified Illegally Uses Funds for High-Need Students to Pay for School Police, Civil Rights Groups Say

Police employed School Resource Officers traumatize high needs students; Demand follows decade of school district counting police spending as support for high-need students

Government’s Own Records Reveal Racial Profiling in Federal Immigration Stops

Plaintiffs are asking the court to block ongoing federal immigration raids based on newly disclosed records, body-worn camera footage and sworn testimony from government officials.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Federal Court Orders Protection for Observing, Recording or Reporting DHS Operations in the Central District of California

Ruling in L.A. Press Club v. Mullin affirms journalists, legal observers, and members of the public have a constitutional right to document federal enforcement activity

Workers and Advocacy Groups Challenge DHS’s Illegal Warrantless Arrest Policy 

DHS practice amounts to “arrest people and ask questions later.” 

California Civil Rights Department Opens Investigation Into Riverside Over Rejected Quality Inn Project

The state civil rights agency initiated action based on complaint filed by advocates
Issue Areas: Economic Justice