Press Releases

ACLU Statement Following Deaths of Farmworker Couple Fleeing Immigration Agents

LOS ANGELES — Please attribute the following statement to Jennie Pasquarella, director of immigrants' rights at the ACLU of Southern California, in regards to a fatal crash involving a couple in Delano, California who were attempting to flee from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents:
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

TPS Holders and Their Children Filing Lawsuit Against Trump Administration

SAN FRANCISCO — Nine people with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and five United States citizen children of TPS holders are today filing a lawsuit against the federal government to stop the unlawful termination of TPS for more than 200,000 people living in the U.S. and to protect the tens of thousa
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Car Shop Mechanic Unlawfully Arrested in ICE Raid Will Not Be Deported

LOS ANGELES — The ACLU Foundation of Southern California and the Law Offices of Stacy Tolchin won the dismissal of deportation proceedings against Juan Hernandez, a car mechanic unlawfully arrested during a raid by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on a South Los Angeles repair
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights