Bill in state assembly would repeal unconstitutional provisions of Prop 187

Immigration judge grants motion for preliminary injunction requiring the government to give certain immigrants a bond hearing in California.

Members of California’s Congressional Delegation urge DHS to reconsider its rejection of California’s driver license design.

LOS ANGELES--Today, six civil rights organizations, including the ACLU of California, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, the National Immigration Law Center and others, sent letters to every county in California urging officials to end compliance with immigration detainer requests in the wake of a recent federal court decision holding that the requests are unconstitutional and local law enforcement may be held liable for money damages for complying with them.

SAN FRANCISCO — ACLU Foundation of Southern California, ACLU of Northern California, and the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC), along with the international law firm Reed Smith LLP, today filed a class action lawsuit in the Northern District of California on behalf of thousands of immigrants fleeing persecution who have faced months of detention while they await reasonable fear determinations, the first step in seeking protection in the United States when someone is forced to return following a deportation order.

LOS ANGELES - The ACLU Foundation of Southern California (ACLU SoCal) is proud to announce that Deputy Legal Director Ahilan Arulanantham and Staff Attorney Michael Kaufman are recipients of California Lawyer magazine’s 2014 California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year (CLAY) Award for their outstanding work in Rodriguez v. Robbins.

The ACLU Foundation of Southern California (ACLU SoCal) has learned that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) violated its commitment, announced on January 10, 2014, that it would no longer conduct enforcement actions at Kern County courthouses.

BAKERSFIELD - Today the ACLU of California and the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project applaud the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) decision to halt its troubling practice of arresting individuals at Kern County courthouses.

The ACLU of California applauds Governor Brown for signing AB 4, the TRUST Act, a bill authored by Assemblymember Tom Ammiano.