Press Releases

Court Orders Release of Six Detainees at Risk of Death from COVID-19

LOS ANGELES — Today, U.S. District Court ordered the release of six people detained at Adelanto ICE Processing Center in San Bernardino County with medical conditions making them highly vulnerable to serious illness and death if infected with COVID-19. The release was ordered by Judge Terry J. Hatte
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

ACLU Lawsuit Demands Release of Immigrants at Risk of Death from COVID-19

LOS ANGELES — Today, six people detained at Adelanto ICE Processing Center in San Bernardino County with medical conditions that make them highly vulnerable to serious illness and death if infected with COVID-19 filed a lawsuit in federal court against U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Legal Organizations Fight New ICE Policy Blocking Meetings with Detainees

LOS ANGELES — Immigrants in detention centers have a long-established legal right to meet with attorneys, but U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center have issued a new policy that essentially bans those visits.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

ACLU: ICE Must Develop COVID-19 Plan for Detention Centers

ADELANTO/BAKERSFIELD — Today the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California sent letters to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) saying an effective plan must be developed for prevention and management of the COVID-19 virus at its detention centers.

Report: Millions in Student Funds Illegally Diverted to School Police

LOS ANGELES — An investigative report released today by the ACLU Foundation of Southern California and Public Advocates Inc. shows that tens of millions of dollars earmarked for programs to aid high-need students were instead unlawfully spent by school districts on school police and other security
Issue Areas: Education Equity

ACLU SoCal, NOLSW Announce Voluntary Recognition of Union

LOS ANGELES — The ACLU of Southern California (ACLU SoCal) announced that it has voluntarily recognized the National Organization of Legal Services Workers Local 2320 (NOLSW) as its union. Like at numerous nonprofits across the country that have recently unionized, staff at the ACLU SoCal sought