Press Releases

ACLU Sues to Stop ICE From Transferring Jailed Immigrants Out of State

SANTA ANA — Immigrants jailed by the federal government while their deportation cases remain ongoing, sometimes for years, have two vital links to the outside world — their families and their attorneys — both of which are crucial to build cases that can lead to asylum or other legal status. But U.S.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Federal Court Upholds SB 54, the CA Values Act

SAN FRANCISCO — Today, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Trump administration's attempt to suspend the California law SB 54 that limits local and state law enforcement from acting as deportation agents. The ACLU of California, which supported the law — also known as the California
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Doctors, Students Hold Rally at UCLA to Protest UC Partnership with Catholic Hospital

LOS ANGELES — Dignity Health, a Catholic hospital chain, has denied medical services to transgender patients and to women seeking reproductive health procedures as widely accepted as tubal ligations. And yet, the University of California public system has formed alliances with Dignity Health

Hidden in Plain Sight: Students Experiencing Homelessness

LOS ANGELES — There are more than 200,000 K-12 students who are homeless in California, according to the state's Department of Education. At California's community colleges, roughly 1 in 5 students are also without a home. Federal and state laws require that schools to designate liaisons to identify

ACLU Statements on O.C. Sheriff’s Termination of ICE Contract

SANTA ANA — Today, Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes announced that his department will terminate its contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to house detainees at the James A. Musick facility in Irvine and Theo Lacy facility in Orange. In addition, the sheriff announced plans to

ACLU to Mark 100 Year Anniversary with Free Pop-Up Experience

Exhibition in Grand Park Will Feature Interactive Exhibits, Tom Morello Performance