Press Releases

ACLU: OC District Attorney's New Social Media Policy Still Inadequate

SANTA ANA — Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas, criticized by the ACLU earlier this year for unlawfully deleting negative comments on his social media platforms, promised reforms. And he did make some welcome changes as set out in new Social Media Terms of Use. But Rackauckas's social

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