FBI created counterterrorism files for plaintiffs’ innocuous activities

LOS ANGELES – The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California, American Immigration Council, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, Public Counsel and K&L Gates LLP today filed a nationwide class-action lawsuit on behalf of thousands of children who are challenging the federal government's failure to provide them with legal representation as it carries out deportation hearings against them.

Please attribute the following statement to Hector Villagra, executive director of the ACLU of Southern California:

Please attribute the following statement to Hector Villagra, executive director of the ACLU of Southern California: 

PORTLAND, Ore. – In a landmark ruling, a federal judge struck down as unconstitutional the government’s procedures for people on the No Fly List to challenge their inclusion. The decision came in an ACLU lawsuit brought on behalf of 13 Americans who found themselves on the list without any notice, reasons, or meaningful way to get off it.

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said today, it will open new detention facilities to house immigrant families crossing the border illegally, amid a surge from Central America.

Bill in state assembly would repeal unconstitutional provisions of Prop 187