ACLU/SC Staff Attorney Lucero Chavez submitted the following letter to Anna Hinken, Non-Governmental Office (NGO) Liaison at U.S Customs and Border Protection. Ms. Hinken, We write to express our strong concern that, in targeting day laborers Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) is undermining the stated priorities of the President

Hundreds of immigrants spend months or even years in federal immigration detention centers without being offered a bond hearing, attorneys from the ACLU Foundation of Southern California (ACLU/SC) told a panel of judges of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday.

The ACLU Foundation of Southern California (ACLU/SC) is proud to announce that California Lawyer Magazine has named ACLU/SC Legal Director Peter Eliasberg as one of its “Attorneys of the Year” for 2013.

By March 1, 2013 all public schools in California, including charter schools and alternative schools, must have a process in place for students and parents to file a complaint if they believe their school is charging fees as a condition of participating in educational activities. Such fees violate the California Constitution, which has guaranteed children free schools for well over a hundred years, and create a pay-to-learn system that discriminates against children from lower-income families. 

Under an agreement just reached by the ACLU of Southern California (ACLU/SC) and the County of Orange, the county will no longer require observant Muslim women in Orange County Sheriff’s Department custody to remove religious head coverings in full view of male officers, and will provide temporary headscarves for them to wear while they are in custody.

The ACLU of Southern California and the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center are urging Los Angeles city leaders to sever sister city ties with St. Petersburg, Russia, following the passage there of increasingly repressive laws directed at the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. 

The ACLU Foundation of Southern California and the law firm Traber & Voorhees today announced settlement agreements that will protect students in Glendale Unified School District (GUSD) from discrimination as well as arbitrary detentions and searches by police officers on campus.

In response to President Obama's speech today outlining his immigration reform plan, Michael Kaufman, staff attorney for the ACLU of Southern California, issued the following statement: "President Obama has laid out a blueprint for immigration reform that offers a number of significant improvements for our broken system.

On the 40th Anniversary of the landmark decision Roe v. Wade, state leaders, women’s health and rights groups, announced the introduction of a bill that would improve abortion access. The bill, AB 154, authored by Assemblymember Toni Atkins (D-San Diego), improves access by expanding the types of health professionals who can provide early abortions.