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ACLU Back in Court to Challenge Orange County Jailhouse Informant Program

SANTA ANA — The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU Foundation of Southern California, and the law firm of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP today filed an appeal to a court ruling on its lawsuit against Orange County's District Attorney and Sheriff, whose departments conducted a secret jailhouse info

July 1, 2019

Court Halts Deportation of L.A. Man Arrested at Unlawful Traffic Stop

LOS ANGELES — Deportation proceedings against construction worker Jonathan Mondragon, who was pulled over and arrested by Border Patrol officers in 2017, have been dismissed by the Immigration Court in Los Angeles. The court agreed with a motion filed last year by the American Civil Liberties Union

June 27, 2019

Read a Protest Poem, Get Arrested by ICE

BAKERSFIELD — Farm worker, student, and activist Jose Bello read a poem he wrote, "Dear America," before the Kern County Board of Supervisors in May. It protested actions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

June 25, 2019

Court Blocks ICE From Transferring Jailed Immigrants Away from Their Lawyers

RIVERSIDE — The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California won a preliminary injunction that blocks a plan by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from transferring jailed immigrants in Orange County to facilities outside of Southern California if they are represented by

June 21, 2019

LAUSD Ends Random Searches in Schools

LOS ANGELES — In a landmark resolution today, the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education voted to end the district’s mandatory, daily random searches of students. The vote was a victory for the Students Not Suspects coalition that had long fought the policy that unfairly targeted

June 18, 2019

ACLU Calls on District Attorney Lacey to Eliminate Death Penalty Sentencing in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Southern California released a white paper today revealing first-of-its-kind data around Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey’s record as it relates to the death penalty. DA Lacey was first elected to her seat in December

June 18, 2019