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Locked Up with No End in Sight

By Ahilan Arulanantham, ACLU of Southern California at 3:19pm
Rev. Raymond Soeoth spent 2 1/2 years in immigration detention because our government would not give him a 15-minute bond hearing before a judge. Read More

New Bill Proposes to Lock Up Immigrants Forever

By Ahilan Arulanantham, ACLU of Southern California & Michael Tan, Immigrants' Rights Project at 10:47am
Reverend Raymond Soeoth is a Christian minister who fled Indonesia with his wife after suffering persecution for their faith. When his asylum application was denied ... Read More

ACLU Adds Somali Refugees to Lawsuit Seeking Legal Counsel and Timely Release Hearings

By Ahilan Arulanantham, ACLU of Southern California at 3:46pm
Nearly two years after President Obama's election, Somali refugee Yussuf Abdikadir could be forgiven for being skeptical about the president’s campaign motto, ... Read More

Trial Under Guantánamo's Rules

By Ahilan Arulanantham, ACLU of Southern California at 3:38pm
(Originally posted on Daily Kos.) Read More

A Nightmare for Justice in the Middle of the Caribbean

By Ahilan Arulanantham, ACLU of Southern California at 1:50pm
(Originally posted on Daily Kos.) Read More

U.S. Complicit in American’s Detention and Torture in the U.A.E.

By Ahilan Arulanantham, ACLU of Southern California at 2:34pm
More than three months ago, a U.S. citizen named Naji Hamdan was arrested by the State Security forces of the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.). He was detained without ... Read More
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