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Immigrants Rights : General : Legislative Documents

ACLU Testimony Before the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations Regarding Censorship At the Borders (03/28/2006)
Statement of Caroline Fredrickson Director, Washington Legislative Office American Civil Liberties Union Before the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations Committee on Government Reform, United States House of Representatives Concerning Setting Post-9/11 Investigative Priorities at the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, March 28, 2006

Coalition Sign-On Letter to the Senate Urging Opposition of Expansion of the Basic Pilot Employment Verification System (03/27/2006)

Coalition Sign-On Letter to the Senate Regarding the "Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006" (03/06/2006)

ACLU Interested Persons Memo On Chairman Specter’s Mark – “Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006” (03/01/2006)

Sign-On Letter to Senator Feinstein Regarding Concerns About the Passport and Travel Document Fraud Prevention Act (01/25/2006)

ACLU Letter to the House of Representatives Urging Opposition to H.R. 4437 (12/13/2005)

Sign On Letter to President Bush Urging Opposition to Food Stamp Cuts That Target Immigrants (12/06/2005)

Coalition Sign-On Letter to Congress Urging Support of the SSI Extension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees Acts (HR 4035 and S 2623) (09/15/2005)

Court-Stripping and Anti-Immigrant Provisions in H.R. 10 (As Passed by House) (10/13/2004)

ACLU Statement Submitted by Timothy Edgar, Legislative Counsel, at a Citizen's Forum on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties After September 11, 2001 Before Rep. John Conyers, Jr., Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee (10/13/2004)

Coalition Sign-on Letter to the House Expressing Support of Rep. Chris Smith's Amendments to Strike Sections 3006 and 3007 from H.R. 10, The House Intelligence Reorganization bill (10/07/2004)

Coalition Sign-On Letter to the House Opposing Amendment 13 (Hostettler 47) to H.R. 10 (10/07/2004)

ACLU Letter to the House Urging Opposition to H.R. 10, the House Leadership bill (10/05/2004)

ACLU Revised Interested Persons Memo Opposing the Anti-Immigrant Court-Stripping Provisions in the House Leadership Bill to Implement Recommendations of the 9-11 Commission (09/27/2004)

ACLU Letter to the House Urging Support of the Oxley-Frank Amendment to the Transportation, Treasury, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act for FY 2005, H.R. 5025 (09/14/2004)

ADC and AAI Joint Statement, Endorsed by 24 Civil Liberties, Faith Based, and Human Rights Groups and 17 ADC Chapters, Expressing Concerns about Issuance of Tabulations of Arab-American Population by US Census Bureau to the US Customs Service and DHS (08/16/2004)

Coalition Sign-On Letter to Clark Kent Ervin at the Department of Homeland Security Expressing Concerns About the Case of Maher Arar (07/16/2004)

ACLU Letter to the House Urging Support of the Farr-Rohrabacher Medical Marijuana Amendment and the Flake Amendment on Travel to Cuba to the FY 2005 Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary Appropriations Bill (07/06/2004)

ACLU Letter to the House Judiciary Committee Expressing Opposition to H.R. 3179, the "Anti-Terrorism Intelligence Tools Improvement Act of 2003" (05/14/2004)

Coalition Letter to the Senate Urging Opposition to Section 206 of S. 1735, the Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act of 2003 (05/11/2004)


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