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Human Rights Commission to Hear Case About Migrant Deaths on Southwest Border (11/13/2001)
WASHINGTON D.C. - - At a hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights tomorrow, the American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego and the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation will present arguments about the sharp rise in migrant deaths along the southwest U.S. border. Both organizations asked the Commission in 1999 to find that the Immigration and Naturalization Service's use of a migrant redirection strategy is abusive and a risk to human life. 

ACLU Counsel Testifies on Immigration Concerns In Anti-Terrorism Legislation (10/12/2001)
WASHINGTON -- Timothy H. Edgar, Legislative Counsel with the American Civil Liberties Union's Washington National Office, testified this morning in front of the United States Commission on Civil Rights on civil liberties concerns with new immigration provisions in the anti-terrorism legislation currently moving through Congress. 

Timothy Edgar Joins ACLU Washington Office As Immigration/National Security Legislative Counsel (05/22/2001)
WASHINGTON - Timothy Edgar has joined the American Civil Liberties Union as a Legislative Counsel in its Washington National Office, where he is responsible for defending and promoting civil liberties in the areas of national security and immigration. 

Court Ruling Curtails Utah's English-Only Law But Leaves Confusion in its Wake, ACLU Says (03/05/2001)
SALT LAKE CITY -In a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, a district court judge here today upheld the rights of government employees and elected officials to communicate with the public they serve in languages other than English and made clear that the state can continue to give drivers license exams in other languages as well. 

ACLU Enthusiastically Endorses Measure to Restore Fairness to Immigration Law (09/27/2000)
WASHINGTON -- The United States is a nation of laws, and our government is charged with guaranteeing that these laws are administered with impartiality and fairness. 

ACLU Applauds House Immigration Bill (09/19/2000)
WASHINGTON -- Calling it a down payment on restoring justice to the nation's immigration laws, the American Civil Liberties Union today applauded House passage of legislation that would help some immigrants who have been unfairly targeted for deportation under a 1996 law. 

Civil Rights Groups Support Dr. Wen Ho Lee Legal Defense; Seek Information on Anti-Asian Bias in Scientist's Prosecution (08/11/2000)
ALBUQUERQUE, NM -- In separate legal briefs, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Asian Law Caucus said that Dr. Wen Ho Lee is entitled to any government evidence that he is the victim of racial profiling by officials.

ACLU Enthusiastically Endorses Measure To Restore Fairness to Immigration Laws (07/25/2000)
WASHINGTON -- The United States is a nation of laws, and our government is charged with guaranteeing that these laws are administered with impartiality and fairness.

ACLU Suit Forces National Security Agency to Revisit Discriminatory Policy (02/04/2000)
The ACLU filed the action, Edward Doe v. National Security Agency (CV00-45 RT), last Thursday on behalf of a high school senior of Taiwanese descent with a straight-A grade point average at Riverside Poly High School, who applied to the NSA's Undergraduate Training Program in November 1999. The program provides full college tuition and other benefits for students who commit to working for the NSA after college graduation. 

ACLU Says LAPD Unit Used Deportation Threat to Retaliate Against Immigrant Whistle Blower (01/25/2000)
LOS ANGELES -- Clear Los Angeles Police Department policy, adopted over two decades ago, was flagrantly violated by Rampart CRASH officers when they arrested former gang member Alex Sanchez on an Immigration and Naturalization Service warrant. 

ACLU Wins Right to Sue Maine Medical Center Over Interpreter Services for Patients (09/28/1999)
PORTLAND, ME -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine and the National Health Law Project this week won the right to continue their lawsuit against the Maine Medical Center on behalf of persons with limited English proficiency who need interpreter services while they are patients at the hospital.

ACLU Asks Court to Halt Deportation of Legal Immigrant Under Retroactive Law (09/09/1999)
PROVIDENCE, RI -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf of a legal immigrant facing deportation under a retroactive provision of a harsh anti-immigrant law.

CA's Anti-Immigrant Proposition 187 is Voided, Ending State's Five-Year Battle with ACLU, Rights Groups (07/29/1999)
LOS ANGELES -- A court-approved mediation today ended years of legal and political debate over Proposition 187, a controversial ballot measure that sought to limit services to illegal immigrants.

ACLU Joins "Fix '96" Campaign for Justice for Immigrants (07/28/1999)
WASHINGTON -- Pledging to activate tens of thousands of its members and supporters around the country, the American Civil Liberties Union today strongly endorsed a campaign to fix three 1996 laws that have already deprived thousands of immigrants of their civil and constitutional rights.

ACLU Urges House Panel to Reject Terrorism Bill (06/22/1999)
WASHINGTON -- The American Civil Liberties Union today urged a House subcommittee to reject a bill that would strip many immigrants of their rights to freedom of speech and association.