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ACLU Asks Court to Bar Government From Deporting Egyptian National to Torture (08/30/2007)
SCRANTON, PA - At a hearing today in federal court, the American Civil Liberties Union argued that the U.S. government cannot deport an Egyptian national back to Egypt based on "diplomatic assurances" from the Egyptian government that it will not torture him upon his return. The ACLU also asked that he be immediately released from detention, where he has been held since May.

AFL-CIO, ACLU and National Immigration Law Center Challenge New Homeland Security Rule (08/29/2007)
SAN FRANCISCO - The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) and theCentral Labor Council of Alameda County along with other local labor movements today filed a lawsuit charging that a new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rule will threaten jobs of U.S. citizens and other legally authorized workers simply because of errors in the government's inaccurate social security earnings databases. The rule violates workers' rights and imposes burdensome obligations on employers who receive Social Security Administration (SSA) "no-match" letters that inform an employer of alleged discrepancies between employee records and the SSA database.

La ACLU logra acuerdo negociado para mujeres inmigrantes en un caso de acoso sexual (08/29/2007)
NUEVA YORK – En una contundente reafirmación del derecho de las mujeres inmigrantes a trabajar sin temor a la agresión y al acoso sexual, la Unión Americana de Libertades Civiles (ACLU, por sus siglas en inglés) anunció el día de hoy el acuerdo negociado en un caso que involucró a tres mujeres latinas que fueron acosadas por su patrón en una tienda de Manhattan.

Se anuncia acuerdo negociado sin precedentes, en demanda entablada en los tribunales federales, impugnando las condiciones en un centro de detención para inmigrantes en Texas (08/27/2007)
AUSTIN, Texas – La Unión Americana por los Derechos Civiles (ACLU, por sus siglas en inglés) anunció hoy un acuerdo negociado sin precedentes con la Oficina de Inmigración de los Estados Unidos (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, o ICE, por sus siglas en inglés) que mejora significativamente las condiciones de los niños inmigrantes y sus familias dentro del Centro de Detención T. Don Hutto en Taylor, Texas. Docenas de los niños fueron liberados de las instalaciones, junto con sus familias, a causa del litigio. Se prevee que el acuerdo será autorizado formalmente por el juez Sam Sparks del Tribunal de Distrito del Fuero Federal para el Distrito Occidental de Texas.

Landmark Settlement Announced in Federal Lawsuit Challenging Conditions at Immigrant Detention Center in Texas (08/27/2007)
AUSTIN, TX -- The American Civil Liberties Union today announced a landmark settlement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that greatly improves conditions for immigrant children and their families inside the T. Don Hutto detention center in Taylor, Texas. Dozens of children were released from the facility with their families as a result of the litigation. The settlement is expected to be approved shortly by Judge Sam Sparks of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.

Se anuncia acuerdo negociado sin precedentes, en demanda entablada en los tribunales federales, impugnando las condiciones en un centro de detención para inmigrantes en Texas (08/27/2007)
AUSTIN, Texas – La Unión Americana por los Derechos Civiles (ACLU, por sus siglas en inglés) anunció hoy un acuerdo negociado sin precedentes con la Oficina de Inmigración de los Estados Unidos (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, o ICE, por sus siglas en inglés) que mejora significativamente las condiciones de los niños inmigrantes y sus familias dentro del Centro de Detención T. Don Hutto en Taylor, Texas. Docenas de los niños fueron liberados de las instalaciones, junto con sus familias, a causa del litigio. Se prevee que el acuerdo será autorizado formalmente por el juez Sam Sparks del Tribunal de Distrito del Fuero Federal para el Distrito Occidental de Texas.

Government Apologizes for Unlawful Arrest and Detention of Iraqi Refugee (08/23/2007)
SEATTLE -- The American Civil Liberties Union today announced that the United States government has apologized to Abdulameer Yousef Habeeb, an Iraqi refugee whom federal agents unlawfully stopped, interrogated, arrested, imprisoned, and sought to deport. At the request of federal officials and the ACLU, a federal district court judge in Montana vacated a 2006 ruling upholding Habeeb's arrest and detention. The government also provided Habeeb compensation for its mistreatment of him.

ACLU of Rhode Island Seeks Review of Police Department Medical Policies Following Death of Immigrant (08/09/2007)
WOONSOCKET, RI - In response to the death on Tuesday of Edmar Alves Araujo, a Brazilian national who had epilepsy, while in the custody of immigration officials, the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island today filed an open records request with the Woonsocket Police Department to obtain copies of its policies addressing how the medical needs of individuals in police custody are handled. The ACLU has also called on the Attorney General to conduct an immediate inventory of other municipal police department policies across the state regarding the provision of medication to detainees who may have emergency medical needs.

Illegally Deported U.S. Citizen Pedro Guzman Found After Nearly Three Months in Mexico (08/07/2007)
LOS ANGELES – Pedro Guzman, the U.S. citizen illegally deported from a Los Angeles County jail on May 11, was reunited with his family today at a Lancaster courthouse after nearly three months lost in Mexico. It ends a harrowing three-month search by the family while the ACLU of Southern California and the law firm of Van Der Hout, Brigagliano and Nightingale sought in vain for assistance from the U.S. government.

Judge Finds Widespread Abuses in Immigration Detention (07/31/2007)
LOS ANGELES - In a nationwide review of legal rights for immigrants in federal detention, a federal judge has found serious violations of the government's own standards relating to detention conditions.

Se Sostiene Mandato Judicial: Juez Encuentra Extensos Maltratos y Abusos En Los Centros de Detención de Inmigración (07/31/2007)
LOS ÁNGELES - En una evaluación nacional sobre los derechos legales de los inmigrantes en centros de detención, una juez federal halló graves violaciones de los estándares decretados por el propio gobierno.

Federal Court Strikes Down Discriminatory Anti-Immigrant Law in Hazleton, Pennsylvania (07/26/2007)
HAZLETON, PA – In the first trial decision of its kind, a federal court has declared unconstitutional a local ordinance that sought to punish landlords and employers for doing business with undocumented immigrants. The landmark decision in the closely-watched challenge to Hazleton's anti-immigrant ordinance held that the ordinance cannot be enforced.