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Treatment Of Immigrants In U.S. Violates International Standards, NYCLU And Human Rights Groups Tell U.N. (05/11/2007)
NEW YORK - The New York Civil Liberties Union will join community organizations, immigrant rights groups and officials tomorrow in a public hearing on the occasion of the visit by Jorge Bustamante, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants, to the New York area.

U.N. Independent Expert Denied Access to Hutto Detention Center (05/04/2007)
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union today called on the U.S. government to explain why it is denying a United Nations independent expert access to the Hutto immigrant detention facility in Taylor, Texas.

ACLU Challenges Illegal Detention of Immigrant Children Held in Prison-Like Conditions (03/06/2007)
AUSTIN, TX - The American Civil Liberties Union today filed lawsuits on behalf of ten immigrant children, challenging their illegal detention at the T. Don Hutto facility in Taylor, Texas.

Undocumented Workers Bring Plea for Non-Discrimination to Human Rights Body (11/01/2006)
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union, the National Employment Law Project and the Transnational Legal Clinic at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law today filed a petition urging the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to find the United States in violation of its universal human rights obligations by failing to protect millions of undocumented workers from exploitation and discrimination in the workplace.

ACLU of Texas Shares United Nation's Concern About Increased Level of Militarization on Border (07/28/2006)
EL PASO, TX — A United Nations human rights body today expressed grave concerns over the United States' human rights record. The American Civil Liberties Union welcomed the recommendations and urged the U.S. government to take immediate and vigorous steps to implement them on both the state and federal level. Among the findings from the committee were concerns about the increased level of militarization on the U.S.-Mexico Border, National Guard troops on the U.S.-Mexico border and the enforcement of immigration laws by agents lacking adequate training on immigration issues.

Human Rights Abuses Under the Material Witness Law Since Sept. 11, 2001 (06/27/2005)

Worlds Apart: How Deporting Immigrants After 9/11 Tore Families Apart and Shattered Communities (12/08/2004)

America's Disappeared: Seeking International Justice for Immigrants Detained after September 11 (01/26/2004)

Khouzam v Hogan Indefinite Stay (06/15/2007)
Khouzam v Hogan Indefinite Stay

Petition Before the Inter-American Commission Alleging Violations of the Human Rights of Undocumented Workers (11/01/2006)
Petition Before the Inter-American Commission Alleging Violations of the Human Rights of Undocumented Workers

Brief of Amicus Curiae in Qassim et al v. Bush (02/23/2006)

Public Version of Government Brief on Photos and Videos (07/29/2005)

Written Statement on Exploitation of Migrant Domestic Workers (04/01/2005)