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Oct 13, 2017
ACLU Comment on White House Plan to Impose Numeric Performance Standards on Immigration Judges
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is taking steps to impose numeric performance standards on federal immigration judges, according to The Washington Post. Lorella Praeli, di...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Oct 12, 2017
ACLU and Covington Challenge Government’s Search and Seizure of All Passengers on Domestic Airline Flight
NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union and Covington & Burling LLP filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf of passengers of a domestic Delta Airlines flight who were h...
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform Immigrants' Rights
Oct 10, 2017
ACLU in Court to Fight Federal Officials for Blocking Young Woman’s Abortion in Texas
Government Shows Pattern of Interference with Abortion Access for Young Women in Federal Care
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Garza v. Hargan - Challenge to Trump Administration's Attempts to Block Abortions for Young Immigrant Women
Oct 08, 2017
ACLU Comment on White House Immigration Principles
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration released its immigration principles tonight. Lorella Praeli, director of immigration policy and campaigns at the American Civil Liberties Un...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Oct 05, 2017
ACLU Files Class Action Suit Against Trump Administration For Unlawfully Revoking DACA Grants
Filed on DACA Renewal Deadline, Lawsuit Will Protect Wrongfully Targeted Young Immigrants
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Inland Empire – Immigrant Youth Collective v. McAleenan
Oct 05, 2017
ACLU Statement on October 5 DACA Renewal Deadline
WASHINGTON — More than 150,000 current recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program with expiration dates between September 5, 2017, and March 5, 2018,...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
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