Trump’s Pardon of Arpaio is His Most Recent Shout to White Supremacists
By Cecilia Wang President Trump rallied his crowd in Phoenix on Tuesday night by invoking the name…
Analysis: Can the Pardon of Arpaio Get Overturned?
President Trump acted quickly after basically putting his cards on the table in a speech earlier this…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio Should Not Receive a Presidential Pardon
By Brian Tashman Last week, President Trump told Fox News that he is “seriously considering” a pardon…
Incarcerated Youth Speaks Out on His ORR Experience
There’s No Evidence I’m in a Gang — Because I’m Not. But I’ve Been Locked Up for…
ACLU Suit Claims Teens Illegally Detained on Unfounded Gang Allegations and Sent to Yolo to Be Deported
Six months after revelations about the detention of a young Honduran boy rocked Yolo County, a lawsuit…
ACLU Challenges Trump Administration’s Jailing of Immigrant Teens
Class Action Suit Charges that Efforts to Detain and Deport Children are Based on Unfounded Gang Allegations…
How the People of Maricopa County Brought Down ‘America’s Toughest Sheriff’
By Cecilia Wang Almost 10 years ago, Manuel de Jesus Ortega Melendres filed a lawsuit in Arizona…
Guest Commentary: Don’t Let Trump Use an Accident to Foment Hate
by Francisco Ugarte No topic is more important to President Donald Trump’s political agenda than immigration. And…
ACLU Sues Madera County for Violating Open Meetings Law
County Secretly Made Invalid Changes, Entangling County Jail Operations with Federal Deportation Machine (From Press Release) –…
AG Files Amicus in Case Involving Unaccompanied Immigrant Youth
This spring we learned from the case of “GE,” a 14-year-old unaccompanied minor who was apparently cleared…
A Threat to the Constitution
By Andre Segura A year ago, as the Republican Party was preparing to head to its convention…
Sunday Commentary: What Happened to Innocent until Proven Guilty?
It seems there has been a great rush to judgment on the guilt of Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez. …
Guest Commentary: Proposed Kate’s Law Would Not Have Saved Kate Steinle
By Matt Gonzalez The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill last week called “Kate’s Law” (HR3004)….
Berkeley Police Unlawfully Detain Latino Student
by Jerika L.H Twenty-one-year-old student Ismael Chamu is still spinning from his horrific encounter with police in…
Government’s Muslim Ban Guidance is Arbitrary, Illogical, and Discriminatory
By Cody Wofsy Shortly after the Supreme Court decided that the government could proceed with a very…
Supreme Court Hands Trump a Victory on Muslim Ban 2.0 – or Do They?
By Cody Wofsy After the Supreme Court ruled today that it would hear arguments on the Muslim…
DOJ Attempts to Bully Attorneys Helping Immigrants
By Amy Roe The lawyers at Northwest Immigrant Rights Project recently found themselves in the crosshairs of…
ICE – Fair and Effective?
By Lisette Diaz We were all afraid of the knocks on our door, especially if it happened…
Trump’s Threats to Defund Sanctuary Cities Ruled Unconstitutional
By Cody Wofsy For months, the Trump administration has tried to bully local communities into signing up…
May Day March in Sacramento Will Protest ICE Raids and More
May Day has traditionally, as International Workers’ Day, been a day of protest, and that will be…
