Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Front and Center in the 2020 Presidential Race
By Ronald Newman Jose Ivan Parga is a member of a multi-status, Mexican-immigrant family in Minnesota. Even though…
DHS Secretary Insists There is No Family Separation Policy
By Brian Tashman Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen testified on Wednesday before the House Committee…
ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging National Emergency Declaration
Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Sierra Club and Southern Border Communities Coalition (From Press Release) – The…
16 States File Lawsuit Challenging President Trump’s Contrived Declaration of National Emergency at the Southern Border
Fifteen states join California to block Trump’s fabricated emergency and unlawful diversion of Congressionally-appropriated funding to pay…
Immigrant Groups Criticize Yuba County Jail Discipline of ICE Hunger Strikers
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau MARYSVILLE, CA – Jails are dreary places, but the Yuba County…
Update: I.C.E. Migrant Hunger Strike Leader Moved, Others Isolation at Yuba County Jail
MARYSVILLE, CA – The Vanguard has learned that Yuba County Jail Wednesday afternoon is in the process…
Barr’s History on Civil Rights and Liberties Concerns Critics
By Manar Waheed and Brian Tashman On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will begin hearings on William…
Trump Delivers Speech Full of Inaccuracies
Border crossings are at some of the lowest levels in decades. Trump and his aides fabricate facts and spread misinformation in order to justify many of the president’s false claims about the border, even though the Department of Homeland Security itself reports differently.
Important Civil Rights Battles Were Won in the 115th Congress
By Brian Tashman The past two years have been challenging times, as we have witnessed attacks on…
Sacramento/Yolo Caravan to Border to Aid Asylum Seekers, Provide Relief to Workers Already on Border
By Crescenzo Vellucci Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – In pre-dawn Wednesday morning – about the time the Davis…
Accelerating the Militarization of the Southwest Border
By Cynthia Pompa For decades, the ACLU has fought back against the militarization of domestic law enforcement…
Weaponizing the Government’s Refugee Resettlement Agency
By Madhuri Grewal Back in April, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, both under…
Government Use of Tear Gas Is Illegal in War
By Jamil Dakwar Pictures of migrant women and children fleeing in panic as tear gas canisters were…
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Agenda for the New Congress
By Gabriela Meléndez Olivera This week’s midterms should send a strong message to the political establishment that…
The Constitution Can’t Be Changed by Executive Order
By Omar Jadwat President Trump said last week that he is preparing an executive order to try…
Hundreds of Thousands of Immigrants Earn Reprieve from Deportation
By Ahilan Arulanantham Last week, Jeff Sessions attacked a court ruling that gave a temporary reprieve to…
Greyhound’s Role in Border Patrol Abuse
By Chris Rickerd In January 2018, Border Patrol agents boarded a Greyhound bus in Fort Lauderdale, Florida,…
Commentary: Illegal Immigration Does Not Lead to More Crime
Good piece in the Des Moines Register last week, once again making the case that illegal immigration…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Tibbetts Family Wants No Part of This Debate
The tragic death of Mollie Tibbetts in Iowa has become another story that has been a lightening…
More Than 500 Children Remain Separated from Their Parents
By Amrit Cheng It’s been nearly one month since the federal court’s deadline for the Trump administration…