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Today we launched the California Immigration Detention Database, a new tool to track grievances that immigrants detained in California detention facilities have filed to seek resolutions to conditions of confinement issues. Through data captured in a publicly available, interactive chart, this database aims to document patterns of abuse in detention, and to serve as an advocacy tool. Read More

In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected constitutional challenges to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) in Brackeen v. Haaland. ICWA preserves tribes' right to govern themselves and protects Native children from forced removal from their families, tribes, and culture. Read More

Seventy-one California police agencies in 22 counties must immediately stop sharing automated license plate reader (ALPR) data with law enforcement agencies in other states. Read More

QUÉ HACER SI LO DETIENEN, REGISTRAN, O ES DESPLAZADO MIENTRAS ESTA SIN HOGAR Read More

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Thaum yus ntsib tub ceev xwm yog ib qho ua rau yus nyuaj siab thiab ntshai heev. Tib neeg muaj ntau yam uas lawv ntsib nyias txawv nyias thaum cuam tshuam nrog tub ceev xwm, qee tus yeej tsis ncaj ncees los sis raws kev raws cai. Read More

Encounters with the law can be stressful or scary. People have various experiences with law enforcement, some of which are not always fair or legal. This guide provides practical information that could help you avoid more trouble or potentially harmful situations. Read More

My name is Job, and I am a current high school junior in Los Angeles, California. Although we have the right in California to wear our tribal, religious, or cultural regalia at graduation, some schools still try to stop Indigenous highschoolers from doing so. Read More

The ACLU Foundations of Southern and Northern California and co-counsel Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and Martínez Aguilasocho Law, Inc. filed a lawsuit today against Kern County and Kern County Superior Court for systematically denying poor misdemeanor defendants their constitutional rights to counsel and due process. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of UFW Foundation and three Kern County resident... Read More

Over eight years, more than 50,000 Kern defendants have pled guilty without lawyers at their first court appearance Read More