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ACLU Comment on ICE and California Law Enforcement Use of Clearview AI’s Face Surveillance System

Feb 27, 2020

SACRAMENTO — A partial company list published today in an expose by Buzzfeed confirms that Immigration and Customs Enforcement and at least one California law enforcement agency have teamed up with Clearview AI to run people’s faces against the company’s shadily-assembled database of billions of photos. In fact, according to Buzzfeed, ICE agents have run more than 8,000 searches from about 60 acco... Read More

California, a "Free State" Sanctioned Slavery

Feb 27, 2020

In a late-night raid in April 1852, three formerly enslaved black men who had built a lucrative business hauling mining supplies during the California Gold Rush, were rousted from their cabin by armed white men. They were forcibly taken before a justice of the peace in Sacramento County who ordered them deported to their former “owner,” a white man in Mississippi. Read More

Indigenous Education Justice

Feb 28, 2020

Arts Justice

Mar 11, 2020

Santa Cruz City Council Committee Advances Surveillance Oversight Ordinance

Mar 12, 2020

On Wednesday, the Santa Cruz Public Safety Committee voted to approve an ordinance that would bring oversight to government use of surveillance technology, prohibit government use of facial recognition, and ban government use of predictive policing technology. Read More

Northern California Indian Development Council Hires Indigenous Education Advocate

Mar 12, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO — In March, the Northern California Indian Development Council (NCIDC) hired an Indigenous Education Advocate. This newly created position is part of a larger collaboration between NCIDC and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California, aimed at advancing educational equity for Native American students in Del Norte and Humboldt Counties and adjacent tribal lan... Read More

ACLU-CA Response to School District Closures

Mar 13, 2020

ACLU Demands the Release from Prisons and Jails of Communities Vulnerable to COVID-19

Mar 18, 2020

ACLU of Northern California urges you to develop and implement holistic policies that align with guidance from public health experts and that will minimize the harm inflicted on people involved in the criminal legal system – and, by extension, the harm inflicted on broader communities. Read More

Matrix

Mar 20, 2020

Lawsuit Demands ICE Release Immigrants at Risk of Death from COVID-19

Mar 24, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO — Today, thirteen immigrants detained in two ICE detention centers in California filed a lawsuit in federal district court against U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement calling for their immediate release. Because of their advanced age and underlying medical conditions, the 13 plaintiffs are especially vulnerable to the potentially fatal COVID-19 infection while they are confi... Read More