President Trump has pardoned former Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, who was found guilty of criminal contempt for deliberately violating a federal court order that prohibited illegal detentions based only on suspicions about immigration status.
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It defies logic to arm local police with weapons of war — grenade launchers, high-caliber assault weapons, etc. — but that’s what the federal government has just decided to allow.
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The ACLU today filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging the president’s directive banning transgender service members from continuing to serve in the military or receiving medically necessary health care, and banning men and women who are transgender from enlisting.
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In today's troublesome political climate, local police surveillance must be reined in.
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As mobile iris-scanning apps and tools become available, racial profiling by law enforcement could lead to Latinos and people of color having their eyes scanned simply because they speak Spanish or have brown skin.
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The Trump administration settled with plaintiffs in the first legal challenge to the executive order, which barred travelers from certain majority Muslim countries from entering the U.S.
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Today, Attorney General Sessions announced his intent to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, callously reneging on the government’s commitment to hundreds of thousands of American youth.
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From being jailed for having long hair to not being allowed to marry someone of another race, here’s a snapshot of what was going on with civil liberties 50 years ago.
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CA Assembly and CA Senate have approved the California Values Act, SB 54. The legislation prohibits immigration enforcement overreach by the federal government and is headed to the governor for his signature.
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