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For decades, local, state and federal public officials from both political parties and powerful interest groups engineered the system of mass incarceration. They did this in part by constructing a narrative of fear fueled by racism through which they passed laws, spent billions of dollars, and separated millions of families. It was a disaster of epic proportions that unfolded in slow motion and for which we are still paying the price today as a nation.
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By aclutn
Dec 09, 2019
Under Attack by Trump, Immigrant Justice is Advancing in the States
This year was another of devastating attacks on immigrants’ rights
by the Trump administration. However, in both red and blue states, we fought
and won new measures that stymie Trump’s deportation machine. These local wins,
though often overshadowed by the president’s xenophobia, are powerful. Here are
some of the most surprising and significant of our 2019 immigrant justice victories
in the states.
By aclutn
Dec 05, 2019
A Border Officer Told Me I Couldn’t Opt Out of the Face Recognition Scan. They Were Wrong.
“Look at the camera,” a Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
officer told me as I approached the primary inspection point at the Paso del
Norte port of entry.
By aclutn
Dec 05, 2019
Senators Reveal Their Plans to Protect Consumer Privacy Online
The Senate this week held a hearing examining the first comprehensive privacy proposals to come from the leaders of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. The bills are likely to set the tone for much-anticipated final legislation safeguarding our privacy rights online.
By aclutn
Dec 03, 2019
Congress Must Act to Protect the Right to Vote
Read the ACLU’s report to Congress on the importance of restoring the Voting Rights Act.
By aclutn
Dec 01, 2019
Reducing HIV Transmission Requires Decriminalizing Sex Work
Transgender people are criminalized for our bodies.
By aclutn
Nov 27, 2019
“If I Could Just Look at Her”
In October, the Trump administration admitted that in a 12-month period, beginning in July 2017, it separated 4,370 immigrant children from their parents at the border. Since then, over 1,000 more have been separated under a dubious loophole that allows the government to take children away from their parents if they have a criminal record or are suspected of fraud.
Hundreds of parents were deported to their home countries
without their children, with no clear plan to reunify them. Given the
impossible choice of having those children returned to dangerous situations or allowing
them to stay in the safety of the U.S. to pursue asylum claims, many parents faced
the prospect of never
By aclutn
Nov 26, 2019
America’s Mask Bans in the Age of Face Recognition Surveillance
This post first appeared on Buzzfeed News.
By aclutn
Nov 26, 2019
We’re Grateful for the Constitution
Thanksgiving is here: that time of year when we pause to take stock of all we’re grateful for. At the ACLU, we’re saying thanks for all the crucial wins from our legal teams — and for the Constitution.
In just the last few months, we’ve racked up ma
By aclutn
Nov 26, 2019
It’s Past Time Congress Reined in the President’s Emergency Powers
The full Senate could soon consider legislation that would rein in the
president’s emergency powers and bolster the principle of separation of
powers that underpins American democracy. This legislation, the ARTICLE
ONE Act as amended by a Senate committee, contains sensible reforms of the
National Emergencies Act of 1976 (NEA), the flawed and outdated law that
governs the emergency declaration process.
By aclutn
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