IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS

IMMIGRANTS DO HAVE CERTAIN BROAD CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS

ACLU Urges Calm in the Storm

The United States is in the midst of a major debate over immigrants and their place in our economic and political life. As during other times in our history, immigrants are being blamed for causing...

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INFORMACION EN ESPANOL

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SUMMARY OF RECENT IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS WORK

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August 10, 2009 Derechos de Migrantes • Cuestionando condiciones inseguras del trabajo agrícola: Recientemente la ACLU de San Diego (ACLU) presento una demanda en contra de algunas agencias del...

RESOURCES FOR IMMIGRANT STUDENTS

Students May Apply for AB 540 Status

Our friends at Equality Alliance prepared a list of resources available to AB 540/Immigrant Students. It's a terrific list that provides links to information about college admission, California...

• August 03, 2010- SAN DIEGO ACLU & PARTNERS FILE FIRST CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF IMMIGRANTS WITH MENTAL DISABILITIES - Constitution Demands Fair Treatment for People with Severe Mental Disabilities
• July 28, 2010- COURT BLOCKS IMPLEMENTATION OF KEY SECTIONS OF ARIZONA'S RACIAL PROFILING LAW- Ruling vindicates claims in ACLU challenge to SB 1070
• June 30, 2010- ACLU TRAVEL ALERT FOR STATE OF ARIZONA- Arizona's SB 1070 a Threat to Rights of Those Traveling in State
• May 26, 2010- ACLU AFFILIATES IN BORDER STATES DENOUNCE ADMINISTRATION’S PLAN FOR MORE BORDER ENFORCEMENT- Arizona, New Mexico, San Diego, and Texas Call for Effective Solutions, Not Stop-Gap Measures
• May 20, 2010- 2010 CANDIDATE SURVEY- Responses to ACLU on Civil Liberties Issues
• May 17, 2010- SAN DIEGO ACLU TAKES STEPS TO STOP ARIZONA SB 1070 - Arizona ACLU Files Lawsuit Today; SD Concerned about “Spillover” Effect
• May 13, 2010- LATINO DAY LABORERS TARGETED IN ENCINITAS- ACLU Demand Letter: Shell Station Violating State and Federal Law
• April 28, 2010- STATEMENT ON BILBRAY’S AND HUNTER’S EXTREMIST COMMENTS ABOUT IMMIGRATION-
• April 27, 2010- SAN DIEGANS UNITE TO OPPOSE ARIZONA’S ANTI-IMMIGRANT LAW- Civil Rights, Faith, Education, Labor and Political Leaders Condemn Race-Baiting SB 1070
• April 20, 2010- VICTIM OF PERSECUTION FINALLY RELEASED FROM IMMIGRATION PRISON- 20 Months of Arbitrary Detention Challenged as Unconstitutional by ACLU
• March 31, 2010- ICE TO RELEASE MENTALLY ILL IMMIGRANTS TO FAMILIES TODAY- ACLU Challenged Denial of Due Process of Detainees with Mental Disabilities
• March 26, 2010- MENTALLY DISABLED IMMIGRANTS LOST IN DETENTION FOR YEARS- ACLU files action seeking release of man detained for more than four years without process
• March 17, 2010- GOVERNMENT MUST DISCLOSE INFORMATION ABOUT IMMIGRATION RAIDS- ICE unlawfully withholding information about massive raids, says ACLU
• December 18, 2009- ESCONDIDO MUST STOP DRIVER’S LICENSE-ONLY CHECKPOINTS- ACLU, Vehicle Code & Attorney General Say These Stops Are Prohibited
• December 10, 2009- BORDER PATROL SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM IMMIGRANT CHILDREN NOT ENGAGED IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY- Neglect of special procedural rights and fear generated in the community underline need for new Border Patrol policy on immigrant children, say ACLU and AFSC in letter to government officials
• December 01, 2009- SOURCE OF SD COUNTY DRINKING WATER FLOWS A DEADLY COURSE- San Diego County Water Authority Fails to Prevent Drownings in All American Canal
• November 12, 2009- INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS SHOULD INVESTIGATE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER CROSSING DEATHS- ACLU, Human Rights Group Petition Commission to Act to End Deadly Policies
• November 10, 2009- IT'S TIME TO STOP DROWNINGS IN THE ALL AMERICAN CANAL- Ask Imperial and San Diego Officials to Support Reasonable Safety Precautions
• November 04, 2009- PROLONGED DETENTION OF SOMALI TORTURE VICTIM UNCONSTITUTIONAL- Government Must Prove Need to Continue Detention, Says ACLU
• October 19, 2009- ACLU ON KPBS DISCUSSING MIGRANT DEATHS AT THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER- These Days Talk Show October 19
• September 30, 2009- U.S.-MEXICO BORDER CROSSING DEATHS ARE A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS, ACCORDING TO REPORT FROM ACLU AND CNDH- Death Rate Climbs Despite Economic Decline and Drop in Migration and Apprehensions
• August 06, 2009- SAN DIEGO SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT'S IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT POLICY- ACLU Voices Concerns about Racial Profiling
• July 30, 2009- LANDMARK LAWSUIT ACCUSES STATE OF FAILING TO PROTECT FARM WORKERS FROM HEAT-RELATED DEATH AND ILLNESS- ACLU Files Suit on Behalf of 650,000 Farm Workers
• June 17, 2009- HOMELAND SECURITY REVERSES CONTROVERSIAL DEPORTATIONS- Three Students Snatched On Their Way to School Allowed to Return to the U.S.
• February 24, 2009- ACLU WINS RELEASE OF TORTURED REFUGEE- U.S. Attorney Will Not Appeal Immigration Judge’s Decision
• November 01, 2008- CALIFORNIA RURAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE HONORS ACLU AS SOCIAL JUSTICE HERO- Immigrants' Rights Work Cited
• October 21, 2008- BORDER PATROL AND LOCAL POLICE CREATE “CHECKPOINT SOCIETY”- Fourth Amendment Rights Compromised Within 100 Miles of the Border. Affecting 2/3 of Americans
• September 30, 2008- GOVERNOR SIGNS IMPORTANT BILL PROTECTING DIASTER VICTIMS- Civil Rights, Disaster Aid Organizations Applaud New Law
• September 27, 2008- ACLU FIELD & POLICY DIRECTOR HONORED BY CHICANO FEDERATION- Receives Willie Velasquez Community Service Award
• August 15, 2008- U.S. BORDER PATROL SHOULD STOP USING LETHAL FORCE AGAINST ROCK-THROWERS, SAY HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS- Call for Congressional Investigations into Disproportionate Use of Force Incidents
• August 14, 2008- ACLU SEEKS RELEASE OF TORTURED REFUGEE- Her Continued Incarceration is Unconstitutional
• July 27, 2008- UNION-TRIBUNE OP-ED: GUARD IS BETTER USED ELSEWHERE- by Andrea Guerrero, ACLU-San Diego Field & Policy Director
• June 04, 2008- ACLU SECURES END TO OVERCROWDING AT SAN DIEGO CORRECTIONAL FACILITY- Settlement With Department Of Homeland Security And Corrections Corporation Of America Will Ensure More Humane Conditions For Immigration Detainees
• May 28, 2008- PROBE SURVEILLANCE OF SAN DIEGO MUSLIMS, ACLU TELLS CONGRESS- Religious Profiling and Security Breach Are of Concern
• April 21, 2008- ACLU-SAN DIEGO AND MEXICO'S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT TO PROTECT MIGRANTS' HUMAN RIGHTS ON THE BORDER- Growing Death Toll Called "Intolerable"
• March 13, 2008- JOIN ACLU-SAN DIEGO IN CELEBRATING ITS 75TH ANNIVERSARY!- With comedian Tom Smothers and scholar Erwin Chemerinsky
• March 13, 2008- FRANCISCO CASTANEDA'S TREATMENT AT THE CORRECTION CORPORATIONS OF AMERICA'S OTAY MESA DETENTION CENTER- The term "'cruel' is inadequate," judge says
• February 25, 2008- CITY WILDFIRE REPORT GOOD STARTING POINT, BUT OVERLOOKS MISSTEPS WITH VULNERABLE POPULATIONS- ACLU Response to Mayor’s “After Action” Report
• December 31, 2007- BEST AND WORST OF 2007 - SAN DIEGO CIVIL LIBERTIES- ACLU List of Hope and Shame on the Voice of San Diego Blog
• November 01, 2007- REPORT SURVEYS THE DAMAGE OF SAN DIEGO FIRES TO BASIC RIGHTS- Documents Human Rights Costs and Calls for Reforms to Make Sure Mistakes Aren’t Repeated
• November 01, 2007- FIRESTORM!- Treatment of Vulnerable Populations During the San Diego Fires
• October 29, 2007- ALERT: CONCERN FOR IMMIGRANTS DURING FIRE EVACUATIONS AND RELIEF EFFORT-
• October 29, 2007- UPDATE ON IMMIGRANTS' EXPERIENCES IN SAN DIEGO WILDFIRES- Link to Democracy Now News Interview
• October 24, 2007- ACLU APPLAUDS COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO DEVASTATING FIRESTORM- Urges Officials to Respect Human Rights and Civil Liberties
• October 11, 2007- CALIFORNIA FIRST STATE TO PROHIBIT ANTI-IMMIGRANT RENTAL ORDINANCES- ACLU, Business & Real Estate Leaders, and Civil Rights Groups Applaud the Bill
• October 06, 2007- UNDERSTANDING THE ACLU - Op-Ed in North County Times about cases that illuminate ACLU's defense of all
• August 22, 2007- ACLU SUES U.S. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OVER UNTENABLE DELAYS IN NATURALIZATION-
• July 16, 2007- VISTA PRIVACY CASE OP-ED IN SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE- "Islands of Privacy in a Sea of Disclosure"
• July 13, 2007- ACLU STATEMENT ON CA ATTORNEY GENERAL REVIEW OF VISTA OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTINGS- ACLU Troubled by Report's Rationales
• July 06, 2007- ACLU FILES CLASS ACTION PRIVACY RIGHTS COMPLAINT IN VISTA- UPDATE: Judge Issues Temporary Restraining Order
• June 26, 2007- ACLU AND CITY OF VISTA SETTLE DAY LABORER DISPUTE- Agreement Ends Litigation over Day Laborer Ordinance
• June 21, 2007- UPDATE IN KINITI V. MEYERS- Judge Largely Denies Motions to Dismiss
• June 13, 2007- ACLU SUES ICE OVER GROSSLY DEFICIENT HEALTH CARE- Inadequate Medical Care Causes Great Physical Suffering and Risk of “Premature Death”
• April 30, 2007- UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT TO MONITOR AND REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONDITIONS OF MIGRANTS IN THE U.S.- Begins Fact-Finding Tour in San Diego on April 30
• April 08, 2007- IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT RAIDS CAUSE SERIOUS CONCERNS-
• February 24, 2007- ACLU HOSTS FIRST-EVER MOBILIZATION CONFERENCE- Keynote Speaker and Anti-Death Penalty Activist, Actor Mike Farrell
• January 24, 2007- ACLU SUES US IMMIGRATION OFFICALS AND FOR-PROFIT CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OVER DANGEROUS AND INHUMAN CONDITIONS- In a legal first, ACLU seeks to change overcrowded and degrading conditions at San Diego facility
• January 24, 2007- FREE SPEECH OF DAY LABORERS IN EL CAJON- City issues citations to day laborers
• November 03, 2006- CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS FILE SUIT OVER UNCONSTITUTIONAL ORDINANCE IN ESCONDIDO-
• July 18, 2006- ACLU SUES TO STOP VISTA DAY LABOR ORDINANCE- Ordinance Violates the First Amendment
• July 13, 2006- ACLU'S NEW LEGAL DIRECTOR JUMPS INTO THE ACTION- Passing the Legal Baton
• January 05, 2006- FATAL SHOOTINGS REVEAL THAT DEPARTMENT IS BEHIND IN BEST PRACTICES- Audit of Sheriff's Department Needs Speed and Breadth
• October 27, 2005- INTERNATIONAL BODY DISMISSES ACLU CHALLENGE TO OPERATION GATEKEEPER- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Says Domestic Remedies Weren't Exhausted
• November 13, 2001- CHALLENGE TO OPERATION GATEKEEPER HEARD BEFORE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION- ACLU Argues U.S. Actions Led to Spike in Migrant Deaths on Southwest Border

• May 02, 2010- 60 MINUTES TO AIR STORY ON ALL AMERICAN CANAL- TIVO Alert!
• April 26, 2010- URGENT VIGIL IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF ARIZONA - TONIGHT!- Stand Up to Oppose SB 1070 - the Racial Profiling Bill
• December 03, 2009- THE 800 MILE WALL- Free Screening of Documentary Highlighting Human Rights Nightmare
• April 19, 2009- ACLU'S ACTION SUMMIT: RECLAIMING OUR VOICES- Keynote Speaker: Rep. John Lewis from Atlanta!
• February 28, 2009- FREE FILM SHOWING: OF CIVIL WRONGS & RIGHTS- The Fred Korematsu Story
• November 15, 2008- CONDEMN CHECKPOINTS IN ESCONDIDO- Join Dolores Huerta in a Candlelight Vigil
• September 24, 2008- OYAMA V. CALIFORNIA VICTORY COMMEMORATION- Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of ACLU Landmark Supreme Court Victory
• July 26, 2008- GULAG USA: LEGAL CHALLENGES TO IMMIGRANT DETENTION- Free MCLE at Cal Western July 26
• June 17, 2008- HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGIES TO END BORDER VIOLENCE- ACLU Conference June 17-18
• October 30, 2007- CIVIL LIBERTIES FORUMS - CANCELLED DUE TO FIRES-
• October 13, 2007- SAN DIEGO ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL- October 11 - 18, 2007
• February 24, 2007- ACLU MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCE- First-Ever Mobilization & Celebration!

• March 15, 2007- ACLU SUES OVER UNTENABLE DELAYS IN NATURALIZATION- Tartakovsky v. Pierre
• March 13, 2007- ACLU SUES ICE OVER GROSSLY DEFICIENT HEALTH CARE- Woods v. Myers
• March 13, 2007- PRIVACY RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS - John Doe v. City of Vista
• January 24, 2007- DANGEROUS AND INHUMANE CONDITIONS AT PRIVATE IMMIGRATION FACILITY- Kiniti v. Wagner
• January 24, 2007- FREE SPEECH OF DAY LABORERS IN EL CAJON- City of El Cajon issues citations to day laborers
• December 14, 2006- ESCONDIDO'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL, ANTI-IMMIGRANT HOUSING ORDINANCE- ACLU Wins a Settlement in Garrett v. City of Escondido
• September 26, 2006- INDEFINITE DETENTION OF TORTURE VICTIM/ ASYLEE- Nadarajah v. Gonzalez
• July 17, 2006- PROTECTING RIGHTS OF DAY LABORERS IN VISTA- Hernandez, et al v. City of Vista
• October 27, 2005- INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION DISMISSES ACLU CHALLENGE TO OPERATION GATEKEEPER- Victor Nicolas Sanchez et al v. United States, Petition 65/99
• January 19, 1948- OYAMA V. CALIFORNIA- US Supreme Court Rules California's

• June 11, 2010- ACLU CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT TO DHS- Asuncion Lopez - April 22, 2010 Incident
• October 02, 2009- ACLU REPORT: HUMANITARIAN CRISIS: MIGRANT DEATHS AT THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER-
• September 30, 2009- HUMANITARIAN CRISIS: MIGRANT DEATHS AT THE US-MEXICO BORDER- Executive Summary
• May 01, 2006- KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: STUDENT PROTESTS AND WALK OUTS- May 1, 2006
• April 31, 2006- LA LIBERTAD DE EXPRESION EN ESCUELA- 1 Mai 2006
• April 30, 2006- KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: PROTESTORS, ACTIVISTS, AND DEMONSTRATORS- May 1, 2006
• October 30, 2002- REPORT OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON MIGRANTS TO THE U.N. COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS- Rapporteur Ms. Gabriela Rodríguez Pizarro