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After Thousands Protest Immigration Ban, Federal Judge Grants Stay To Detainees

... upon landing at JFK airport." The men have been released, and the stay has also been extended to "100-200 others in airports across country." The stay will remain until hearing on Februrary 21 st. Speaking outside the courthouse, Deputy director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project, Lee Gelernt, declared: "No one can be sent back today.". 10 p.m. The ACLU has released this statement. A federal judge tonight granted the American Civil Liberties Union’s request for a nationwide temporary injunction that will block the deportation of all people stranded in U. S. airports under President Trump’s new Muslim ban. The ACLU and other legal organizations filed a lawsuit on behalf of individuals subject to President Trump's Muslim ban. The lead plaintiffs have been detained by the U. S. government and threatened with deportation even ...

Judge Backs Aclu In Lawsuit Over Border Checkpoints

... Border Patrol more than doubled between 2006 and 2014, with a nearly commensurate increase in agents. "As the agency has expanded, reports of Border Patrol abuses in the Arizona-Sonora region and throughout the nation have increased,' the lawsuit states. "Plaintiffs seek the requested records in order to shed light on Border Patrol's extensive but largely opaque interior enforcement operations.'. Those checkpoints have been a continued source of contention between the agency and residents of Arivaca, who say agency operations interfere with their lives. After the lawsuit was filed, the case was put on hold. Attorneys for the government said during that time the agency produced more than 13,000 pages of information. Based on some of what it got, the ACLU in 2015 issued a report saying that abuse of ...

No, Bannon, The Media Should Not 'keep Its Mouth Shut

... use its “full firepower” to fight back against him if he followed through on controversial campaign promises, including on immigration and torture. “These proposals are not simply un-American and wrong-headed, they are unlawful and unconstitutional,” ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero said in a statement on Nov. 9. “They violate the First, Fourth, Fifth, Eight and Fourteenth Amendments. If you do not reverse course and instead endeavor to make these campaign promises a reality, you will have to contend with the full firepower of the ACLU at every step.”. Should President-elect Donald Trump attempt to implement his unconstitutional campaign promises, we'll see him in court. Judge blocks deportation of. Judge grants emergency stay temporarily halting removal of those detained. 12,377 Shares. Trump signs three more executive. The ...

Planned Parenthood, Aclu Challenge Abortion Laws In Three States

... to women’s reproductive rights, but the reality is abortion access is already deeply restricted for many women in this country,” said Julie Rikelman, interim vice president of the U. S. legal program at the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups said that they have concerns about the incoming Trump administration. President-elect Donald Trump has praised Planned Parenthood in the past, but threatened during the campaign to defund it. Trump said that he opposes abortion and will appoint antiabortion judges to the Supreme Court. Vice President-elect Mike Pence has made attempting to defund Planned Parenthood one of his biggest crusades, introducing the first legislation to do so while he was in Congress in the 1990 s — and congressional Republicans now see a major opening for the effort. Trump’s choice for health and human services secretary, Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), has also supported defunding efforts. “This is the biggest threat we have seen, to be frank,” said Raegan Mc Donald-Mosley, chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. But the ...

Aclu And Other Groups Challenge Trump Immigration Ban After Refugees Detained At Airports Following Executive Order

... easy-to-use resources were created by the ACLU so you can have your rights at your fingertips. Defending our rights. The ACLU works tirelessly in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the Constitution’s promise of liberty for everyone in our country. ACLU and Other Groups Challenge Trump Immigration Ban After Refugees Detained at Airports Following Executive Order. By ACLU. January 28, 2017 | 11:45 AM. WEB 17-tsaairport-1160 x 768.jpg. UPDATE (1/28/17): A federal judge granted the American Civil Liberties Union’s request for a nationwide temporary injunction that will block the deportation of all people stranded in U. S. airports under President Trump’s new Muslim ban. The ACLU, along with several groups, filed a lawsuit  this morning on behalf of two Iraqi men who were en route to the United States on immigrant visas when President Trump issued an executive order banning many Muslims from entering the country. One of the men, Hameed Khalid Darweesh, was traveling on an Iraqi special Immigrant Visa and had worked as an electrical engineer and contractor for the U. S. government from 2003–2010. ...

Aclu Accuses D.c. Police Of Violating Rights Of Inauguration Protesters

... executive director of the ACLU of the District of Columbia, said in a press statement. As more details emerge about the conduct of the Metropolitan Police Department on Inauguration Day, the ACLU of the District of Columbia is becoming concerned that law enforcement may have violated demonstrators’ rights in any of three ways: by indiscriminately corralling and detaining individuals, including journalists and legal observers, who were not involved in any criminal activity; by using pepper spray without justification on people who were not breaking the law or who had already been detained; and by holding individuals outdoors for excessive periods of time, in some cases up to eight hours, without access to food or bathroom facilities. D. C. prosecutors told CBS News  that 230 protesters would be charged with felony rioting charges, an offense that is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and fine of up to $250,000. The U. S. Attorney’s Office said that most of those arrested were released without posting bail but must come back to face a judge ...

The Aclu Is Ready For Trump

... Californians are fortunate to live in a state where voting rights and reproductive rights don’t face continual deaths-by-a-thousand-cuts from legislatures hostile to democratic norms and women’s bodies. But even with a Democratic governor and newly sworn-in Democratic supermajorities in both houses of state government, California continues to grapple with its ugly history as a bastion of over-incarceration. And — should Congress implement some of Trump’s more heinous campaign promises — local law enforcement throughout the Golden State could become de facto deputies in federal stings to deport millions of undocumented residents. The possibility of having to defend hard-won freedoms on multiple fronts feels dizzying. But Christine P. Sun, associate director of the ACLU of Northern California , says that her organization is ready. (Disclosure: I worked for the New York State affiliate from 2006 to 2008, but Sun and I never interacted.). “There are a lot of different flanks of our work,” she says, “but I would say, based on the promises of the Trump campaign, ...

State Aclu Condemns Trump’s Immigration Orders

... it had partnered with Nick Cannon to release “King of the Dancehall” on the online video library’s paid service. More Headlines. Coard: Why media should stop treating the president as legitimate. On Jan. 14, civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis of Georgia, who courageously and repeatedly stood with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. taking brutal blows to the head and body in their non-violent battle for racial justice, said, “I don’t see the President-elect as a legitimate president.”. More Headlines. State ACLU condemns Trump’s immigration orders. Layla A. Jones Tribune Staff Writer. 23 hrs ago. Ben Bowens. Reggie Shuford. The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania issued a statement Friday condemning President Donald Trump’s executive orders over immigration as “fantasy based on racial and ethnic bias.”. It made the statement at a press conference with other local human rights advocates, including the Philadelphia branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society ...

Aclu Vows Eternal Vigilance, Gears Up For A Long Battle Against President Donald Trump

... Director Anthony D. Romero on the day before Trump’s inauguration, the ACLU announced that it plans on filing Freedom of Information Act requests, defending journalists, pushing for protections of people’s First, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights, and standing up for marginalized groups including women, Muslims, non-whites, and the LGBT community. “The first rock in our slingshot is a Freedom of Information Act request asking several government agencies to turn over documents relating to President Trump’s actual or potential conflicts of interest due to his business and family connections,” Romero writes. “The American people deserve to know their president will govern in the best interest of the nation and not his self-interest.”. This is consistent with the ACLU’s public promise on the day after Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. We will be eternally vigilant every single day of your presidency. And when you leave the Oval Office, we will do the same with your successor as we have done throughout our nearly 100 years of existence. The Constitution and ...