ACLU SoCal

People who immigrate to the U.S. come here to find safety and opportunity and contribute to our communities.

We should be welcomed with dignity, not demonized.

Take Action: Pass The Protect California Rights Act Holding the government accountable is not a crime. The Protect California Rights Act ensures that local police can’t break California laws on Trump's orders.

All of these actions violate CA’s existing laws and it’s time to send a clear message that our state’s police resources and personnel will not be used to silence Californians.

The Protect California Rights Act will protect the safety and rights of Californians:
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Holding our government accountable is not a crime, but we’ve seen local California police stop and question people for exercising their right to record DHS agents in their communities.

Due process means that if you're accused of something by the government, you have the right to defend yourself, regardless of your immigration status.

We filed an emergency declaration in our case, Tincher v. Noem, to submit a first-hand account of federal agents shooting Alex Pretti. ICE's violent and lawless attacks on our communities must be stopped.

Opinion | ICE is clearly out of control. This week the Senate can actually do something about it. Alex Pretti's shooting in Minneapolis turned Senate Democrats against ICE and DHS funding at a pivotal moment, with another shutdown looming.

A 5-year-old detained after preschool.

Multiple people shot and killed by federal immigration agents.

U.S. citizens arrested by masked officers.

Our elected officials have the power to reign in this lawless cruelty — they must use it.

Black and white image of Martin Luther King Jr with a quote of his on top of it. The quote reads "We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there is such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and positive action.”"

Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life to advocating tirelessly for the justice and equality of Black Americans and resisting elected leaders’ deliberate abuse and neglect of our communities. He was relentlessly targeted by our government for his views and pursuit of equality.

Reps. Omar, Morrison, Craig denied entry at ICE detention facility The Minnesota congresswomen attempted to tour Whipple Federal Building. DHS says requests to visit are needed seven days in advance.

Members of Congress have the right to visit ICE facilities unannounced — it's their job and their constitutional responsibility.

ICE can’t hide their cruelty and mistreatment of immigrants just because they want to.

ICE agents don't belong on our streets.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal immigration officers shoot and wound 2 people in Portland, Oregon, authorities say.

ICE doesn't keep our communities safe.

The ACLU of Minnesota is devastated by this morning’s news that ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, and is calling for an immediate and transparent investigation into the shooting.

Siskiyou County Settles Claims Over Race-Based Traffic Stops, Agrees to Major Reform - ACLU of Norcal Sheriff’s Office to follow new traffic stop reforms and comply with independent oversight

Victory: Asian American residents of Siskiyou County faced traffic stops at nearly 12 times the rate their population would justify. They documented the discrimination, fought back, and won! www.aclunorcal.org/press-releas...

Sharing gratitude with the Reimagine Child Safety Coalition in Los Angeles for their long-standing commitment to keeping families whole in the southland.

This victory —the drop in children entering foster care across Southern California — reflects the work by impacted parents and former foster youth, organizations, and advocates who engage in both local and statewide policy advocacy and storytelling to end family policing.

Number of Children in LA County Foster Care Has Plunged The Imprint set out to discover why LA County's foster care placements have declined even more dramatically than the nation's.

Families deserve dignity and respect, and belong together. When families stay together, children do better and so do our communities.

Judge blocks Trump's National Guard deployment in LA with sharp rebuke In the latest in a series of legal setbacks for Trump's deployments, a judge ruled the administration must end its deployment to Los Angeles and return control of National Guard troops to California.

President Trump's ongoing federalization and deployment of California National Guard troops to Los Angeles for no reason is a clear abuse of power.

We must continue to resist the government’s attempts to normalize soldiers policing our streets.

Our latest report outlines five public policy issues L.A. County advocates and community members tracked during L.A. D.A. Nathan Hochman’s first year in office that reveals a pattern of extreme and debunked approaches to crime, many that will increase mass incarceration.

Read: aclusocal.co/48hWw5u

Know Your Rights | Enforcement at the Airport | ACLU At the border, you are likely to encounter Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers, and you may encounter Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents. HSI is part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Know your rights in these scenarios.

If you’re flying this holiday season, know your rights before heading to the airport. 

On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, we honor the trans people lost to violence in the U.S. this year.

Widespread poverty, homelessness, and discrimination makes trans people 4x more likely to experience violence than the average person.

We shouldn’t have to live in fear to be who we are.

Federal judge orders government to stop blocking immigrant detainees from having access to lawyers In her ruling this week, Judge Frimpong said that lawyer visiting hours at B-18, which is in the basement of a federal building, have been closed down repeatedly without letting lawyers know, despite ...

BREAKING: Today, in a win for our constitutional rights, a federal judge ruled that DHS and ICE likely violated the Fifth Amendment by denying detained immigrants’ lawful access to their attorneys.

As the southland braces for epic storms, those most at risk—houseless residents— remain overlooked.

This weekend is an urgent reminder: officials must end their scapegoating of unhoused neighbors and invest in affordable housing for all struggling community members.

People held in ‘decrepit’ California ICE facility sue over ‘inhumane’ conditions Lawsuit against US government alleges ‘life-threatening’ medical neglect and says residents frequently go hungry

The Trump administration is holding people in inhumane conditions in California's largest immigrant detention center.

We sued this administration to challenge these abusive and harmful practices.

Jane Fonda to Receive Inaugural Impact Entertainment Visionaries Award From ACLU SoCal and SIE Society (Exclusive) The actress and her recently relaunched Committee for the First Amendment will be honored at the Impact + Profit 25 Conference, set for Dec. 4 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.

We are honored to recognize Jane and this new generation of creators united to defend freedom of expression in Hollywood.

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From her early involvement with the ACLU to her decades of advocacy for civil liberties, justice, and equality, Jane Fonda has used her public voice to stand firmly for constitutional freedoms—even when doing so required extraordinary courage.

Tech CEOs are not elected officials, yet their political influence is hard to overlook.

Join us this Wed., Nov. 12, at 7 p.m. PT at the L.A. Central Library where we’ll discuss how tech has overtaken our lives, our personal data and our democracy.

RSVP: lfla.org/event/the-ag...

UCLA suppressed student and faculty freedom of speech. So, we sued them. Following the violent destruction of the Palestine Solidarity Encampment on the UCLA campus, students and faculty members speak out.

To learn more about the Blair v Regents case, check out our interview with three of the plaintiffs. www.aclusocal.org/en/news/ucla....

Last year, UC administrators violently destructed the Palestine Solidarity Encampment on the UCLA campus due to its speech content. Thankfully, in an early win for students’ rights, a judge recently allowed our case to proceed.

Armed US immigration agents drive off with toddler after arrest of father ‘Devastated’ family demands answers after one-year-old driven by armed agents from LA Home Depot parking lot

After arresting a U.S. citizen in a Home Depot parking lot, armed immigration agents drove off with his one-year-old daughter.

The Trump administration's mass deportation machine puts every one of us in danger.

The world is watching the United States government attack the constitutional and human rights of its own people. We will hold the Trump administration accountable, whether they show up to defend their human rights record or not.