Local & State Measures
Federal Court Of Appeals Hears Arguments On Hazleton Anti-Immigrant Law
The ACLU argued that the court should uphold the landmark July 2007 ruling that declared the city of Hazleton's anti-immigrant law unconstitutional.
> More: Civil Rights Groups Urge Appellate Court To Overturn Arizona Employer Sanctions Law

Detention
U.S. Citizen Who Was Illegally Detained and Twice Deported Is Latest Victim of Government’s Unconstitutional Immigration Enforcement Policy
A U.S. citizen from Los Angeles was held in a detention facility in San Diego earlier this month until an attorney for the ACLU of Southern California presented his birth certificate along with school and vaccination records to immigration authorities.
> Landmark Settlement Announced in Federal Lawsuit Challenging Conditions at Immigrant Detention Center in Texas (8/27/2007)
> Briefing Materials Submitted to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants (4/2/2007)

Raids
ACLU Demands Government Restore Basic Legal Protections To Meatpacking Workers Arrested In Iowa Raids
Prosecutor tactics, arbitrary deadlines, overwhelming case loads, and language barriers make representation especially difficult and suggest the government is more interested in deportation without hearings than in justice.
> ICE Immigration Raids Are Reckless and Unconstitutional

> Know Your Rights: Immigrant Marches / Marchas de los Inmigrantes
> EN ESPAÑOL: Acerca de la Union Americana de Libertades Civiles