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Jun 10, 2014

Exiled: The Obama Administration's Horrifying Deportation Record

This piece originally ran at The Huffington Post.

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By By Demian Bichir, Ambassador for Immigrants' Rights, ACLU

This piece originally ran at The Huffington Post.

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By By Demian Bichir, Ambassador for Immigrants' Rights, ACLU
Jun 10, 2014

Love and (Hopefully) Marriage in the Heart of Dixie

It was spring of 1997. After being introduced by a mutual friend, my sorority sister, during our sophomore year of college, April and I found ourselves inseparable. There was an immediate strong emotional...

By By April Aaron-Brush & Ginger Aaron-Brush

It was spring of 1997. After being introduced by a mutual friend, my sorority sister, during our sophomore year of college, April and I found ourselves inseparable. There was an immediate strong emotional...

By By April Aaron-Brush & Ginger Aaron-Brush
Jun 10, 2014

Too Big To Comply? NSA Says It’s Too Large, Complex to Comply With Court Order

In an era of too-big-to-fail banks, we should have known it was coming: An intelligence agency too big to rein in — and brazen enough to say so.

In a remarkable legal ...

By By Patrick C. Toomey, Staff Attorney, ACLU National Security Project

In an era of too-big-to-fail banks, we should have known it was coming: An intelligence agency too big to rein in — and brazen enough to say so.

In a remarkable legal ...

By By Patrick C. Toomey, Staff Attorney, ACLU National Security Project
Jun 9, 2014

The DREAM's Alive and Well in Florida

Today's signing of a Florida law allowing young undocumented immigrants and U.S. citizen children of immigrant parents to pay the same tuition rate as every other Florida resident represents a truly...

By By Maria Rodriguez, Executive Director, Florida Immigrant Coalition

Today's signing of a Florida law allowing young undocumented immigrants and U.S. citizen children of immigrant parents to pay the same tuition rate as every other Florida resident represents a truly...

By By Maria Rodriguez, Executive Director, Florida Immigrant Coalition
Jun 9, 2014

Finally, a movie that makes abortion funny

This blog was posted on The Washington Post.

The new...

By By Louise Melling, Director, Center of Liberty; Deputy Legal Director, ACLU

This blog was posted on The Washington Post.

The new...

By By Louise Melling, Director, Center of Liberty; Deputy Legal Director, ACLU
Jun 9, 2014

Communities of Color Remain Underwater While the Tide Rises

The housing price tide may be rising, but it's failing to lift up many in our communities of color.

That's because lots of homeowners in these communities are underwater, meaning they purchased...

By By Rachel Goodman, Staff Attorney, ACLU Racial Justice Program

The housing price tide may be rising, but it's failing to lift up many in our communities of color.

That's because lots of homeowners in these communities are underwater, meaning they purchased...

By By Rachel Goodman, Staff Attorney, ACLU Racial Justice Program