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Op-ed | Then and Now, the ACLU Defends the Constitutional Rights of Immigrants

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By Tammerlin Drummond
| Davis Vanguard
The Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign is in service of an authoritarian and white supremacist vision. The ACLU is fighting back. In California and across the U.S., immigrants show up to court for mandatory immigration hearings, as immigration laws require them to do. Under President Trump, agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have been lying in wait to ambush and arrest them, often moments after they leave the courtroom.
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Be prepared. Know your rights.

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By Tammerlin Drummond
| ACLU of Northern California
This is America under Donald Trump. On Thursday, the Trump administration sent federal immigration agents to the Bay Area. They fired flash bangs at peaceful protesters. This is a flagrant abuse of power and an attack on free speech intended to instill fear, target Trump’s political opponents, and silence anyone who does not agree with him. For now, Trump say he will not send the National Guard to San Francisco like he had been threatening to do. That is certainly welcome news.
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Behind the Scenes: How the ACLU Won a Court Order Blocking Border Patrol's Racist Arrests Targeting Latinos

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By Tammerlin Drummond
| ACLU of Northern California
It was Jan. 7, 2025, in the middle of the citrus harvest season in California’s Central Valley. People who earn their livings picking fruit were going about their daily routines. All of a sudden, residents of Bakersfield and the surrounding area started disappearing. Maricela Sanchez, an investigator at the ACLU of Northern California, started seeing photos and videos in her social media feed of U.S. Border Patrol trucks stopping people by the side of the road.
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