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High Court: INS Cannot Indefinitely Jail Immigrants

In late June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the government cannot continue to jail immigrants awaiting deportation whose home countries either will not accept them or no longer exist. The...

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ACLU Urges Release of Hamoui Family

Update: On Aug. 15, 2006, Safouh Hamoui was granted lawful permanent residence (a green card) in the United States. In November of 2004, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Hamoui family...

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Habeeb v. United States - Complaint

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Government Apologizes for Unlawful Arrest and Detention of Iraqi Refugee

Seattle, WA The American Civil Liberties Union today announced that the United States government has apologized to Abdulameer Yousef Habeeb, an Iraqi refugee whom federal agents unlawfully stopped,...

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"Papers please"? No thanks.

Yesterday, the ACLU announced that it would join a number of other civil rights organizations in challenging Arizona's harsh new law. Though the measure purportedly targets only undocumented...

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Standing Up Against Injustice: We Honor the Courage of Gordon Hirabayashi

Gordon Hirabayashi, a son of Japanese immigrants, was a senior at University of Washington when bombs fell at Pearl Harbor. Like 112,000 of his fellow Japanese Americans, he would be placed under...

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Reject Arizona’s Racial Profiling Law and What It Stands For

Photo credit: One America (The ACLU-WA’s Shankar Narayan delivered this statement at a press conference today responding to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Arizona’s racial profiling law, SB 10170....

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UW Report: Collaboration between King County Jail and ICE has unfair and...

Contact: Doug Honig, ACLU of WA - 206-624-2184Advocates call on King County Council to implement new, cost-effective practices that truly enhance public safety and community trustA study released by...

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Court Ruling Will Curb Ethnic Profiling of Immigrants

Contact: Matt Adams, NWIRP: 206-957-861 or Doug Honig, ACLU: 206-624-2184In a victory for fair treatment of immigrants,Pierce County Superior Court has found that local law enforcement officers cannot...

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High Court: INS Cannot Indefinitely Jail Immigrants

In late June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the government cannot continue to jail immigrants awaiting deportation whose home countries either will not accept them or no longer exist. The...

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ACLU Urges Release of Hamoui Family

Update: On Aug. 15, 2006, Safouh Hamoui was granted lawful permanent residence (a green card) in the United States. In November of 2004, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Hamoui family...

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Habeeb v. United States - Complaint

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Government Apologizes for Unlawful Arrest and Detention of Iraqi Refugee

Seattle, WA The American Civil Liberties Union today announced that the United States government has apologized to Abdulameer Yousef Habeeb, an Iraqi refugee whom federal agents unlawfully stopped,...

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"Papers please"? No thanks.

Yesterday, the ACLU announced that it would join a number of other civil rights organizations in challenging Arizona's harsh new law. Though the measure purportedly targets only undocumented...

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Standing Up Against Injustice: We Honor the Courage of Gordon Hirabayashi

Gordon Hirabayashi, a son of Japanese immigrants, was a senior at University of Washington when bombs fell at Pearl Harbor. Like 112,000 of his fellow Japanese Americans, he would be placed under...

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Reject Arizona’s Racial Profiling Law and What It Stands For

Photo credit: One America (The ACLU-WA’s Shankar Narayan delivered this statement at a press conference today responding to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Arizona’s racial profiling law, SB 10170....

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UW Report: Collaboration between King County Jail and ICE has unfair and...

Contact: Doug Honig, ACLU of WA - 206-624-2184Advocates call on King County Council to implement new, cost-effective practices that truly enhance public safety and community trustA study released by...

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Court Ruling Will Curb Ethnic Profiling of Immigrants

Contact: Matt Adams, NWIRP: 206-957-861 or Doug Honig, ACLU: 206-624-2184In a victory for fair treatment of immigrants,Pierce County Superior Court has found that local law enforcement officers cannot...

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Ruling Spurs Counties to Stop Holding Immigrants for Feds

A recent federal court ruling in Oregon has spurred Washington counties to stop holding immigrants in their jail past the time they are eligible for release. The court found that detainer requests by...

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J.E.F.M. v. Holder

Body: The American Civil Liberties Union, American Immigration Council, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, Public Counsel, and K&L Gates LLP filed a nationwide class-action lawsuit on behalf of...

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