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Today, a federal judge heard closing arguments in Doe v. Wolf, a lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Arizona, the American Immigration Council, the National Immigration Law Center, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, and law firm Morrison & Foerster LLP.
The press call comes after a seven-day trial in the lawsuit, Doe v. Wolf, where immigrant and civil rights groups advocated on behalf of detained migrant men, women, and children who experienced cold and overcrowded conditions in Border Patrol's detention centers in Tucson.
Today, Gov. Doug Ducey delivered his 2020 State of the State address failing and made two announcements related to the criminal justice system.
The trial follows a lawsuit filed in 2015 on behalf of people subjected to deplorable Border Patrol detention conditions across the Tucson sector.
Voting rights advocates celebrated a significant win for Arizonans that will make it easier for residents to exercise their fundamental right to vote.
Today, Proposition 205, an initiative aimed at protecting Tucson residents from unlawful racial profiling and ensuring that local police focus instead on public safety, was not approved by Tucson voters.