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PHOENIX– As part of its effort to fight back in the courts against SB1070’s remaining “show me your papers” provision, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Arizona today released a new mobile phone application that allows people to report abuses under the state’s notorious racial profiling.
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court today invalidated a burdensome Arizona state documentation requirement that restricted its citizens' ability to register to vote in federal elections.
TUCSON–In order to make America’s border agencies more accountable to the laws that protect us all, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) today announced the launch of a new Border Litigation Project to investigate, document and litigate civil and human rights cases along the U.S.-Mexico border.
PHOENIX – The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Arizona filed a lawsuit today on behalf of the NAACP of Maricopa County and the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) challenging a state law that relies on harmful racial stereotypes.
PHOENIX – Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio relied on racial profiling and illegal detentions to target Latinos, a federal district court said today.
SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today struck down an Arizona law that would ban almost all abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.