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Today, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling in Puente v. City of Phoenix, a case challenging the violent actions taken by the Phoenix Police Department during a protest on August 22, 2017.
Arizona health care providers filed a lawsuit today challenging a ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, which is in violation of the state’s new constitutional amendment protecting the fundamental right to abortion.
Arizona voters have approved Proposition 314, a sweeping and divisive law that will incite the discrimination and harassment of immigrants, Latine communities, and people of color. The ACLU of Arizona has strongly opposed the policy since its introduction at the Arizona State Legislature.
Arizonans passed Proposition 139 today, which will establish a fundamental right to abortion in the state constitution and provide a path to challenge Arizona’s dangerous abortion ban.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has published a groundbreaking new directive to curb longstanding inconsistencies and abuses in Border Patrol’s handling of migrants’ personal belongings. The new directive makes clear that Border Patrol is obligated to safeguard migrants’ personal belonging