Alabama’s HB 56 Attacks The Entire Community

Alabama’s HB 56 Attacks The Entire Community

Mary Mata March 5, 2012

By Justin Cox, American Civil Liberties Union On March 1, the ACLU was in court challenging the constitutionality of both Alabama and Georgia’s discriminatory anti-immigrant laws. Of the five Arizona-inspired […]

In Florida, Voter Registration Laws Impede The Latino Vote

Mary Mata February 1, 2012

By Howard L. Simon and Deborah J. Vagins, ACLU With Florida’s primary recently completed, all eyes have been on the Sunshine State. And in an effort to shine a light on the […]

Mother’s Legal Status Used To Deny Financial Aid

NewsTaco June 13, 2011

A New Jersey high school student finds herself in the unlikely position of suing the government for an opportunity to go to college. According to a report in the Huffington […]

Civil Rights Groups Take Georgia Immigration Law To Court

Mary Mata June 7, 2011

Georgia’s anti-immigrant law inspired by Arizona’s SB 1070 is facing a lawsuit from several civil rights groups that oppose the measure calling it “hate rhetoric.” The groups that have banded […]