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American Civil Liberties Union

noun

  1. an organization founded in 1920 to defend the civil rights of all U.S. citizens. : ACLU, A.C.L.U.


American Civil Liberties Union

  1. An organization founded in 1920 in the wake of the red scare to defend civil liberties . The ACLU has often defended the rights of individuals aligned with unpopular causes, including American communists and Nazis .
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By that point, the American Civil Liberties Union had credible information from multiple sources that the government was loading Venezuelan migrants on buses heading to the Abilene, Texas, airport for rendition flights to El Salvador.

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In 2021, the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California released a report alleging widespread abuse of homeless people in Lancaster.

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The order came after attorneys with the American Civil Liberties Union filed an emergency appeal on Friday, saying the migrants were not provided enough notice to challenge their deportation.

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Bin was released into the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement during the COVID-19 pandemic and detained at a Mesa Verde processing center, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.

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A report published last year by the American Civil Liberties Union, ISLA, and a number of other immigrant advocacy groups found that detainees were regularly denied interpretation and translation services, “resulting in language-related denials of medical and mental health care; due process in preparation of legal materials; and protection against abusive treatment and coercion.”

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