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VIDEO: This May Day, We Affirm the Fundamental Human Rights of All Workers

Watch the video to hear from our Executive Director Chandra Bhatnagar on why we march to honor labor organizing across the world.

VIDEO: Why does white rage have a grip on our criminal legal system?

Watch historian and author Heather Ann Thompson in conversation with ACLU SoCal’s Summer Lacey.

“I’m getting weaker as each day passes"

Our new report examines in-custody deaths in the Orange County jails system

VIDEO: Jane Fonda Revives the Committee for the First Amendment

Watch Jane Fonda receive the inaugural Impact Entertainment Visionaries Award in Los Angeles

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Jun 09, 2026

Workers and Advocacy Groups Challenge DHS’s Illegal Warrantless Arrest Policy

DHS practice amounts to “arrest people and ask questions later.”

May 11, 2026

California Civil Rights Department Opens Investigation Into Riverside Over Rejected Quality Inn Project

The state civil rights agency initiated action based on complaint filed by advocates

Apr 22, 2026

ACLU Statement on DHS Retaliatory Arrest of ICE Raids Plaintiff

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