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Immigrants Rights : Asylum-Refugees : Legislative Documents

Testimony of Dr. Allen Keller for the House Immigration Subcommittee Hearing Detention and Removal: Immigration Detainee Medical Care (10/04/2007)

Testimony of Edwidge Danticat for the House Immigration Subcommittee Hearing Detention and Removal: Immigration Detainee Medical Care (10/04/2007)

Testimony of Francisco Castaneda for the House Immigration Subcommittee Hearing Detention and Removal: Immigration Detainee Medical Care (10/04/2007)

Testimony of Tom Jawetz for the House Immigration Subcommittee Hearing Detention and Removal: Immigration Detainee Medical Care (10/04/2007)

Testimony of June Everett for the House Immigration Subcommittee Hearing Detention and Removal: Immigration Detainee Medical Care (10/04/2007)

Congressman Pitts (R-PA) Letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (06/01/2007)
Congressman Pitts (R-PA) Letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

Coalition Sign-On Letter to Congress Urging Support of the SSI Extension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees Acts (HR 4035 and S 2623) (09/15/2005)

ACLU - Cuban American National Foundation Joint Statement Urging Conferees to Reject Anti-Immigrant Provisions in the Intelligence Reform Legislation (10/20/2004)

ACLU Statement Submitted by Timothy Edgar, Legislative Counsel, at a Citizen's Forum on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties After September 11, 2001 Before Rep. John Conyers, Jr., Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee (10/13/2004)

Court-Stripping and Anti-Immigrant Provisions in H.R. 10 (As Passed by House) (10/13/2004)

Coalition Sign-on Letter to the House Expressing Support of Rep. Chris Smith's Amendments to Strike Sections 3006 and 3007 from H.R. 10, The House Intelligence Reorganization bill (10/07/2004)

Coalition Sign-On Letter to Clark Kent Ervin at the Department of Homeland Security Expressing Concerns About the Case of Maher Arar (07/16/2004)

Sign-On Letter to the Honorable Judge Creppy, Chief Immigration Judge of the Executive Office for Immigration Review, Opposing the Use of Video-Conferencing Technology in Immigration Hearings (03/26/2004)

ACLU Letter to Congress Urging Support of H.R. 3266 and S. 1691, the "Wartime Treatment Study Act" (03/03/2004)

ACLU Coalition Letter Supporting an Elimination of Arbitrary Numerical Caps on Adjustment of Status to Lawful Permanent Resident for Persons Who Have Already Been Granted Asylum or Refugee Status (01/21/2004)

Coalition Sign-On Letter to Attorney General John Ashcroft and Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge Protesting the Prosecution of Asylum Seekers for False Documents (07/23/2003)

Sign On Letter to the Senate Urging Support of S. 1129, the Unaccompanied Alien Child Protection Act of 2003 (06/25/2003)

ACLU Comments on INS Notice to Expand Expedited Removal (12/13/2002)

Testimony of Legislative Counsel Tim Edgar on S. 1749, The Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act Before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration (04/12/2002)

Coalition Letter to Reps. Sensenbrenner and Conyers on the Barbara Jordan Immigration Reform and Accountability Act of 2002 (04/10/2002)


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