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Treasury Department Considering Blocking Bank Accounts For Immigrants; ACLU Calls Move Unnecessary, Unfair, Opening for National ID (07/17/2003)
WASHINGTON - Referring to the Treasury Department's decision to reconsider regulations - finalized after September 11 - that allow non-citizens to use safe and secure foreign-issued identification when opening bank accounts, the American Civil Liberties Union today called the move unfair, fundamentally unnecessary in the fight against terrorism and the next step toward opening the door for a national identification card for all Americans.

ACLU Says New Justice Department Racial Profiling Policy Lacks Enforcement Tool, Suffers From Huge National Security Loophole (06/17/2003)
WASHINGTON - Calling new racial profiling guidelines released today by the Justice Department little more than rhetorical smoke and mirrors, the American Civil Liberties Union said that it remains critical of Attorney General John Ashcroft for not taking comprehensive and unqualified steps to follow through on his long-standing promise to end profiling in the United States.

Congress Restores Controversial Immigrant Tracking and Detention Program, But Demands Answers from Administration (02/14/2003)
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union today criticized Congressional Republicans for bringing back to life a controversial immigrant-tracking program that has led to widespread fear in immigrant communities and resulted in hundreds of detentions, but noted Congress' pointed demands for answers from the Administration, saying they reflect widespread concern, on both sides of the aisle, about the program.

Federal Court in CA Blocks Government from Denying Airport Screener Jobs to Qualified Noncitizens (11/15/2002)
LOS ANGELES - A federal district judge today sided with the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and other civil rights groups in granting a court order that would allow qualified, noncitizen airport screeners to remain on the job or be considered for jobs they lost as a result of a federal law that would require all airport screeners to be United States citizens.

ACLU Calls Immigrant Fingerprinting Plan Discriminatory and Ineffective (08/13/2002)
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union today said that the Department of Justice plan to fingerprint and track immigrants and visitors to the United States, made final yesterday, is discriminatory and will inevitably be ineffective.

ACLU Calls Latest Immigrant Tracking Scheme Discriminatory and Ineffective (06/05/2002)
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union today said that the latest Department of Justice plan to fingerprint and track immigrants and visitors to the United States is discriminatory and will inevitably be ineffective.

ACLU Calls On Providence Police To Dismiss Case Against Sikh Arrested At Train Station (10/16/2001)
PROVIDENCE, RI - - In a letter sent today to Providence Police Chief Richard Sullivan, the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island has called on the police department to drop the criminal charge filed against a traveling Sikh man for carrying a ceremonial dagger the day after the September 11 terrorist attacks. 

ACLU Endorses Permanent Partner Immigration Act To Establish Equality in Immigration for Gay Men and Lesbians (02/14/2001)
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union today endorsed the "Permanent Partner Immigration Act," introduced by Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-NY, as an important and welcome next step toward establishing equality in immigration standards for gay men and lesbians. 

Judge Delays English-Only From Becoming State Law (12/02/2000)
SALT LAKE CITY -- A district judge here put a temporary halt to Utah's newly approved "Official English" law on the grounds that the initiative may be in violation of the First Amendment. The measure was to take effect Sunday, December 3.

ACLU Charges Abuse in Case of Black U.S. Student Shackled and Strip-Searched by Immigration Officials (10/17/2000)
NEW YORK--In a shocking case that is far from unique, the American Civil Liberties Union today filed a lawsuit on behalf of a black college student who was shackled, detained and repeatedly strip-searched by Immigration and Naturalization Service officials over the course of almost two days.

Riley v. USA and Unknown INS Officers - Fact Sheet: INS Harassment and Detention of Richard Riley (10/17/2000)
DAY ONE: January 13, 1998John F. Kennedy International AirportApproximately 8:30 p.m.

ACLU Wins Right to Sue Maine Medical Center Over Interpreter Services for Patients (09/28/1999)
PORTLAND, ME -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine and the National Health Law Project this week won the right to continue their lawsuit against the Maine Medical Center on behalf of persons with limited English proficiency who need interpreter services while they are patients at the hospital.

Court Settlement Hails End to California's Anti-Immigrant Law Prop. 187 (09/13/1999)
LOS ANGELES -- A U.S. District Court Judge today approved a mediated settlement of an American Civil Liberties Union challenge to a state anti-immigrant law, confirming that no children in California can be deprived of an education or stripped of healthcare due to their place of birth.