Children should be defended – not left to defend themselves. Read the full story at the link in our bio or at bit.ly/KPBS-ICEChildArrests-2025.
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Children should be defended – not left to defend themselves. Read the full story at the link in our bio or at bit.ly/KPBS-ICEChildArrests-2025.
They are transferred to out-of-state facilities, group homes, juvenile detention or tent camps, causing irreparable harm to their mental and physical health.
ICE arrested more than 250 San Diego children in 2025, a jump from 27 children in 2024. ICE’s harmful practices are nothing new – but this increase is alarming.
Immigrant children, or even children of immigrants, are often separated from their families when they or their parents are arrested.
Is it legal to film ICE agents? Yes. The First Amendment protects your right to film ICE in public, and you cannot be punished for that alone. If you are in a public place, you have the right to record ICE and other agents, as long as you don’t interfere with or obstruct their operations, or break another valid law while you’re filming. If you are on private property, owners can set their own rules about photography and filming.
Our rights aren't up to ICE agents to decide.
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Sick of watching our rights violated and our communities targeted?
Fed up with democracy being treated like a suggestion?
Join your community in the streets and make your voices heard!
March 28. No thrones. No crowns. No kings.
Don’t miss it: www.mobilize.us/nokings/?utm...
Urge Governor Newsom to use his last year in office to end executions in California: actionnetwork.org/.../.
California’s death row is the largest in the country — leaving hundreds of people languishing behind bars for decades to perpetuate an unjust system on taxpayers’ dime.
Ruby's strength as a young girl echoes in today’s fight for equity in our education.
This includes students’ right to learn about American history in full, without whitewashing.
In 1960, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges was the first Black child to attend a formerly whites-only school in Louisiana, marking a major moment in the fight to desegregate schools. She remains a committed advocate for civil rights to this day.
We’re showing up for democracy.
Our Organizing to Protect Democracy training series gives you the tools you need to fight for civil liberties in your community. Our first session will focus on peaceful protest and how to take meaningful action.
RSVP at act.aclu.org/a/otpd-peaceful-mass-protest
Acompáñenos virtualmente este jueves, 12 de marzo a las 6pm! Inscribese aquí: bit.ly/EmpowerEd-AJ.
Brandon Steppe es el fundador y director ejecutivo del David’s Harp Foundation, una organización de desarrollo juvenil. Los jóvenes desarrollan su voz, habilidades, y liderazgo a través de la creatividad, el desarrollo de la fuerza laboral y alternativas comunitarias al encarcelamiento.
Caitlin Radigan es una líder con experiencia vivida y una ex joven con doble estatus que ahora sirve como gerente de políticas estatales en California Youth Connection, apoyando a jóvenes afectados por el sistema a dar forma a las políticas, desarrollar habilidades de liderazgo e impulsar reformas.
Adrianne Lawson es un líder activa del Imperial Valley Social Justice Committee, que trabaja en una gran cantidad de problemas que afectan al valle, incluyendo trabajando a alentar funcionario electo a abordar las causas fundamentales de la falta de vivienda y otros "delitos" de pobreza.
¡Presentamos a nuestros panelistas!
Eric Morrison-Smith es el director ejecutivo de la Alliance for Boys and Men of Color, una red de organizaciones de base en toda California que trabajan para cambiar las políticas y recursos públicos de sistemas carcelarios a infraestructura comunitaria.
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Join us virtually this Thursday, March 12 at 6pm! Sign up here bit.ly/EmpowerEd-AJ.
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Brandon Steppe is the founder and executive director of The David’s Harp Foundation, an organization that serves hundreds of opportunity youth each year. Youth develop their voice, skills and leadership through creativity, workforce development and community-based alternatives to incarceration.
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Caitlin Radigan is a lived experience leader and former dual status youth who now serves as statewide policy manager at California Youth Connection (CYC), supporting system-impacted youth to shape policy, build leadership skills and drive meaningful reform.
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Adrianne Lawson is an active leader of the Imperial Valley Social Justice Committee, which works on a wide swath of issues impacting the valley, including working to encourage elected officials to address the root causes of homelessness and other "crimes" of poverty with community-based solutions.
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Introducing our panelists!
Eric Morrison-Smith is the executive director of the Alliance for Boys and Men of Color, a network of grassroots organizations in California working to shift public resources and policy away from carceral systems and toward life-affirming, community-based infrastructure.
From fighting for equal protection under the law to defending the rights of immigrants, workers and families, women have long shaped the progress we see today — and continue to lead the work that moves our communities forward.
These strong, determined women are leading us toward a future where everyone’s rights are protected and everyone can live with dignity, freedom and opportunity.
Today, we recognize the generations of women who have organized, advocated and led movements for civil rights and civil liberties.
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At the ACLU-SDIC, we celebrate International Women’s Day all year long with an all-women executive leadership team.
Norma Chávez-Peterson – Executive Director
Samantha Ollinger – Chief Operating Officer
Sarah Huck – Chief of External Affairs
Christie Love Hill – Chief Program & Strategy Officer
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President Trump's efforts to end birthright citizenship are part of a broader effort to redefine who belongs in our country — we refuse to let that happen.
Add your name at aclu.org/birthright-citizenship-petition to protect the fundamental right of birthright citizenship.
Join us online for session three next Thursday, March 12, to hear from our panel about how the idea of crime was constructed and what it looks like to prioritize prevention over punishment.
Go to bit.ly/EmpowerEd-AJ to sign up.
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Last Thursday, we held our second session of the Advancing Justice track in our educational series, EmpowerEd, on the Police Decertification Act – SB 2.
In both San Diego and Imperial counties, more than 40 participants learned about how to hold California law enforcement officers accountable.
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Learn more about your representatives’ voting record at aclu.org/congressional-scorecards
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Congress plays an important role in fighting for or against our civil liberties.
That’s why it’s essential to be aware of their recent votes on legislation that affects our fundamental freedoms.
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Black graphic with white and neon green text reading "At the federal level, we're intervening to defend states that are rightfully refusing to hand over their full voter lists — which include voters' sensitive data — to the Department of Justice. We also got a key provision of President Trump's anti-voter executive order struck down, which threatened to upend our elections and enact barriers that disenfranchise eligible voters."
Black graphic with white and neon green text reading "At the state level, elected officials have passed laws purging eligible voters from the rolls, attacking mail-in voting, diluting the power of voters of color, making it harder for voters with disabilities to vote, criminalizing handing out food and water to voters in line, and more. We're fighting in court to make sure every eligible voter can cast our ballot freely."
We won't sit on the sidelines while politicians attack our freedom to vote and the Trump administration comes after voter lists and other private data.