American Civil Liberties Union

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The enemy within - 12/16/2004

... sweeps": A lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union seeks access to public records involving the arrests last summer of more than 400 illegal immigrants in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. In June, a small group of Temecula-based Border Patrol agents set off a panic among immigrants by beginning to patrol and arrest people in cities far north of the border, including Corona and O...

"ACLU, Open Borders Advocates, Attempt to Rewrite 9/11 Commission Report" - 10/07/2004

From FAIR: The American Civil Liberties Union and other open border advocacy groups are attempting to rewrite the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, leaving out important sections dealing with immigration policy, charged the Federation for American Immigration Reform. In assessing the situation that led to the attacks of 9/11, the Commission pointed to glaring weaknesses in U.S.

Proposed L.A. County seal lacks cross, sense of place, balls - 9/08/2004

Our doughty L.A. County board of supervisors have released the proposed new L.A. County seal. The AP reports: A proposed new seal for Los Angeles County has been unveiled_ minus a controversial gold cross, oil derricks and a goddess. County supervisors voted in June to remove a tiny cross, which has been part of the seal since 1957.

Susan "Medea" Benjamin is (partially) right (for once) - 7/25/2004

Susan "Medea" Benjamin on the "free speech zones" at the DNCC: "We don't deserve to be put in a detention center, a concentration camp," said Medea Benjamin of San Francisco.

"The Town of <strike>Our Lady the Queen of Angels</strike> Ramona Ripston of the Little Portion" - 6/13/2004

The L.A. Daily News asks: 'L.A.'s name too divine?': No L.A.? It's no joke. A strong legal argument can be made that the name of the city of Los Angeles -- even worse its formal name, "The Town of Our Lady the Queen of Angels of the Little Portion" -- violates the constitutional requirement for separation of church and state.

What goes on in Vegas... Stays in your FBI file - 1/02/2004

From the article "Casinos, Airlines Ordered to Give FBI Information": LAS VEGAS -- Las Vegas hotel operators and airlines serving McCarran International Airport are being required by the FBI to turn over all guest and passenger names and personal information, at least during the holiday period, several sources said Tuesday.

More fun with Ramona Ripston - 12/19/2002

... southern California chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (news - web sites) compared the arrests to the internment of Japanese Americans in camps during the Second World War. "I think it is shocking what is happening. It is reminiscent of what happened in the past with the internment of Japanese Americans.

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