... from going into effect," said Cecillia Wang, director of the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project. "Local Alabama communities and people across the country are shocked and dismayed by the state's effort to erode our civil rights and fundamental American values. Just as we've stopped similar draconian laws in Arizona, Utah, Indiana and Georgia from going into effect, we will do so here in Alabama as...
... Caucus)
Omar Jadwat
Karen Tumlin
Cecillia Wang
Kate Desormeau
Linton Joaquin
DreamActivist.org
Andre Segura
Workers United
Alterna
Coalition of Latino Leaders
Task Force for the Homeless
Coalition for the Peoples Agenda
Asian American Legal Advocacy Center
Elora Mukherjee
Nora Preciado
Melissa Keaney
Tanya Broder
Jonathan Blazer
Andrew Turner
Sam Brooke
Naomi Tsu
Michelle Lapointe
Daniel Werner...
... Utah: Omar Jadwat, Andre Segura, Cecillia Wang, Katherine Desormeau of the ACLU and Linton Joaquin, Karen Tumlin, and Shiu Ming Cheer of the NILC. Others are Lee Gelernt of the ACLU and Angela Adams of Lewis & Kappes, P.C. (Lewis Kappes).
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[1] From aclu.org/immigrants-rights/
aclu-and-nilc-file-lawsuit-challenging-indiana-s-
draconian-anti-immigrant-law
The American Civil...
... of criminal activity,” said Cecillia Wang, managing attorney with the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project. “Utah’s law violates the Constitution and we are confident that we will prevent it from taking effect.”
The lawsuit charges that the Utah law is unconstitutional in that it unlawfully interferes with federal power and authority over immigration matters in violation of the Supremacy Clause of...
... article in which ACLU attorney Cecillia Wang telegraphed the suit are at [1].
As for what you can do about this:
* Recall that David Koch of the Koch family joined with George Soros to give the ACLU $10 million to fight the Patriot Act. Without Koch's money, the ACLU might not have the resources to get involved in as many immigration lawsuits. Remind the many right wing commentators who are...
... and lead counsel on the case", Cecillia Wang, and Annie Lai.
9/18/09 UPDATE: Others involved in the suit are Steptoe and Johnson, MALDEF, and Somos America.