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The Constitution guarantees basic rights and freedoms to all people in America, not just U.S. citizens. Advocating fair treatment for non-citizens has been an important part of the ACLU’s work since its founding in 1920, when it opposed the summary arrest and deportation of Eastern European immigrants during the Palmer Raids.

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Federal Judge's ruling is a win for immigrants and the non-profit lawyers who help them
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Ruling hands Trump Administration another defeat: Court allows lawsuit challenging Trump's "extreme vetting" program to proceed as a class-action

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Federal Judge’s ruling is a win for immigrants and the nonprofit lawyers who help them

Published: 
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Lawyers who provide free legal advice to immigrants can continue to do so now that federal court judge Richard A. Jones has granted Northwest Immigrant Rights Project’s (NWIRP) request for a preliminary injunction against the Department of Justice.
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Court Allows Lawsuit Challenging Trump’s “Extreme Vetting” Program to Proceed as Class-Action

News Release, Published: 
Friday, June 23, 2017
Ruling Hands Trump Administration Another Defeat on Immigration
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Washington’s lawyers to Trump: Keep immigration agents from stalking our courthouses

Published: 
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Washington State Bar Association becomes first statewide bar to speak out against ICE practices
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The DOJ is trying to bully immigration lawyers. First, they’ll have to overcome the First Amendment

Published: 
Friday, May 19, 2017
In America, people have a right to receive information from lawyers, and lawyers a right to give information to people in need of it. Unfortunately, our government has a long history of using professional regulations to clamp down on lawyers exercising this First Amendment right.
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