Mar 21, 2024
ACLU Statement On FY24 Appropriations Bill Funding Immigrant Detention, Anti-Immigrant Policies
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The second package of final Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bills in the U.S. House of Representatives fails to rein in wasteful and harmful spending by Immigr...
Mar 05, 2024
Advocates Seek Public Records from DOJ on Implementation of Directives Changing Mandatory Minimum Charging and Sentencing Policies
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the Federal Public & Community Defenders submitted a Freedom of Inf...
Jan 18, 2024
Civil and Immigrants’ Rights Organizations Urge Federal Clemency for Military Veterans Vulnerable to Deportation
WASHINGTON — Organizations representing noncitizen military veterans whose federal criminal convictions make them vulnerable to deportation are urging President Biden to use his ...
Dec 22, 2023
ACLU Applauds President Biden’s Clemency Announcement
Announcement Will Reunite 11 Families in a Small Step Toward Justice
Issue Areas: Smart Justice
Jun 08, 2023
Justice and Faith Organizations Call on President Biden to Grant Clemency for Federal Crack Cocaine Convictions
Thirteen organizations — including the ACLU, NAACP LDF, Leadership Conference and Tzedek Association — are asking the president to repair the harms wrought by the decades-old crack and powder cocaine sentencing disparity.
Issue Areas: Smart Justice
Apr 11, 2023
ACLU Report Finds Significant Strides in Clemency Trends in 2022
NEW YORK — According to a nationwide report released by the American Civil Liberties Union’s Redemption Campaign, the United States saw significant strides in the use of clemen...
Issue Areas: Smart Justice
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