Alligator Alcatraz, ACLU and Immigrant
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FOX 35 Orlando on MSN'Alligator Alcatraz': ACLU sues Trump administration, claiming detention site violates rightsThe American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has officially filed a class-action lawsuit against President Donald Trump's administration over lack of access to legal counsel and violations of due process for people detained at Florida’s "Alligator Alcatraz.
After the woman was restrained to the chair, she tried to cover herself by adjusting the ripped smock, but her other breast became exposed in the process, according to a complaint filed July 16 in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida on her behalf.
ACLU files lawsuit against "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration facility in Florida Everglades, alleging detainees are denied legal counsel and face dangerous conditions.
The ACLU, ACLU of Florida and Americans for Immigrant Justice are working with inmates at the an immigrant detainment facility and other groups representing them, including Florida Keys Immigration, Sanctuary of the South, U.S. Immigration Law Counsel, Victoria Slatton of Sanabria & Associates, and the Law Offices of Catherine Perez, PLLC.
Immigrants’ rights advocates today sued the Trump administration over lack of access to legal counsel and violations of due process
The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida has withdrawn a lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis now that he has filled a Tallahassee-area judgeship.
"No matter your politics, the ACLU has probably annoyed you," writes former Sun Sentinel opinion page editor Rosemary O'Hara, who has joined the board of the ACLU of Florida. But the organization ...
CONTACT: (212) 549-2666; media@aclu.org. TALLAHASSEE, FL – The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Florida and a coalition of journalistic and First Amendment organizations today delivered letters to two top judicial officials in Florida urging them to ensure that foreclosure court proceedings in the state are open to the public.
The American Civil Liberties Union is a controversial group, no question. But controversy is something I know something about from having led the opinion pages of two major Florida newspapers.