June 2013On the street since the age of 14, a girl became addicted to drugs. At 17, she was arrested for prostitution. Though there was no force and no minors involved, she was placed on the sex offender list...
Join us for CCR First Wednesday on April 6, 2016. CCR Senior Staff Attorney Darius Charney will be joined by FDNY Firefighter Regina Wilson , FDNY Captain Paul Washington and FDNY Lieutenant Michael...
Updated: April 6, 2016
Bruno v. McGuire is a lawsuit the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed together with lawyers from MFY Legal Services, Inc., the Legal Aid Society’s Civil Division, and Brooklyn Legal Services...
Updated: December 17, 2007
Hundreds of Haitians across the country were imprisoned by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency following the January 12, 2010 earthquake, even though the Department of Homeland...
Updated: May 8, 2015
September 14, 2017Police officers repeatedly pleaded with a Bronx man armed with a knife and toy gun to drop everything before they fatally shot him last week, according to body-camera footage released by the New York...
December 5, 2017The US supreme court ruled on Monday that a ban ordered by Donald Trump on travelers from six Muslim-majority countries and two other countries could be immediately imposed while multiple court cases...
August 6, 2020Judge Puts Halt to Trumps Racist Wealth Test, the Public Charge Immigration Rule Amid Covid-19 Pandemic with Brittany Tomas, attorney, Center for Constitution Rights Federal Judge George Daniels...
Orlando Gudino is the IT Manager at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR). Orlando manages CCR’s existing technology infrastructure, making recommendations for and implementing advancements...
December 2014"Fahd, who's from a small village in Yemen, was a good kid and a great student who was loved by his family. When he was 17, he was detained and sent to Guantanamo. Then he was just gone..." Read the...
May 5, 2016Activist groups are pushing back against lawmakers’ attempt to punish Americans who boycott Israel and other U.S. allies. Pending legislation in dozens of states around the country, legal groups warn...
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