Civil Rights Groups Argue Forced Separation Policy Constitutes Torture October 25, 2018, Washington, D.C. – A Salvadoran mother whose son was taken from her by U.S. immigration officials at the...
June 19, 2017The Supreme Court has ruled that six men detained after the September 11 attacks are not legally able to sue top officials from the Bush administration. The men, who are of Arab or South Asian...
March 30, 2020Dear Center for Constitutional Rights family, We are reaching out to you, our community, to continue to check in and engage during this unusual and urgent public health crisis. It is in times like...
Decision Preserves Important Protection for Thousands of Asylum Seekers Previously Turned Back at Ports of Entry March 5, 2020, San Francisco – A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel today blocked...
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July 17, 2017Host Brian Lehrer leads the conversation about what matters most now in local and national politics, our own communities and our lives. Jamil Smith fills in for Brian for the week. On this show:...
June 25, 2014, New York – Today, in a case filed on behalf of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), attorneys argued to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals that videotapes of Guant...
August 6, 2008, Washington D.C. – Today, Djamel Ameziane filed the first ever petition by a person detained by the United States at Guantánamo Bay with the Inter-American Commission on...
The Center for Constitutional Rights seeks a third- or fourth-year undergraduate student, recent graduate, or graduate student with a strong commitment to social justice to help with several legal...
Updated: July 13, 2022
New Injunctions Will Allow Immigrant Communities Across the U.S. To Safely Access Critical Healthcare and Public Assistance During Health Crisis July 29, 2020, New York – Today, a Manhattan federal...
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