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From analysis and commentary by our experts to media coverage of our cases and reactions to breaking news stories, CCR is in the news and making news.

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August 10, 2023, San Diego, CA – On Wednesday a group of asylum seekers moved to block the Biden administration’s unlawful policy of turning back people seeking asylum at ports of entry along the...

CCR in the News

September 26, 2023

Blog Post

A two-year program for emerging lawyers to gain practical experience working on cutting-edge social justice litigation
CCR Blog
September 22, 2023

CCR in the News

...“It’s extremely concerning that people have just been waiting in limbo for two years now, and it is extremely difficult to receive further information, because there is a denial of access to visitors,” Sadaf Doost, an attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, or CCR, told The Intercept...
September 22, 2023

CCR in the News

...But concerns remain about transparency and accountability features to ensure that federal funding is actually distributed to historically disinvested communities to update their aging and ineffective water systems. The P rogram on Human Rights and the Global Economy ( PHRGE ) at Northeastern...
September 22, 2023

CCR in the News

...“It’s a reasonable fear that CDCR will backslide in a number of ways without that oversight,” CJ Sandley, staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, told Truthout. “That’s why we felt like it was warranted to extend the settlement agreement. And Judge Wilken did too.” ... Read the...
September 13, 2023

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Like Cop City itself, the indictment is born of backlash, white supremacy’s response to Black-led protests
CCR Blog

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