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In Major Victory Against Secretive Right-Wing Group Behind Nationwide Copycat Legislation, Court Rules Groups May Pursue Lawsuit Against Arizona Lawmakers Who Attended Closed-Door ALEC Meetings

February 15, 2022

Suit with national implications says lawmakers violated Arizona’s Open Meeting Law when they attended closed corporate conference February 15, 2022, Phoenix, AZ – Today, the Arizona Court of Appeals...

Report: People Formerly Incarcerated in U.S. Immigration Detention Speak Out Against a System That Is Cruel by Design

February 9, 2022

New report on world’s largest detention system shows policies designed to punish immigrants spread coronavirus and how system degrades and dehumanizes people February 3, 2022 — ICE detention...

One Year after “Death Flights,” Civil Rights Groups Press for Information on Torture and Deportation of Cameroonian Refugees

October 13, 2021

FOIA lawsuit seeks records improperly withheld by U.S. government after it mistreated Black immigrants October 13, 2021, New York ‒ Civil rights organizations today filed a Freedom of Information Act...

Resumption of ICC Investigation Into Afghanistan, While Welcome, Should Not Exclude Groups of Victims or Crimes Within Court's Jurisdiction

September 28, 2021

September 28, 2021 – Yesterday, the ICC Prosecutor announced that he had requested to resume the investigation into international crimes in the Afghanistan situation and that he would be focusing on...

International Criminal Court Shutters Investigation Into U.S. Torture

September 27, 2021

Prosecutor Seeks to Move Forward With Investigation Against Only Taliban, Islamic State-Khorasan Province September 27, 2021—Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan of the International Criminal Court (ICC) this...

Center for Constitutional Rights to President Biden: If You Attempt to Warehouse Haitian Refugees at Guantánamo We Will Sue

September 22, 2021

September 22, 2021, New York — In response to news reports that the Biden administration intends to hire private contractors for detention facilities in Guantánamo Bay for Haitian refugees seeking...

Civil Rights Groups to White House: Discriminatory ‘National Security’ Policies Must End

September 20, 2021

New Memorandum from Leading Civil Rights Advocates Documents the Most Egregious Federal Programs that Surveil, Profile, and Criminalize Black, African, Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian...

Court Says Turnbacks of Tens of Thousands of Asylum Seekers Are Unlawful

September 2, 2021

September 2, 2021,San Diego, CA – A federal judge declared unlawful the U.S. government’s turnbacks of asylum seekers arriving at ports of entry along the U.S southern border. The court ruled that...

Center for Constitutional Rights Launches “The 9/11 Effect” Resource Site, Demands Biden Administration Dismantle Post-9/11 Policies

September 2, 2021

Site Provides Historical Context and Resources Around Reckoning With 20 Years of Injustice September 2, 2021, New York – Ahead of the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the Center for Constitutional Rights...

Immigrant Rights Advocates Urge Court to Permanently End Trump-Era Policy that Turned Back Tens of Thousands of Asylum Seekers

September 1, 2021

September 1, 2021, San Diego, CA – Immigrant rights advocates released the statement below after presenting oral arguments beforeU.S. District Judge Cynthia Bashant of the Southern District of...

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Press Releases

In Major Victory Against Secretive Right-Wing Group Behind Nationwide Copycat Legislation, Court Rules Groups May Pursue Lawsuit Against Arizona Lawmakers Who Attended Closed-Door ALEC Meetings

Report: People Formerly Incarcerated in U.S. Immigration Detention Speak Out Against a System That Is Cruel by Design

One Year after “Death Flights,” Civil Rights Groups Press for Information on Torture and Deportation of Cameroonian Refugees

Resumption of ICC Investigation Into Afghanistan, While Welcome, Should Not Exclude Groups of Victims or Crimes Within Court's Jurisdiction

International Criminal Court Shutters Investigation Into U.S. Torture

Center for Constitutional Rights to President Biden: If You Attempt to Warehouse Haitian Refugees at Guantánamo We Will Sue

Civil Rights Groups to White House: Discriminatory ‘National Security’ Policies Must End

Court Says Turnbacks of Tens of Thousands of Asylum Seekers Are Unlawful

Center for Constitutional Rights Launches “The 9/11 Effect” Resource Site, Demands Biden Administration Dismantle Post-9/11 Policies

Immigrant Rights Advocates Urge Court to Permanently End Trump-Era Policy that Turned Back Tens of Thousands of Asylum Seekers

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