ACLU of Texas Statement on Guilty Verdict for Roy Oliver
DALLAS — After 12 hours of deliberations, a Dallas County jury today found former Balch Spring Police Department officer Roy Oliver guilty of murder in the death of 15-y
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DALLAS — After 12 hours of deliberations, a Dallas County jury today found former Balch Spring Police Department officer Roy Oliver guilty of murder in the death of 15-y
HOUSTON — In letters addressed to the superintendents of more than 1,200 school districts across the state, yesterday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas urged superintendents to protect the rights of immigrant students and families as a new academic year begins.
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, the ACLU, and Center for Gender & Refugee Studies filed a federal lawsuit today challenging the Trump administration’s gutting of asylum protections for immigrants fleeing domestic violence and gang brutality.
HOUSTON — A first of its kind certificate program to train formerly incarcerated Texans will launch this September.
WASHINGTON — A federal court has blocked the arbitrary detention of asylum seekers fleeing persecution, torture, or death in their countries of origin. It also ordered a case-by-case review of whether each asylum seeker in the class-action lawsuit should be released on humanitarian parole.
BROWNSVILLE — More than one thousand activists, concerned citizens, and organizations including the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Texas, United We Dream, and others today came together to protest President Trump’s anti-immigrant policies, demanding the immediate reunification of familie