FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from LCCR – SF Bay Area September 18, 2018 Contact: Matt Kovac, mkovac@lccr.com, (415) 510-9601 LCCR Applauds Signing of Immigrant Business Inclusion Act New law ends discrimination in business license applications SAN FRANCISCO – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area (LCCR) applauds Gov. Brown’s recent … Continue reading LCCR Applauds Signing of Immigrant Business Inclusion Act
On February 13, 2018, Bay Area Legal Aid and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area filed a case challenging San Francisco’s practice of towing cars – without prior notice – just because of unpaid parking tickets. The Plaintiff in the case, James Smith, came back to the place he … Continue reading LCCR files Lawsuit to Stop Towing Cars for Debt Collection
Original article can be found on Fox News Latino by Aalia Shaheed A federal judge says a group of attorneys can move ahead with their lawsuit against the federal government on behalf of three undocumented immigrants once held in Border Patrol Custody around Tucson, Arizona. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) first filed suit against Border … Continue reading Fox News Latino: Arizona attorneys sue feds over ‘deplorable’ conditions at immigrant detention centers
Original article can be found here by Matthew Bultman Law360, New York (February 2, 2016, 8:54 PM ET) — Immigration lawyers concerned about due process violations sued the federal government in California federal court Tuesday for information about the so-called rocket dockets that have been used to fast-track the cases of families and children in … Continue reading Law360: California Attorneys Sue U.S. For Info On ‘Rocket Dockets’
Original article can be found on Courthouse News Service. by Nicholas Iovino SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – The Department of Justice makes it harder for vulnerable children and families to avoid deportation by hiding its priority immigration docketing policies from the public, the American Immigration Lawyers Association claims in court. Joined by three other legal groups, … Continue reading Courthouse News Service: Immigration Rocket Docket Rules Sought
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