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PRESS RELEASES FOR 2009

ACLU Obtains Key Documents Showing Most People Arrested
During Northern Arizona ICE Raids Had No Criminal Record (11/03/09)

Mary Beth Tinker to Lead Student “Teach-In” on November 7 (10/26/09)

Court Rules that Arpaio Can No Longer Block Prisoners’ Access To Abortions (10/20/09)

ACLU Urges Ninth Circuit To Restore Voting Rights to Former Felons In Arizona Individuals With Felony Convictions Who Have Served Terms Of Prison, Parole and Probation Disfranchised For Money Owed (10/19/09)

The Least of These Screening on Oct. 22 in Tucson (10/19/09)

ACLU Screens The Response Documentary on Military Tribunals (10/6/2009)

ACLU of Arizona Urges Governor to Veto Bill Denying Benefits to Domestic Partners, Welfare Recipients (9/04/09)

Publisher Sues Corrections Corporation of America Over Censorship of Books Sent to Prisoners (9/02/09)

ACLU of Arizona Film Festival Features Two Arizona Premieres
of The Response & The Least of These
(9/01/09)

Over 500 Organizations Demand Immediate Termination of 287(g) Program (8/27/09)

ACLU-AZ Southern Chapter to Commemorate “Constitution Day” with Panel on Classroom Rights (8/24/09)

ACLU Sues Maricopa County Sheriff's Office For Illegal Arrest And Detention Of U.S. Citizen And Legal Resident (8/19/09)

Members of Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Denied Access to MCSO Jails (7/20/09)

ADHS Continues State And Local Immigration Enforcement Program Without Meaningful Changes
New MOA Governing Federal 287(g) Initiative Does Not Address Program's Serious Flaws
(7/17/09)

"America's Toughest Sheriff" Agrees To Stop Requiring Court Orders For Abortions But Creates New Obstacle
ACLU Asks Court To Block Arpaio’s Bait and Switch
(7/06/09)

ACLU Event in Green Valley Puts Spotlight on Border Checkpoints in “Constitution-Free Zone” (7/06/09)

Prison Reform Advocates to Discuss Cost-Saving Alternatives to Incarceration at July 11 Forum in Tucson (6/30/09)

U.S. Supreme Court Declares Strip Search of 13-Year-Old Student Unconstitutional
(6/25/09)

ACLU of Arizona Sends Letter to ICE Opposing Expansion of
Immigration Detention Facility on the Tohono O’odham Nation
(6/10/09)

ACLU of Arizona Files Lawsuit to Protect Religious Liberty of Former MCSO Officer (5/29/09)

ACLU Condemns Jail Lockdown As Retaliation for Protected Speech (5/20/09)

Groups Urge Arizona Supreme Court to Review Legality of Arizona Corporate Tax Credit Program (5/13/09)

ACLU Responds to Dupnik’s Remarks Suggesting Schools Should Check Immigration Status (4/29/09)

Civil Rights, LGBT Groups to Host Forum on May 7th in Tempe on Gay Teen Rights (4/28/09)

Civil Rights, Community Groups Urge Racial Profiling Victims to Tell Their Stories at April 30th Forum in Prescott (4/27/09)

Appeals Court Overturns Decision to Dismiss ACLU Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality of Arizona Individual Tax Credit Program (4/21/09)

Arizona School Agrees To Lift Rainbow Ban Following ACLU Demand Letter Gay Student Now Allowed To Wear Wristband (4/20/09)

House Hearing Will Examine Illegal Profiling and Police Misconduct by Local Law Enforcement Acting as Federal Immigration Agents
U.S. Department Of Homeland Security Should Suspend Its Agreements with Local and State Law Enforcement, Says ACLU
(4/01/09)

ACLU of Arizona Hires Former FIRRP Executive Director to
Head Immigrant Detention Advocacy Project
(3/31/09)

ACLU Applauds Arizona Supreme Court Decision Striking Down School Voucher Program (3/25/09)

National ACLU Director Anthony Romero to Speak at ACLU of Arizona’s 50th Anniversary Dinner on March 20 in Tucson (3/17/09)

ACLU Tells Arizona School To Lift Rainbow Ban Wristband Ban Violates Gay Student’s First Amendment Rights (3/17/09)

ACLU Welcomes DOJ Inquiry into Arpaio Crime Suppression Sweeps, Says Evidence Clearly Indicates Racial Profiling (3/12/09)

ACLU of Arizona Clears the Way for Gay-Straight Alliance Club (2/19/09)

Lawsuit Charging Sheriff Arpaio Illegally Targeted Latinos In Maricopa County Can Go Forward (2/11/09)

Gay Straight Alliance Formed at Yuma High School (2/7/08)

ACLU Joins Faith, Peace Groups in Filing FOIA Request for Information on Northern Arizona Immigration Raids (2/3/09)

Border Patrol Supervisors Back to Work (1/23/09)

ACLU of Arizona Says Proposed Pima County Policy on Outside Employee Activities Violates Free Speech (1/12/09)

ACLU Joins Faith, Peace Groups in Filing File FOIA Request for Information on Northern Arizona Immigration Raids (2/3/09)