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Immigrants Rights : Detention : Legislative Documents

Coalition Letter to President Bush Urging Elimination of the INS "Special Registration Program." (01/09/2003)

Attorney General John Ashcroft's Assault on Civil Liberties (Updated September 2003) (10/30/2002)

Coalition Letter to the INS Director on the Release of Information Regarding Immigration and Naturalization Service Detainees in Non-Federal Facilities (06/21/2002)

Letter to the INS Director on the Release of Information Regarding Immigration and Naturalization Service Detainees in Non-Federal Facilities (06/21/2002)

Testimony of ACLU President Nadine Strossen on National Security and the Constitution (01/24/2002)

Testimony of ACLU President Nadine Strossen on Department of Justice Oversight Before the Senate Judiciary Committee (12/04/2001)

Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Department of Justice Anti-terrorism Oversight (11/28/2001)

Sign-on Letter to Department of Justice Urging Full Disclosure on Persons Arrested in Wake of Terrorist Attacks (10/29/2001)

Letter to the Senate Urging Rejection on the Final Version of the USA PATRIOT Act (10/23/2001)

Letter to the House Urging Rejection on the Final Version of the USA PATRIOT Act (10/23/2001)

How the Anti-Terrorism Bill Permits Indefinite Detention of Immigrants (10/23/2001)

Letter to Attorney General Ashcroft Expressing Concerns on Lack of Information on Persons Arrested or Detained Since September 11 Attacks (10/17/2001)

Letter to the House Urging Them to Vote "No" on the PATRIOT Act (10/12/2001)

Testimony of Legislative Counsel Timothy Edgar Before the United States Commission on Civil Rights On Changes in Immigration Detention Practices and the Impact of Proposed Legislation on the Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of Citizens and Immigrants (10/12/2001)

Letter to the Senate Urging Rejection of U.S.A. Act (10/09/2001)

Letter to Congress Urging Changes in Provisions of Anti-Terrorism Legislation (10/02/2001)

Letter to Senator Kennedy on Endorsement of Immigrant Fairness Restoration Act of 2001 (05/21/2001)

Testimony of Legislative Counsel Gregory T. Nojeim on the Civil Liberties Implications of Counterterrorism Measures Before the National Commission on Terrorism (03/17/2000)

Analysis of Immigration Detention Policies (08/18/1999)


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