Bio
Chris Rickerd is a senior policy counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union's National Political Advocacy Department who does administrative and legislative advocacy on border and immigration issues. Prior to joining the ACLU, he spent seven years at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco as a law clerk and staff attorney and then worked for the Miami law firm of Kurzban Kurzban Weinger Tetzeli and Pratt.
Featured work
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Sep 16, 2011
Separating Immigration Policy and National Security, Not American Families
Aug 25, 2011
DHS Told Loud and Clear: Stop Tearing Immigrant Families Apart
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Jun 15, 2011
Immigration Policy in the Obama Years: Dragnet Enforcement First and Foremost?
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May 6, 2011
Homeland Security Suspends Ineffective, Discriminatory Immigration Program