Bio
Joanne Lin has been a legislative counsel with the American Civil Liberties Union Washington Legislative Office since September 2007. She works with the Congress and executive agencies on a broad range of immigration and human rights issues including racial profiling, state and local immigration enforcement, access to higher education, immigration detention conditions, sexual assault in immigration detention, immigration due process, access to counsel, judicial review, material support bars, border enforcement, and excessive use of force by border patrol. Together with ACLU’s national litigation projects and state affiliates, Lin works with federal lawmakers to ensure that federal policies, practices, and procedures comport with the Constitution, due process, and civil liberties.
Featured work
![Syrian Child](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17-syrianrefugee-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Apr 14, 2017
President Trump Can Take Concrete Action to Protect Syrian Civilians by Lifting the Muslim Ban
![ICE Arrest](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17-icearrest-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Apr 6, 2017
Immigration Arrests at State Courthouses Are on the Rise in 2017. Here’s Why That’s Dangerous — For All of Us.
![American Flag Ripped](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17-americanflagripped-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Mar 21, 2017
Why Muslim Ban 2.0 Combined With the Possible Repeal of Obamacare Would Make Americans Sicker
![The White House at night](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web16-blog-whitehouse-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Dec 9, 2016
Obama Can Stop the Trump Administration From Targeting and Discriminating Against Muslim and Arab Immigrants
![Barbed wire outside prison](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web16-prison-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Dec 2, 2016
In Stunning Reversal, Law Enforcement, Military, and Security Advisors Urge Homeland Security to Shift Away from Private Prisons
![Shutting Down the Profiteers](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web16-shuttingdownprofiteers-1160x768-v01-400x266.jpg)
Oct 3, 2016
Homeland Security Must Stop Using Private Prisons for Immigration Detention. Here’s How to Do It.
![Handcuffed hands through prison bars](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web16-blog-jail-hands-1160x768-2-400x266.jpg)
Sep 21, 2016
Poverty Is Not a Crime, so Why Are People Being Trapped in Immigration Detention for Being Poor?
![No Entry](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web15-blog-noentry-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Dec 18, 2015
Looking Forward to International Visits from Friends and Family in 2016? Better Hope They’re Not Dual Nationals of Certain Countries.
![San Francisco](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web15-blog-sanfran-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Jul 23, 2015
A Bill Up for a House Vote Today to Punish ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Won’t Improve Public Safety. It Will Undermine It.
![Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/blog15-jehjohnsondilley-1160x828-400x266.jpg)
Jun 3, 2015
33 Senators Join Chorus of Voices Condemning Obama’s Family Detention Policies