Bio
As the ACLU’s first Director of Border Strategies, Jonathan Blazer drives ACLU’s efforts to build strong and sustained support for humane border policies, working in close collaboration with ACLU’s southern border affiliates. Jon returned to ACLU in 2020 after working as a Senior Program Officer at the Four Freedoms Fund and serving as California Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s immigration advisor. Previously, he worked for twelve years in related positions at the ACLU and the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), engaging in or supporting hundreds of battles for immigrants’ rights at the state and local levels, while also working to connect these fights to federal advocacy efforts and longer-term strategies for social change. He started his legal career working as a legal services attorney in Philadelphia, where he founded the Language Access Project of Community Legal Services. Jon is based in ACLU’s San Francisco office.
Featured work
![American and Texas state flags flying on the dome of the Texas State Capitol building.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/11/american-and-texas-state-flags-b-400x266.jpg)
Nov 2, 2023
White Supremacy is Fueling Extreme Anti-Immigrant Policy in Texas
![A man seeking asylum in the United States wears a shirt that reads, "BIDEN PLEASE LET US IN!," as he stands among tents that line an entrance to the border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/01/BIDEN_ASYLUM-Blog-400x266.jpg)
Jan 26, 2023
Biden Must Reverse Plans to Revive Deadly Trump-era Asylum Bans
![The U.S.-Mexico border.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2022/09/Asylum_Blog-400x266.jpg)
Sep 29, 2022
Five Things to Know About the Right to Seek Asylum
![A pair of migrant families at the border wall between the United States and Mexico.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2022/03/42_blog-400x266.jpg)
Mar 29, 2022
Title 42 Isn’t Supported By Science — The CDC Must End it Now
![Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during news conference with a U.S. Homeland Security flag behind him.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2021/07/Homeland-Security-Update-Header-400x266.jpg)
Jul 21, 2021
Secretary Mayorkas Pledged to End His Agency’s Anti-Immigrant Abuses. Here’s What He’s Delivered.
![Maria Marquez Hernandez with her parents at her graduation](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/blog15-mariahernandezgraduation-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
May 29, 2015
Nebraska Legislature Overrides Governor's Veto and Gives Dreamers Their License to Drive
![Immigrants Rights are Civil Rights](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/blog_immigrantsrights2-400x266.jpg)
Dec 30, 2013
States Surge Forward on Immigrants' Rights in 2013
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May 31, 2013
With all Eyes on Congress, States Lead the Way on Better Laws Towards Immigrants
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May 19, 2012
Bentley’s Buckling on Immigration Bill Sinks Alabama into Deeper Morass
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Mar 23, 2012
Newest Anti-Immigrant Law Will Further Damage Georgia