Tag: ACLU
Border deaths called 'humanitarian crisis'
Published October 1, 2009 by the San Antonio Express-News.
By Lynn Brezosky / Express-News
BROWNSVILLE — The 15-year death toll of unauthorized immigrants trying to enter the United States has topped 5,600 and should be recognized as “an international humanitarian crisis,” U.S. and Mexican civil rights groups said in a report Wednesday.
Border Deaths Are Increasing
Published September 30, 2009 by the Washington Post.
Rise Is Despite Fewer Crossers, U.S. and Mexican Groups Say
By Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post
ACLU investigating whether Hispanic students were singled out for poor test scores
Published September 25, 2009 by the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas has launched an investigation into whether the Hispanic students in Gainesville High School were singled out for assemblies about low standardized test scores.
ACLU Sues School District For Punishing Kindergarten Student Because Of Family's Religious Beliefs
By the American Civil Liberties Union
HOUSTON – The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Texas today filed a lawsuit against the Needville Independent School District (NISD) for punishing a five-year-old American Indian kindergarten student for practicing and expressing his family's religious beliefs and heritage by wearing his hair long in violation of school rules.