If our client Jesse Jerome Dean Jr. were not an immigrant, he would have been free and alive. Instead, he died at Calhoun Jail, a place our expert found routinely ignores the medical needs of people there. Detaining immigrants must end. detroitnews.com/story/news/loc…

More than 98% of Border Patrol arrests in Michigan and a small portion of Ohio targeted longtime Michigan residents of Latin American descent rather than people trying to illegally enter the U.S. from Canada, ACLU of Michigan reports: detroitnews.com/story/news/loc… The Detroit News

It’s not lost on me and a sad irony that when I was typing this thread Representative Park Cannon, a GA State Rep. and a black woman, was being arrested for wanting to witness a bunch of cowards celebrate the signing of one of the most restrictive voter suppression laws in the country.

All people are entitled to feel safe and secure, to go to work, raise their kids and contribute to their communities without the constant threat that their local police will turn them over to Border Patrol for speaking Spanish or the color of our skin.

Woman dies homeless unaware of $884K inheritance hill.cm/ECHlBFQ

Almost exactly 24 hours after learning the House Elections Committee was going to run and pass voter suppression bills this morning, the full House is now rushing to pass extremely problematic voter ID bills that stand to disenfranchise tens of thousands of Michiganders #MILeg

Come work with us to fight for civil rights and civil liberties. Impact litigation is a team sport and we are look for our next West Michigan Legal Fellow to join the team in fall 2022. aclumich.org/en/jobs/west-m…

👏👏👏way to go, Dana Nessel, Governor Gretchen Whitmer, and Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II!! Smart and innovative responses to crime are needed now more than ever! Dana Nessel, what do we have to do to get this here in Kent County?!?

Fascinating piece by Terri Gerstein about how Starbucks the coffee's fresh but union-busting is stale. prospect.org/labor/starbuck…

Congratulations to our Legal Director Dan Dan Korobkin, just named Lawyer of the Year by MiLW! He is also honored as a 2021 Leader in the Law - we are honored to work with him daily. 👏👏👏

Sarah Palin says she'll get coronavirus vaccine "over my dead body" hill.cm/9sPVJar

So many things to cross off my list. nbcnews.com/think/opinion/…

#Breaking: Reproductive Freedom for All (Reproductive Freedom for All), in coalition with Michigan Voices, Michigan Planned Parenthood Advocates, & ACLU-MI, has officially started signature collection to place a ballot initiative to protect abortion access on the ballot in November. aclumich.org/en/press-relea…

Read more here aclumich.org/en/press-relea…

It’s impossible to overstate the urgency of the reproductive rights crisis in the United States. We are facing a reality where abortion could become illegal in over 26 states — including right here in Michigan. (1/4)

🧵: If SCOTUS formally overturns Roe, our ballot measure campaign will be the best way to secure reproductive rights in Michigan. So we put together a shortlist of how you can help us win this November ➡️

The fight to protect Iraqis continues. This piece explains what is at stake: Iraqi immigrants still stuck in Trump’s cruel and pointless purgatory bostonglobe.com/2022/05/07/opi… via The Boston Globe

Detroit Free Press Editorial Board: freep.com/story/opinion/…

🚨The ACLU of Michigan has launched an Immigrant Police Misconduct Hotline (313-208-7048) for Michiganders to report instances of police misconduct or abuse based on immigration status (or assumptions about immigration status). Please share with your networks!

In Grand Rapids, stop-and-frisk became stop-and-fingerprint. Unconstitutional, said the MI Supreme Court in a unanimous ruling today -- great Fourth Amendment victory for the ACLU of Michigan ACLU, @mch_tweets Miriam Aukerman Nate Freed Wessler and others. aclumich.org/en/press-relea…