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A pair of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents look at tracks in the sand along the floating fence that makes up the international border with Mexico, Wednesday, July 18, 2018, in Imperial County, Calif. About 126-miles of border cuts through the Yuma Sector where thousands of families and unaccompanied children are continuing to cross into Arizona and California even after learning of the government's family separation policy upon apprehension. (AP Photo/Matt York) **FILE**

Feds: Illegal immigrant girls should go home rather than demand abortions in U.S.

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

ACLU sues New Hampshire police force over immigration policy

By MICHAEL CASEY - Associated Press

In this Friday, May 11, 2018 file photo, Thomas Gray, left, and Lloyd Gray stand together with the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the background outside Santa Fe, N.M. An attorney for two Native American brothers pulled from a Colorado State University tour has told the school that campus officers violated the teens' constitutional rights when they questioned and patted them down without any suspicion of a crime. A letter sent Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, from an American Civil Liberties Union attorney calls for the university to revisit its campus police policies and training to avoid a situation similar to the April 30 encounter. (AP Photo/Mary Hudetz,File)

Native American teens stopped on college tour urge changes

By MARY HUDETZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, May 11, 2018 file photo, Thomas Gray, left, and Lloyd Gray stand together with the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the background outside Santa Fe, N.M. An attorney for two Native American brothers pulled from a Colorado State University tour has told the school that campus officers violated the teens' constitutional rights when they questioned and patted them down without any suspicion of a crime. A letter sent Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, from an American Civil Liberties Union attorney calls for the university to revisit its campus police policies and training to avoid a situation similar to the April 30 encounter. (AP Photo/Mary Hudetz,File)

The Latest: University says it has anti-bias policies

Associated Press

Law tossed that allowed domestic violence victim evictions

By JIM SALTER - Associated Press

In this Aug. 6, 2017, file photo, demonstrators against the Keystone XL pipeline march in Lincoln, Neb. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, file)

US accused of planning crackdown on pipeline protests

By MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Office of the Governor of New York, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, center left, sits with the congregation at the First Baptist Church of Crown Heights in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018. In a searing speech from the pulpit, Cuomo said Donald Trump has fooled many people in this country, but the Democrat said the Republican president hasn't fooled New Yorkers. Cuomo hammered the president for creating what he called a "frightening portrait" of today's America. (Office of the Governor of New York/Kevin Coughlin via AP)

ACLU defends NRA — yes, you read that right

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

First lady Melania Trump, Queen Rania of Jordan and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos visit Excel Academy Public Charter school in Washington, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Mrs. Trump made her first foray in the neighborhoods of the city she says will become her adopted hometown with a visit to a charter school for girls, to highlight the Trump administration's focus on school choice. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

District’s new single-sex schools draw fire

By Julia Airey - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2018, file photo, Lilian Calderon, center, cries as she describes her experiences while in custody, alongside her husband, Luis Gordillo, right, during a news conference at the office of the American Civil Liberties Union in Providence, R.I. Gordillo is a U.S. citizen, but Calderon is a native of Guatemala who came to the country with her family at the age of 3. She was ordered to leave in 2002 after her father was denied asylum. (AP Photo/Michelle R. Smith, File)

Judge weighs suit challenging arrests of married immigrants

By PHILIP MARCELO - Associated Press

Arizona Sec of State rejects ACLU voter registration request

Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2018, file photo, Lilian Calderon, center, cries as she describes her experiences while in custody, alongside her husband, Luis Gordillo, right, during a news conference at the office of the American Civil Liberties Union in Providence, R.I. Gordillo is a U.S. citizen, but Calderon is a native of Guatemala who came to the country with her family at the age of 3. She was ordered to leave in 2002 after her father was denied asylum. (AP Photo/Michelle R. Smith, File)

ACLU: Federal agencies setting ‘trap’ to deport immigrants

By PHILIP MARCELO - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 21, 2018, file photo, a group of immigrants from Honduras and Guatemala seeking asylum stand in line at the bus station after they were processed and released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in McAllen, Texas. The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the U.S. government over its effort to restrict immigrants from seeking asylum on the grounds that they would suffer domestic or gang violence in their countries of origin. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

ACLU lawsuit accuses US of wrongfully denying asylum

By NOMAAN MERCHANT and AMY TAXIN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump arrives at a rally, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes Barre, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

US, ACLU divide on how to reunify separated families

By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

ACLU sues corrections department over addiction treatment

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In this Oct. 16, 2017, file photo, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach answers questions about his run for the Republican nomination for governor during an interview at the Johnson County Republican Party's headquarters in Overland Park, Kan. Attacks on Kobach by the American Civil Liberties Union in the Kansas governor's race are helping Kobach burnish his conservative credentials and giving him a useful message in his bid to unseat Gov. Jeff Colyer in the Republican primary. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)

ACLU attacks may help Kobach win GOP nod for Kansas governor

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

Governor unblocks Facebook users, revises social media plan

Associated Press

Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., a leading advocate in the House for immigration reform, joins supporters of "dreamers" as they mark the 6th anniversary of the announcement of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, June 15, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Amazon’s facial ‘rekognition’ software matches Congress to criminals

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

ACLU spends $720K in opposition to Joe Arpaio’s Senate bid

By JACQUES BILLEAUD - Associated Press

ACLU sues ICE for information on local partnership

Associated Press

This photo provided by the Kobach for Governor campaign shows part of a flyer mailed out by the American Civil Liberties Union comparing the civil rights records of Secretary of State Kris Kobach and Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer, the leading Republican candidates for Kansas governor. The ACLU is defending the flyer calling it voter education. (J.R. Claeys/Kobach for Governor via AP)

ACLU attack on Kobach roils Kansas GOP governor primary

By ROXANA HEGEMAN - Associated Press