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02.07.17
Proposed Bill to Ban Sanctuary Cities is Unconstitutional, Says ACLU of Ohio
CLEVELAND—Yesterday, February 6, Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel and state Representative Candice Keller (R-Middletown) announced their support for a bill that would outlaw cities from declaring themselves as “sanctuary cities,” and would prohibit cities from limiting cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities. This bill has not yet been introduced to the Ohio General Read more…
Immigrant Rights, National Security, Religious Liberty
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02.02.17
ACLU of Ohio Files FOIA on Execution of Trump’s Immigration Ban
FOIA Filed As Part of Coordinated Campaign With 50 ACLU Affiliates
CLEVELAND—The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request today with its local U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) office to expose how Trump administration officials are interpreting and executing the president’s unconstitutional immigration ban, acting in violation of federal courts that ordered a stay on the ban’s implementation. Read more…
Immigrant Rights, National Security, Religious Liberty
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01.19.17
ACLU and Sylvania Schools Settle over Substitute Teacher Fired for Facebook Post
SYLVANIA, OH—The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio reached a settlement agreement on Wednesday with Sylvania Schools on behalf of Derek Ide, a substitute teacher who was fired after making a political statement on Facebook in 2015. In its September 2016 letter to Sylvania, the ACLU of Ohio said comments like Ide’s are widely recognized Read more…
Free Speech
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12.07.16
Unconstitutional Abortion Bans Will Harm Women and Families, Says ACLU
The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio spoke out against a pair of bills that would unconstitutionally restrict women’s access to reproductive healthcare. Senate Bill 127 would ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, and a newly added provision of House Bill 493 would ban abortions as early as 6 weeks into pregnancy. Both bills Read more…
Reproductive Freedom
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12.01.16
Allowing State Prisoners in Federal Private Prison a Mistake for Ohio, Says ACLU
CLEVELAND – The Ohio Senate Criminal Justice Committee met on Wednesday, November 30th and slipped an amendment into an arson-related bill (House Bill 185) that would allow more people to be housed in prisons for profit. HB 185 would pave the way for Ohio to contract with Core Civic (formerly the Corrections Corporation of America) Read more…
Prisoners' Rights