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Agents Sued for Detention of Iraqi Refugee

News Release, Published: 
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
The ACLU is suing two federal agents for unlawfully imprisoning and seeking to deport an Iraqi refugee who had broken no laws.
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Supreme Court to Rule on Marriage Equality

News Release, Published: 
Tuesday, March 8, 2005
The ACLU has sued the state to strike down laws that ban marriage between couples of the same sex.
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Habeeb v. United States - Complaint

Document, Published: 
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Plaintiff Abdul Ameer Yousef Habeeb alleges that Defendants, federal agents of the Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), a component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), while purporting to enforce special registration requirements, illegally stopped, interrogated, arrested, imprisoned, and initiated removal proceedings against him. Mr. Habeeb, a refugee, was explicitly exempt from special registration. This is the complaint for the case.
Court Document: 
Habeeb v. Castloo
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You and the Police

Document, Published: 
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
It is essential to know what police can do and cannot do, and how best to act in encounters with police. This knowledge can reduce possible conflict and can protect individual rights.
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How to Get Government Records

Document, Published: 
Saturday, January 1, 2005
Access to government records is an important right of citizenship. You have the right to inspect and copy a wide variety of government records. This applies to many types of documents, as well as any files maintained on you, unless they are specifically exempted from disclosure by law.
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ACLU Complaint in Best, et al v. Grant County

Document, Published: 
Tuesday, December 21, 2004
Plaintiffs Jeffrey Best, Daniel Campos, Gary Dale Hutt, and Greg Hansen ("Plaintiffs"), by and through their respective undersigned counsel, upon knowledge with respect to their own acts and circumstances, and on information and belief as to other matters, allege as follows...
Court Document: 
Best, et al v. Grant County
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