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Settlement Reached Following Federal Court Decision to Block Key Provisions in Utah’s HB 497 and Impose Limits on Enforcement of “Show me Your Papers” Provision.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 25, 2014
La ACLU apoya al Presidente por tomar las acciones necesarias para que haya algo de justicia en nuestro quebrantado sistema de inmigración, y por limitar a la devastadora máquina de deportación que ha separado innumerables familias por tanto tiempo.
A press conference with a panel of experts and activists will take place on Friday, November 21, 2014 at 12:30 pm on the South steps of the Utah State Capitol.
Class action petition filed requesting that all convictions of individuals charged with violating the Ogden gang injunction be vacated.
We are thrilled with the decision this morning by the United States Supreme Court to deny cert in all seven pending petitions in the marriage cases, including the Utah case Kitchen v. Herbert.
Enrique Uroza and Salt Lake County have settled a civil-rights lawsuit against the County and Sheriff Jim Winder. Mr. Uroza alleged that County jail officials had unlawfully detained him to investigate his immigration status in the summer of 2011.