{"id":1367,"date":"2016-11-07T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acluvt.org\/news\/issue\/immigrants-rights\/"},"modified":"2016-11-07T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T18:00:00","slug":"immigrants-rights","status":"publish","type":"issue","link":"https:\/\/www.acluvt.org\/issues\/immigrants-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigrants\u2019 Rights"},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"class_list":["post-1367","issue","type-issue","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"featured-image":null,"intro":"","what-you-need-to-know":null,"promo":{"display_promo":true,"description":"","button":"","url":""},"components":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"The ACLU has been at the forefront of almost every major legal struggle on behalf of immigrants\u2019 rights, focusing on challenging laws that deny immigrants access to the courts, impose indefinite and mandatory detention, and discriminate on the basis of nationality. In addition, we have challenged constitutional abuses that arise from immigration enforcement at the federal, state, and local levels, including unconstitutional enforcement tactics by the federal government and local agencies.\n\nWhen the government has the power to deny legal rights and due process to one vulnerable group, everyone\u2019s rights are at risk. 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