ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties

Voting should be as easy and accessible as possible, and we must protect every eligible voter's right to cast a ballot. Prop 39 is another Trump power grab that will make voting harder, less secure and more expensive for Californians. Protect your voting rights. Vote NO on Prop 39.

California’s elections are already secure. Prop 39 doesn’t make them safer. It only adds new hurdles to voting. Visit our elections page to find our voter guide for local and statewide ballot measures, and other information about voting: www.aclu-sdic.org/2026-elections

ICE instituted a new policy in September – they are removing people from their Online Detainee Locator System, hiding the location of thousands of detainees being held in their detention centers.

The Online Detainee Locator System allows anyone to enter someone's name and birth country to find out where they are being held. Now, ICE is targeting people with final orders of removal, making it difficult for them to seek legal representation and speak to families.

Our region is experiencing a surge in immigration enforcement activity, and the ACLU-SDIC wants the public to know that regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution.

Visit bit.ly/ImmigrantResourceHub to access Know Your Rights information, like pro-bono resources, printable resources, videos and guidance for sensitive locations during immigration enforcement activities. You can also learn about the ACLU-SDIC Federal Law Enforcement Abuse Reporting Hotline.

Si te encuentras en contacto con agentes de inmigración, recuerda que todos tenemos derechos constitucionales, sin importar nuestro estatus migratorio. Nadie está solo en nuestra comunidad. Visita www.aclu-sdic.org para conocer sus derechos.

Today ACLU-SDIC Policy Director Nalini Gupta gave public comment at the San Diego City Council Budget and Government Efficiency Committee in support of a resolution asking the city attorney’s office to take steps to prohibit the use of Flock Safety’s automated license plate reader (ALPR) technology.

Tomorrow, Wednesday October 21, the San Diego City Council Budget and Government Efficiency Committee will consider a resolution asking the city attorney’s office to take steps to prohibit the use of automated license plate readers (ALPRs). This is a huge development.

Public pressure is working, and we need folks to turn out to the committee meeting tomorrow at 9am to let our elected officials know we demand an end to this mass surveillance technology in our city.

“Voting rights and civil rights are inseparable. When we vote, we hold our leaders accountable to safeguarding our civil rights.

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Don’t forget to make your voice heard by voting like your civil rights depend on it — because they do.”

“Voting rights and civil rights are inseparable. When we vote, we hold our leaders accountable to safeguarding our civil rights.

Everyone has the right to move freely without being surveilled. Last Tuesday, PANA, represented by ACLUF-SDIC, filed a complaint against the City of San Diego and the San Diego Police Department in response to the city’s unconstitutional automated license plate reader (ALPR) system.

We live in a country where families are being ripped apart by masked agents, immigrants and trans folks are being villainized by the federal government, and people are being prosecuted for simply seeking health care. San Diego's ALPR system is a dangerous tool that will aid this harmful agenda.

Today, ACLU-SDIC Senior Organizer Daniela Vega gave public comment at the Imperial County Board of Supervisors meeting in support of the temporary data center moratorium.

The ACLU believes that community input is crucial to creating policies and processes that benefit all. We have seen across the nation how data centers affect regions’ water, energy, environment and infrastructure.

Thank you to all who joined our ACLU Conversation last Thursday to discuss how our strategies locally and across the country protect and strengthen one of our most fundamental democratic rights – voting rights.

Dr. Tom Wong, associate professor of political science at UCSD, moderated our panel featuring civil rights experts Sophia Lin Lakin, director of the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project and David Trujillo, executive director of ACLU California Action.

"It is capturing people's everyday lives, to create a mosaic picture of what people do, where they go, how they pray, who their friends are, where they work, and everything else", says Frederick Carroll, legal director of the ACLUF-SDIC.

Yesterday, the ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties (ACLUF-SDIC), PANA and TRUST SD announced at a press conference the ACLUF-SDIC and PANA's lawsuit against the City of San Diego and the San Diego Police Department over their use of automated license plate readers (ALPRs).

BREAKING: The ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties is suing the City of San Diego for their unlawful contract with Flock, on behalf of Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans (PANA).

Art continues to be a powerful storytelling tool. 🩵 ACLU-SDIC Executive Director Norma Chávez-Peterson recently moderated a panel after a showing of the new play, produced by TuYo Theatre in collaboration with Casa Familiar, “Our Lady of the San Diego Convention Center.”

The panel discussed the importance of sharing stories, like the ones highlighted in the show, on asylum, migration and the consequences of borders on our most vulnerable.

Art continues to be a powerful storytelling tool. 🩵 ACLU-SDIC Executive Director Norma Chávez-Peterson recently moderated a panel after a showing of the new play, produced by TuYo Theatre in collaboration with Casa Familiar, “Our Lady of the San Diego Convention Center.”

The ACLU-SDIC joined Tuesday’s San Diego Board of Supervisors meeting, where Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe and Supervisor Paloma Aguirre presented a proclamation honoring Latine Heritage Month.