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What happens when the government considers America a country club for which they control membership and not a democracy that is supposed to welcome all? Join Emi MacLean, senior staff attorney at the ACLU of Northern California, in a discussion about the repercussions of a recent Supreme Court ruling and the urgent need for comprehensive immigration reform.
Episode Guest: Emi MacLean, senior attorney at the ACLU of Northern California  
Host: Carmen King, senior communications strategist, ACLU of Northern California  
Production Credits: 
Produced by the ACLU of Northern California 
Executive Producer: Candice Francis 
Producer: Jarrod Sport 
Senior Producer: Joanne Jennings 
Senior Editor: Tammerlin Drummond 
Digital Media Producer Virginia Reinhart 
Music by Renzo Gorrio 
Art Design: Annabelle Ison  
Administrative Specialist: Kevin Fonseca  
LEARN MORE: 
Temporary Protected Status - ACLU of Northern California 
The Fight is Not Over: Clear the Path to Legal Status - ACLU of Northern California 
After This Supreme Court Term, We're Doubling Down on America's Founding Promise 
Mullin v. Dahlia Doe - ACLU of Northern California 
Garro Pinchi, et al. v. Noem, et al. - ACLU of Northern California 
Immigrants' Rights - ACLU of Northern California 
The Death of a Young Haitian's American Dream | The New Yorker

What happens when police fail to honor the code to serve and protect? Avi Frey, deputy director of the ACLU of Northern California's Criminal Law & Immigration Project, discusses the Vallejo police badge bending scandal and the ACLU lawsuit that forced the city to release its hidden investigation into officers accused of bending the tips of their badges to mark killing a civilian in the line of duty. 
Episode Guest:  
Avi Frey, deputy director of the criminal law & immigration project at the ACLU of Northern California   
Host: Carmen King, senior communications strategist, ACLU of Northern California   
Production Credits:  
Produced by the ACLU of Northern California  
Executive Producer: Candice Francis  
Producer: Jarrod Sport  
Senior Producer: Joanne Jennings  
Senior Editor: Tammerlin Drummond  
Digital Media Producer Virginia Reinhart  
Music by Renzo Gorrio  
Art Design: Annabelle Ison   
Administrative Specialist   Kevin Fonseca 
Learn more about our police accountability work:
ACLU, Open Vallejo win release of badge bending report 
City of Vallejo Releases Sanitized Report On Police Officers' Badge-Bending Ritual - ACLU of Northern California 
ACLU Calls on Vallejo City Council to Authorize Independent Investigation of City Attorney's Office in Wake of Serious Misconduct Allegations - ACLU of Northern California 
ACLU, Family Members Whose Loved Ones Died in Police Shootings, Will Rally Thursday in West Sacramento to Call for Decertification Investigations of Vallejo Police Officers - ACLU of Northern California

What can go wrong when a private company builds a nationwide mass surveillance network that records billions of license plate scans per month? Nick Hidalgo, senior staff attorney at the ACLU of Northern California, examines dubious claims that Flock cameras fight crime—and the consequences of tracking millions of people as they go about their daily lives. 
Host: Carmen King, senior communication strategist, ACLU of Northern California 
Episode Guest: 
Nick Hidalgo, senior attorney with the ACLU of Northern California democracy, speech and technology program 
Production Credits: 
Produced by the ACLU of Northern California 
Executive Producer: Candice Francis 
Producer: Jarrod Sport 
Senior Producer: Joanne Jennings 
Senior Editor: Tammerlin Drummond 
Digital Media Producer Virginia Reinhart 
Music by Renzo Gorrio 
Art Design: Annabelle Ison  
Administrative Specialist:  Kevin Fonseca 

LEARN MORE: 

Activist Toolkit here: Get Flock Cameras Out of Your Community - ACLU of Northern California

Lawsuit discussed in the episode here: SIREN, et al. v. City of San Jose, et al. - ACLU of Northern California

How do you distinguish a rule that promises election security from a rule that protects the people already in power? In this inaugural episode of MAKE the CASE, Abdi Soltani, executive director of the ACLU of Northern California, discusses attacks on free and fair elections in California and nationwide, and how the ACLU is working to defend this critical constitutional right.  
Host: Carmen King, senior communication strategist, ACLU of Northern California 
Episode Guest:  Abdi Soltani, executive director of the ACLU of Northern California  
Production Credits: 
Produced by the ACLU of Northern California 
Executive Producer: Candice Francis 
Producer: Jarrod Sport 
Senior Producer: Joanne Elgart Jennings 
Senior Editor: Tammerlin Drummond 
Digital Media Producer: Virginia Reinhart 
Music: Renzo Gorrio 
Art Design: Annabelle Ison  
Administrative Specialist: Kevin Fonseca 
Learn more about your voting rights and our ACLU voter protection work:
Voting Rights - ACLU of Northern California 
Join Californians for Voting Rights in saying NO on Prop 39.

Do you ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes of a lawsuit or public policy that changes lives, informs opinion, and instigates debate? How do ACLU lawyers and advocates gear up to fight for civil liberties and civil rights? 
Find out on our new podcast MAKE the CASE with Carmen King, where we delve into some of the most consequential questions of our time. We go behind the headlines to help listeners understand what's at stake, why the ACLU gets involved, and who could be affected when the outcome will shape how people are treated under the law for years to come. 
New episodes every week starting October 6th. Listen to MAKE the CASE wherever you get your podcasts.