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Jesus was born in Romita, Guanajuato, Mexico. His dad used to come to the U.S. as a seasonal worker every year from the mid 80’s to the late 90s. But working as a seasonal worker brought very little income to the family. His dad finally gained enough courage and decided to bring his whole family to the state, being the first one in his family to immigrate to the U.S. in 1997. Jesus was only two years old.

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Former Attorneys General Tony Park, Wayne Kidwell, David Leroy, Jim Jones, and Al Lance write a letter to Idaho Governor Brad Little, asking him to veto House Bill 500 based on constitutional violations.

BOISE — The American Bar Association along with a leading national death penalty scholar, a coalition of media organizations, a legal association, and an advocacy group, filed amicus curiae, or “friend of the court,” briefs with the Idaho Supreme Court in support of ACLU of Idaho client Aliza Cover in her lawsuit against the Idaho Department of Correction for its refusal to turn over public information about the source of drugs used in lethal injections. The briefs express support for Professor Cover’s assertion that IDOC wrongfully withheld public information about the executions of two inmates in 2011 and 2012, an act that an Idaho district court agreed was done “frivolously” and in “bad faith.” The case is now on appeal to the Idaho Supreme Court.

Too many Idahoans have been negatively affected by our criminal justice system--a system that still relies on out-of-date, "tough on crime" policies and punitive approaches to justice that don't work and aren't right for Idaho. We believe in the power of Idahoans stories to shape the conversation around criminal justice reform in our state. Together, we can transform Idaho's criminal justice system to be more fair, equitable and rooted in community based solutions. John

BOISE — Idaho’s House Judiciary and Rules Committee elected to hold Idaho House Bill 465 in committee on February 25, 2020, a move applauded by ACLU of Idaho.

BOISE – Lawmakers in Idaho are targeting transgender youth with a proposed ban on their participation in school sports in accordance with their authentic identity. This bill was passed largely along party lines on February 26, 2020 and heads to the Senate side before going to the governor’s desk.