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Chris Rickerd

Senior Policy Counsel

ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµNational Political Advocacy Department

Bio

Chris Rickerd is a senior policy counsel at the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ's National Political Advocacy Department who does administrative and legislative advocacy on border and immigration issues. Prior to joining the ACLU, he spent seven years at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco as a law clerk and staff attorney and then worked for the Miami law firm of Kurzban Kurzban Weinger Tetzeli and Pratt.


Featured work

May 15, 2019

New Homeland Security Secretary, Same Anti-Immigrant Agenda

New Homeland Security Secretary, Same Anti-Immigrant Agenda

Mar 14, 2019

DHS’s Own Statistics Show That It Is Lying About a Border-Security Crisis

DHS’s Own Statistics Show That It Is Lying About a Border-Security Crisis

Feb 27, 2019

North Carolinians Voted to End Cooperation With Trump’s Deportation Force. ICE Retaliated.

North Carolinians Voted to End Cooperation With Trump’s Deportation Force. ICE Retaliated.

Dec 28, 2018

How to Fund the Government Without Paying for Trump's Border Wall

How to Fund the Government Without Paying for Trump's Border Wall

Nov 14, 2018

The Outgoing Congress Shouldn’t Reward Trump With More Homeland Security Funding

The Outgoing Congress Shouldn’t Reward Trump With More Homeland Security Funding

Sep 26, 2018

Greyhound Is Still Failing to Protect Customers from Border Patrol Abuse

Greyhound Is Still Failing to Protect Customers from Border Patrol Abuse

Sep 14, 2018

Trump’s Border Wall Obsession Is a Threat to the Southwest Border Region

Trump’s Border Wall Obsession Is a Threat to the Southwest Border Region

Sep 5, 2018

Congress, Don't Throw More Money at Donald Trump’s Weaponized Department of Homeland Security

Congress, Don't Throw More Money at Donald Trump’s Weaponized Department of Homeland Security

Aug 16, 2018

Border Officials Are Still Defending Family Separations

Border Officials Are Still Defending Family Separations

Jun 26, 2018

America Doesn’t Need More Border Patrol Agents

America Doesn’t Need More Border Patrol Agents