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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

Mar 20, 2015

DHS Sends Troublingly Mixed Messages on Secure Communities Reform

DHS Sends Troublingly Mixed Messages on Secure Communities Reform

Jan 21, 2015

This Bill Is Mandating Perfect Border Security, Using Your Tax Dollars, Without a Plan.

This Bill Is Mandating Perfect Border Security, Using Your Tax Dollars, Without a Plan.

Dec 8, 2014

A Dangerous Precedent: Why Allow Racial Profiling at or Near the Border?

A Dangerous Precedent: Why Allow Racial Profiling at or Near the Border?

Aug 15, 2014

Whistleblower Says CBP Has Culture of Impunity and Violence

Whistleblower Says CBP Has Culture of Impunity and Violence

Jul 23, 2014

Many Deported as Recent Border Crossers Are Neither Recent Nor Anywhere Near the Border, Nor Crossing It

Many Deported as Recent Border Crossers Are Neither Recent Nor Anywhere Near the Border, Nor Crossing It

May 28, 2014

Justice for Anastasio

Justice for Anastasio

Sep 20, 2013

Locking Migrants in a Freezer? That’s Not Cool

Locking Migrants in a Freezer? That’s Not Cool

Jun 21, 2013

Is the Senate's Border Enforcement Capitulation Based on Sham Numbers?

Is the Senate's Border Enforcement Capitulation Based on Sham Numbers?

Apr 12, 2013

Stop Subjecting Immigration Detainees to Widespread and Prolonged Solitary Confinement

Stop Subjecting Immigration Detainees to Widespread and Prolonged Solitary Confinement

Oct 4, 2012

Border Patrol Must Stop Hiding the Truth About Its Uses of Force

Border Patrol Must Stop Hiding the Truth About Its Uses of Force