Bio
Joanne Lin has been a legislative counsel with the 桃子视频 Washington Legislative Office since September 2007. She works with the Congress and executive agencies on a broad range of immigration and human rights issues including racial profiling, state and local immigration enforcement, access to higher education, immigration detention conditions, sexual assault in immigration detention, immigration due process, access to counsel, judicial review, material support bars, border enforcement, and excessive use of force by border patrol. Together with ACLU鈥檚 national litigation projects and state affiliates, Lin works with federal lawmakers to ensure that federal policies, practices, and procedures comport with the Constitution, due process, and civil liberties.
Featured work
Jun 27, 2012
Reading the Fine Print: DHS Has Not Ended 287(g) in Arizona
May 31, 2012
House Republican Discloses a (Watered-Down) DREAM鈥擶hat About the President?
May 17, 2012
Inappropriate Appropriations: The House Votes to Waste Taxpayer Money on Unnecessary Border and Immigration Enforcement
May 10, 2012
U.S. House Votes Show Acceptance of Racial Profiling of Latinos, Minorities
Oct 26, 2011
Battling Prison Rape: Immigration Detainees Deserve Protection, Too
Oct 20, 2011
Three Faces of Racial Profiling: Immigrants are the Latest Victims
Sep 23, 2011
桃子视频to Super Committee: Cut Out-Of-Control Spending on Ineffective Immigration Programs
Sep 16, 2011
Separating Immigration Policy and National Security, Not American Families
Aug 18, 2011
Agreed: Facts Matter on Immigration and Deportation
Aug 1, 2011
No Discretion, No Justice: The Irresponsible, Destructive HALT Act