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Sarah Mehta

Deputy Director of Government Affairs, Equality Division

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Bio

Sarah Mehta is deputy director of policy and government affairs for the Equality Division at the ACLU. She has previously worked at the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµin various roles including as Senior Border Policy Counsel, Human Rights Researcher, Detention Attorney, and Aryeh Neier fellow, and was also a staff attorney at the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Michigan. In between her ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµroles, Sarah directed the TrialWatch project at Columbia Law School and was the manager of clinical partnerships for the Clooney Foundation for Justice, focused on trials against human rights defenders and journalists. She led international programming for Migrant Justice Institute, focused on policy solutions to wage theft and migrant labor abuses. Sarah was a Fulbright Scholar in India, working on discrimination against minority women. She is a graduate of Brown University and Yale Law School


Featured work

Nov 6, 2025

Border Patrol Agents Replace Top Leadership at ICE Offices Despite Human Rights Violations

Border Patrol Agents Replace Top Leadership at ICE Offices Despite Human Rights Violations

Jun 6, 2025

From Day One, Trump's Immigration Agenda Has Grown More Extreme

From Day One, Trump's Immigration Agenda Has Grown More Extreme

Sep 20, 2024

How Border Policing Harms Undocumented People Seeking Abortion Care

How Border Policing Harms Undocumented People Seeking Abortion Care

Feb 8, 2024

Senate Rejects Deal Threatening Protections for Asylum Seekers

Senate Rejects Deal Threatening Protections for Asylum Seekers

Nov 2, 2023

White Supremacy is Fueling Extreme Anti-Immigrant Policy in Texas

White Supremacy is Fueling Extreme Anti-Immigrant Policy in Texas

Sep 11, 2018

Why Are So Many Indigenous People in Montana Incarcerated?

Why Are So Many Indigenous People in Montana Incarcerated?

Nov 29, 2017

Growing Up and Growing Old in Prison

Growing Up and Growing Old in Prison

Feb 13, 2017

Are U.S. Agents Carrying Out Trump’s Muslim Ban at Airports in Canada and Ireland? We Aim to Find Out.

Are U.S. Agents Carrying Out Trump’s Muslim Ban at Airports in Canada and Ireland? We Aim to Find Out.

Feb 2, 2017

Don’t Let Trump Normalize Guantánamo

Don’t Let Trump Normalize Guantánamo

Dec 22, 2016

After 10-year Legal Battle, a Victory for Undocumented Workers Injured on the Job

After 10-year Legal Battle, a Victory for Undocumented Workers Injured on the Job