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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

Apr 2, 2014

Immigrants Have No Access to Justice

Immigrants Have No Access to Justice

Aug 8, 2013

Locked Up: Class-Action Lawsuits Challenge Mandatory Detention of Immigrants

Locked Up: Class-Action Lawsuits Challenge Mandatory Detention of Immigrants

May 21, 2013

Two Big Wins for Civil Liberties in Monday's Immigration Markup

Two Big Wins for Civil Liberties in Monday's Immigration Markup

Aug 30, 2012

Religion Doesn’t Justify Discrimination: ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµFiles Brief in Third Contraception Rule Challenge

Religion Doesn’t Justify Discrimination: ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµFiles Brief in Third Contraception Rule Challenge

Oct 21, 2011

I Was Scared for My Life: Trapped in Detention With a Mental Disability

I Was Scared for My Life: Trapped in Detention With a Mental Disability

Mar 29, 2011

Local Enforcement Tactics Lead to Racial Profiling, Human Rights Abuses

Local Enforcement Tactics Lead to Racial Profiling, Human Rights Abuses

Feb 19, 2011

Still Prosecuting the Little Fish at Gitmo

Still Prosecuting the Little Fish at Gitmo

Feb 17, 2011

Sentencing an Al-Qaeda Lackey

Sentencing an Al-Qaeda Lackey

Feb 16, 2011

At Guantánamo: Enough Already

At Guantánamo: Enough Already