Bio
Chris Rickerd is a senior policy counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union'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
Jun 27, 2012
Reading the Fine Print: DHS Has Not Ended 287(g) in Arizona
May 21, 2012
One Year Longer? Why Won’t DHS Protect Its Detainees under the Prison Rape Elimination Act Right Now?
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
Apr 24, 2012
Hey, Russell Pearce: Latinos in Arizona Aren't Like Kids Breaking Curfew
Apr 13, 2012
Whitewashing S-Comm's Immigration Enforcement Failures
Mar 28, 2012
Lampooning Immigration Jails While Exploiting the War on Women: Does the House Immigration Subcommitee Have Any Standards of Decency?
Feb 2, 2012
Urgent: Citizens and Immigrants with Mental Disabilities Need Congress's Attention
Nov 21, 2011
Sharing Prints: DOJ and FBI Must Take Responsibility for S-Comm Failures, Too
Oct 28, 2011
Expanded Immigration Detention: Locking Up Those Yearning to Breathe Free