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
Mar 20, 2015
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.
Dec 8, 2014
A Dangerous Precedent: Why Allow Racial Profiling at or Near the Border?
Aug 15, 2014
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
Sep 20, 2013
Locking Migrants in a Freezer? That’s Not Cool
Jun 21, 2013
Is the Senate's Border Enforcement Capitulation Based on Sham Numbers?
Apr 12, 2013
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