Bio
Cody Wofsy is Deputy Director of the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project. His work focuses on limiting state and local entanglement with immigration enforcement, protecting access to asylum, ensuring judicial review, and challenging abusive federal enforcement practices. He has litigated numerous cases at all levels of federal and state courts, including blocking asylum bans, limiting the use of immigration detainers, challenging the Muslim Ban, and curtailing unlawful expedited removal practices. Before his work at the ACLU, Cody was a law clerk to Judge Marsha Berzon of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and Judge Myron Thompson of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. He is a graduate of Yale Law School and the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Featured work
May 25, 2017
The Muslim Ban ‘Drips With Religious Intolerance, Animus, and Discrimination,’ Rules Federal Appeals Court
May 5, 2017
The World Will Be Watching as Muslim Ban 2.0 Goes to Court
Apr 26, 2017
Federal Court Calls Trump’s Threats to Defund Sanctuary Cities Unconstitutional
Mar 6, 2017
Why the Only Way to Fix the Muslim Ban Is Not to Have a Muslim Ban
Nov 18, 2015
Governors’ Threats to Exclude Syrian Refugees Are Not Only Fear Mongering — They're Unconstitutional