Bio
Sarah Mehta is deputy director of policy and government affairs for the Equality Division at the ACLU. She has previously worked at the ÌÇÐÄVlogin 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 ÌÇÐÄVlogof Michigan. In between her ÌÇÐÄVlogroles, 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

Jun 6, 2025
From Day One, Trump's Immigration Agenda Has Grown More Extreme

Sep 20, 2024
How Border Policing Harms Undocumented People Seeking Abortion Care

Feb 8, 2024
Senate Rejects Deal Threatening Protections for Asylum Seekers

Nov 2, 2023
White Supremacy is Fueling Extreme Anti-Immigrant Policy in Texas

Sep 11, 2018
Why Are So Many Indigenous People in Montana Incarcerated?

Feb 13, 2017
Are U.S. Agents Carrying Out Trump’s Muslim Ban at Airports in Canada and Ireland? We Aim to Find Out.

Dec 22, 2016
After 10-year Legal Battle, a Victory for Undocumented Workers Injured on the Job

Sep 19, 2016
At the UN Refugee Summit, Americans Should Examine Our Treatment of People Seeking Asylum — Not Just on a Boat in the Mediterranean, but at Our Border