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

Jul 26, 2016
Will the 9/11 Defendants Ever Get a Fair Trial?

Nov 20, 2015
There’s Only One Country That Hasn’t Ratified the Convention on Children's Rights: US

Mar 11, 2015
Fairness for Workers Laboring in the Shadows

Dec 15, 2014
Harrowing Tales of the Wrongly Deported: How Border Patrol Officers Flout the Law and Destroy Lives

Dec 4, 2014
Aquellos que Obama dejó olvidados – y deportó sin una oportunidad de ser escuchados

Dec 4, 2014
The Ones Obama Left Behind - And Deported Without a Chance to Be Heard

Nov 14, 2014
The United States Admits It Crossed a Line. That’s the Least of It.

Oct 24, 2014
Why is the U.S. Deporting Families it Should be Protecting?

Jul 11, 2014
The Kids Aren't Alright: America Fails to Protect Youth in Crisis