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

Aug 8, 2013
Locked Up: Class-Action Lawsuits Challenge Mandatory Detention of Immigrants

May 21, 2013
Two Big Wins for Civil Liberties in Monday's Immigration Markup

Aug 30, 2012
Religion Doesn’t Justify Discrimination: ÌÇÐÄVlogFiles Brief in Third Contraception Rule Challenge

Oct 21, 2011
"I Was Scared for My Life": Trapped in Detention With a Mental Disability
Mar 29, 2011
Local Enforcement Tactics Lead to Racial Profiling, Human Rights Abuses
Feb 19, 2011
Still Prosecuting the Little Fish at Gitmo
Feb 17, 2011
Sentencing an Al-Qaeda Lackey
Feb 16, 2011
At Guantánamo: Enough Already