ACLU Sues to Make Bail Cheaper for Illegals:  The ACLU Foundation of Southern California and the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project filed a class lawsuit this month claiming that the federal government sets unacceptably high bond amounts for illegal immigrants in deportation proceedings, failing to consider their ability to pay.  Caroline May of Breitbart reports that two plaintiffs named in the suit are a Honduran national fighting deportation by seeking asylum and an illegal immigrant from Mexico convicted of shoplifting, whose bail amounts are $3,000 and $60,000, respectively.  The ACLU argues that the illegal immigrants' bail amounts unfairly affect them because they are poor and that detaining them deprives them of their liberty.  Dan Cadman, a Center for Immigration Studies fellow, counters that there are nearly a million illegals on the streets of America who have absconded from court proceedings and that detention and bail amounts, regardless of the cost, are to "ensure that the alien shows up for court."

Woman Assaulted by Man Posing as Uber Driver:  A Los Angeles woman was attacked and sexually assaulted last week by a man posing as an Uber driver, amid ongoing scrutiny of the ride-hailing service.  Dakota Smith of the LA Daily News reports that 39-year-old Dartanyum Smith lured a woman who was standing on the street into his SUV by asking if she had called for an Uber and suggested that he was the driver.  The woman reluctantly got into the vehicle, where she was repeatedly choked and sexually assaulted in the back seat.  Neighbors heard screams and called the police, and when they converged on Smith's vehicle, he let the woman go and fled.  He was arrested earlier this week and discovered to have an extensive criminal record, including prison time for robbery.  Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and other city council members are urging that drivers for ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft undergo fingerprint and background checks similar to Los Angeles taxi drivers.