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The Trump administration is slamming the door on people fleeing persecution and violence. We are fighting them every step of the way.
Our lawyers have filed suit after suit to stop these shameful and cruel policies. We successfully blocked an effort to keep people from claiming asylum unless they presented themselves at a narrow set of ports of entry. And we’re arguing against the forced return to Mexico policy as well as the third-country transit ban. We’re also demanding oversight hearings, testifying before Congress, and supporting legislation to end Trump’s abuses. At the border itself, we’re monitoring and exposing the impact of these policies and combating the lies he’s telling about the border.
News and Commentary
"Fight of the Century" Looks at 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases
"Fight of the Century" Looks at 100 Years of Landmark ACLU CasesThe passage below is an excerpt from the new book, "Fight of the Century," edited by Ayelet Waldman and Michael Chabon, with essays from some of our favorite contemporary authors, including Jesmyn Ward, Dave Eggers, Meg Wolitzer, Neil Gaiman, Sergio De La Pava, and so many more. Highlighting landmark ACLU cases over the last 100 years, it is a fitting commemoration of a centennial's worth of fighting for civil liberties and civil rights.

Asylum-Seekers Are Being Abandoned in Guatemala in a New Policy Officials Call a “Total Disaster”
Asylum-Seekers Are Being Abandoned in Guatemala in a New Policy Officials Call a “Total Disaster”Human rights workers say people deported to Guatemala under a new Trump administration practice face dangerous conditions and an asylum system that can’t protect them.

Trump’s Three Year Campaign to Separate Families: The Muslim Ban
Trump’s Three Year Campaign to Separate Families: The Muslim BanWith the NO BAN Act, Congress has the opportunity to right the administration’s, and the Supreme Court’s, wrong, and prevent Trump from harming more communities.
