News & Commentary about Immigrants' Rights and Detention

The ACLU works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.

May 9, 2025

We’re Still Ready: Trump’s First 100 Days with Cecillia Wang

The silhouette of a hand holding on to a gate.

May 13, 2024

A Mistake Shouldn’t Mean Exile or Prolonged Mandatory Detention

A man and woman with baggage at the border.

Feb 13, 2024

Border Patrol’s Abusive Practice of Taking Migrants’ Property Needs to End

US Customs and Border Protection building facade.

Jan 12, 2024

Government Agencies Shouldn't Be Allowed to Destroy Their Paper Trail of Medical Abuse and Neglect

The exterior of an immigrant detention center.

Dec 7, 2023

We’re Making Sure People in Immigration Detention Know Their Rights

American and Texas state flags flying on the dome of the Texas State Capitol building.

Nov 2, 2023

White Supremacy is Fueling Extreme Anti-Immigrant Policy in Texas

A hand holding up a "With LGBT Refugees" sign.

Oct 10, 2023

Asylum Seeker's Wrongful 6-Year Detention is Emblematic of a Broken System

Protestors march in front of the ICE Company, The Geo Group building, demanding the end of private prisons.

Aug 7, 2023

Unchecked Growth: Private Prison Corporations and Immigration Detention, Three Years Into the Biden Administration

A photo of Maribel Hernandez Rivera and her husband.

May 11, 2023

The Fight for Asylum: An American Imperative

Activists march to the White House to demand no asylum ban and no family detention.

May 5, 2023

Showing Up to Protect the Right to Seek Asylum