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.

Dec 12, 2012

The Truth about the Current State of Immigration Enforcement

Dec 6, 2012

California Attorney General: Immigration Detainers are Voluntary

Nov 29, 2012

A Policy Gone Bad: What Happens When a County Enforces National Immigration Law

Nov 29, 2012

President Obama: Close the 10 Worst Immigration Detention Facilities

Nov 20, 2012

The Reality of Life Inside Immigration Detention

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Nov 19, 2012

ACLU to President Obama: Tackle the Homeland Security Budget in Your Plan to Avert Fiscal Cliff

Nov 15, 2012

After Supreme Court’s SB 1070 Decision, Federal Court Rules on South Carolina’s Anti-Immigrant Law

Nov 15, 2012

ACLU Files Class Action Lawsuit Challenging Mandatory Immigration Lock-up

Oct 5, 2012

U.S. Citizen Wrongfully Deported to Mexico, Settles His Case Against the Federal Government

Sep 14, 2012

Immigration Detainees Have the Right to Due Process, Too