Press Releases

Nov 30, 2023

ACLU Demands CBP, Medical Contractors Be Held Accountable for Serious Violations in Immigration Detention Facilities

WASHINGTON — In response to a damning new whistleblower complaint around serious medical neglect and government contract violations in Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilit...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Nov 30, 2023

ACLU, Advocates Demand U.S. Government Reverse Policy that Discriminates Against Non-English Speaking Asylum Seekers

WASHINGTON — A coalition of 100 advocacy organizations across the country sent a letter today to the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice demanding that U.S....

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Nov 29, 2023

ACLU Endorses New Senate Bill Banning TSA from Using Facial Recognition Technology in Airports

WASHINGTON — Today Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and a bipartisan group of senators introduced the Traveler Privacy Protection Act, a bill that would prohibit the Transportation Sec...

Issue Areas: Privacy & Technology

Nov 28, 2023

Plaintiffs in Georgia Redistricting Lawsuit Offer Remedial State Legislative Maps

General Assembly’s New State Senate Map Proposal Likely Violates Court’s Order

Issue Areas: Voting Rights

Nov 27, 2023

ACLU Urges Congress to Oppose Attempt to Sneak Section 702 Reauthorization into “Must-Pass” Defense Spending Bill

ACLU vows to oppose the NDAA and score the vote if Section 702 reauthorization is included

Issue Areas: National Security

Nov 27, 2023

ACLU and Digital Rights Groups Support Nonprofit in Lawsuit Over Its Reports Critical of Content on X

SAN FRANCISCO — The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Northern California, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia Univ...

Issue Areas: Free Speech Privacy & Technology

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