Press Releases
Aug 29, 2019
ACLU-TN Urges Metro Probation Department to Stop Assisting ICE
NASHVILLE — The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee sent a letter today to officials with the Metro Probation Department, urging them to adopt policies that limit volunta...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jul 23, 2019
Concord Coach Should Refuse Warrantless CBP Raids, Says ACLU
4th Amendment Requires Warrant or Consent to Board and Search Buses
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jul 11, 2019
ACLU Files Preemptive Lawsuit to Protect Refugees from Massive Trump ICE Raids
NEW YORK — In anticipation of the Trump administration’s threatened mass arrest of thousands of families and children, four immigration legal aid nonprofit organizations filed ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jun 10, 2019
ACLU Statement on Border Patrol Data Breach
WASHINGTON — Customs and Border Patrol today announced photos of travelers leaving and entering the country were recently compromised in a data breach. Neema Singh Guliani, senio...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Privacy & Technology
Nov 25, 2018
ACLU Responds to Reports CBP is Using Tear Gas Against Migrants at the Border
WASHINGTON — Reports released today indicate that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents are using tear gas against migrants attempting to seek asylum at the San Ysidro port ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Oct 19, 2018
ACLU, Rep. Castro, and Others Deliver 200,000 Petitions Demanding Greyhound Stop Allowing Border Patrol Raids
DALLAS — More than 200,000 signed petitions were delivered today to Greyhound’s headquarters demanding the transportation company stop allowing Border Patrol officials to board...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
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The Latest
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Court CaseJul 2026
ICE and Border Patrol Abuses
Jackson-edney V. Labrador. Explore Case.Jackson-Edney v. Labrador
Six transgender residents of Idaho filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging HB 752, a 2026 state law that criminalizes their use of sex-designated public restrooms consistent with their gender identity. -
News & CommentaryAug 2026
ICE and Border Patrol Abuses
Criminal Law Reform
We’ve Filed More Than 50 Legal Claims Over Abuse By Federal Immigration Agents. Here's Why.. Explore News & Commentary.We’ve Filed More Than 50 Legal Claims Over Abuse by Federal Immigration Agents. Here's Why.
The claimants detail being unlawfully detained, denied medical care, or targeted simply for speaking out or recording what they saw. Their experiences reveal a dangerous pattern of abuse that threatens the rights and safety of us all. -
VirginiaAug 2026
ICE and Border Patrol Abuses
National Security
In Re: Application Of The United States Of America For An Order Pursuant To 18 U.s.c. § 2703(d). Explore Case.In Re: Application of The United States Of America for an Order Pursuant To 18 U.S.C. § 2703(d)
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South CarolinaAug 2026
ICE and Border Patrol Abuses
South Carolina Republican Party V. Bolchoz. Explore Case.South Carolina Republican Party v. Bolchoz
The South Carolina Republican Party has sued state election officials seeking to close South Carolina’s primary elections, excluding independent and unaffiliated voters from participating in what are often the only meaningful elections in their communities. Veterans for All Voters and The Chamberlain Network, two nonpartisan veterans’ organizations, have moved to intervene as defendants to protect their members’ right to vote in the primary of their choice and to ensure the State does not settle the case in a way that extinguishes those rights.