Press Releases
about Immigrants' Rights
May 20, 2025
U.S. District Court Grants Temporary Restraining Order Against Oklahoma’s Unconstitutional HB 4156
The law was enjoined last year pursuant to a request from the United States. Oklahoma has been temporarily restrained from enforcing H.B. 4156.
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Padres Unidos de Tulsa v. Drummond
May 16, 2025
ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Ruling in Alien Enemies Act Case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has blocked the Trump administration from using the Alien Enemies Act to remove Venezuelans being detained in northern Texas and held that the gove...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: WMM v. Trump
May 13, 2025
Civil Rights Groups File Amended Federal Lawsuit to Block Oklahoma’s Unconstitutional HB 4156
The law was enjoined last year pursuant to a request from the United States. The Trump Administration dismissed the lawsuit and Oklahoma has started enforcing the law.
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Padres Unidos de Tulsa v. Drummond
May 09, 2025
District Court Strikes Down Restrictions in Biden-Era Rule Severely Limiting Asylum
WASHINGTON — The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia today issued a victory for the plaintiffs in Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center v. U.S. Department of Homela...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
May 09, 2025
Rümeysa Öztürk To Be Freed From Detention as Case Proceeds
Targeted by Trump administration for co-authoring an op-ed, Ms. Öztürk will return home to Massachusetts
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Öztürk v. Trump
May 09, 2025
ACLU Condemns Customs and Border Protection’s Revocation of Protections for Pregnant People
WASHINGTON — Reports yesterday emerged that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) quietly revoked several Biden-era policies designed to protect vulnerable people in its custody, i...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
About the ACLU
The American Civil Liberties Union has media staff available to handle inquiries from journalists on national issues affecting civil liberties, including questions on legislative matters that touch on civil liberties and constitutional freedoms and inquiries related to ACLU lawsuits.
To schedule an interview with an ACLU expert, email media@aclu.org.
Contact an ACLU Affiliate
The ACLU has 54 local offices across the U.S. working with attorneys and activists in their communities to shape better policies and spread awareness about their states' priority civil rights issues.
Local inquiries should be directed to the appropriate ACLU state affiliate.
-
News & CommentaryApr 2026
Immigrants' Rights
Human Rights
Deaths In Detention: Ice Is Rapidly Expanding Detention Camps Into Warehouses Despite Record Deaths. Explore News & Commentary.Deaths in Detention: ICE Is Rapidly Expanding Detention Camps into Warehouses Despite Record Deaths
Despite abhorrent conditions and increasing deaths in ICE detention, the Trump administration’s new warehouse detention system would increase capacity to 96,000 people and undoubtedly lead to continued abuse. -
News & CommentaryApr 2026
Immigrants' Rights
‘my Child Is Now A Political Debate’: Immigrant Families Respond As Arguments Wrap In Landmark Challenge Against Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Threats. Explore News & Commentary.‘My Child is Now a Political Debate’: Immigrant Families Respond as Arguments Wrap in Landmark Challenge against Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Threats
Families share how Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order upended their hopes, and forced them to consider early births or leaving the U.S. -
New YorkApr 2026
Immigrants' Rights
Reproductive Freedom
Aclu Et Al. V. U.s. Department Of Health And Human Services Et Al.. Explore Case.ACLU et al. v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services et al.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the National Center for Youth Law (NCYL), and the New York Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit to demand transparency from the Trump administration regarding its treatment of pregnant unaccompanied immigrant youth in federal immigration custody. The lawsuit seeks to enforce the ACLU and NCYL’s February 2025 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for records and correspondence from the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), which oversees the care and custody of unaccompanied immigrant youth until they are placed with a sponsor, usually a family member in the United States. The release of this information is important to monitor whether the Trump administration is ensuring that these marginalized young people have access to the full range of pregnancy-related care while in government custody, as is required by law.