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about National Security
Sep 30, 2025
ACLU and ACLU of Missouri Condemn Governor Kehoe's Authorization to Deploy State National Guard to Assist ICE
Authorization of Missouri National Guard comes as Trump administration escalates use of military in cities nationwide
Issue Areas:
National Security
Immigrants' Rights
Sep 28, 2025
ACLU and ACLU of Oregon Condemn President Trump’s Deployment of Federalized Oregon Troops and Armed Federal Agents to Portland
PORTLAND, OR — Today, the Trump administration invoked Title 10, federalizing 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to deploy to Portland over Governor Tina Kotek’s objectio...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Sep 16, 2025
ACLU and ACLU of Tennessee Condemn President Trump’s Plan to Deploy National Guard into Memphis Communities
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – In another effort to expand his power and stoke fear, President Trump issued a memorandum yesterday establishing a regressive policing task force made up of vari...
Sep 09, 2025
ACLU and Partners Urge Appeals Court to Find Trump’s Deployment of Military in Los Angeles Unlawful
LOS ANGELES — Free speech organizations filed a friend-of-the-court brief today in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Newsom v. Trump, California’s lawsuit challenging Presi...
Court case: Newsom v. Trump
Aug 25, 2025
ACLU Condemns President Trump’s Threats to Use the Military in Cities Across the Country
NEW YORK – The Washington Post reported over the weekend that the Trump administration plans to deploy military troops to Chicago against a made-up crime wave. President Trump ha...
Aug 17, 2025
ACLU Statement on Escalating Federal Takeover of D.C.
Civil Liberties Org Sounds Alarm as Trump Administration Deploys More National Guard Troops to Scare D.C. Communities
Issue Areas:
National Security
Criminal Law Reform
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News & CommentaryNov 2025
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New Report Highlights How Cbp And Border Patrol Are Becoming A Repressive Internal Intelligence Agency. Explore News & Commentary.New Report Highlights How CBP and Border Patrol are Becoming a Repressive Internal Intelligence Agency
AP report reveals how the agency uses AI and mass surveillance across the nation to target, detain, and seize money from innocent drivers -
News & CommentaryNov 2025
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Veterans Demand Congress Pull Troops From American Cities. Explore News & Commentary.Veterans Demand Congress Pull Troops from American Cities
Former U.S. Army Captain and ACLU Senior Project Manager Jessica Apgar praises the more than 40 veterans demanding Congress take action against the Trump administration’ abuse of military powers. -
News & CommentaryNov 2025
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+3 Issues
Face Recognition And The ‘trump Terror’: A Marriage Made In Hell. Explore News & Commentary.Face Recognition and the ‘Trump Terror’: A Marriage Made in Hell
ICE and CBP are smashing their way not only through car windows but also through any constraints on the use of face recognition -
U.S. Supreme CourtNov 2025
National Security
Trump V. Illinois. Explore Case.Trump v. Illinois
The ACLU, the ACLU of Illinois and other free speech organizations filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Supreme Court in Trump v. Illinois, the state’s lawsuit challenging President Trump’s attempt to federalize National Guard troops and deploy them into Chicago and surrounding counties. The case is at the Supreme Court on the Trump administration’s emergency application seeking to stay or temporarily lift the lower courts’ orders blocking the deployment.