Press Releases
Jan 15, 2025
ACLU FOIA Litigation Continues to Disclose ICE Proposals to Expand Immigration Detention Nationwide
More Information Disclosed as President-elect Donald Trump Prepares to Enact Mass Deportations on Day One
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jan 15, 2025
Supreme Court May Decide if Government Can Age-Gate Sexual Expression Online
In Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, ACLU and partners urge court to find Texas’s age verification law unconstitutional
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Court case: Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton
Jan 14, 2025
ACLU Highlights Questions Ahead of Kristi Noem’s Confirmation Hearing for Secretary of Homeland Security
Noem's confirmation hearing in the Senate is scheduled for January 15.
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
National Security
Jan 10, 2025
ACLU Applauds Biden Administration’s TPS Actions
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration today announced an extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for El Salvador, Sudan, Ukraine, and Venezuela — impacting more than 900,...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jan 10, 2025
ACLU Moves to Dismiss Lawsuit Challenging Protected Speech at Columbia University
SLAPP suits weaponize the legal system to punish and silence constitutionally protected speech
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Court case: Doe v. Alwan
Jan 08, 2025
Hearings Conclude in Historic Challenge to the Death Penalty and Death Qualification in Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The death penalty in Kansas is racist, unconstitutional, and irretrievably broken, said witnesses in a series of hearings challenging the state’s use of ca...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
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News & CommentaryJan 2025
Online Anonymity and Identity
How to Take Action on Inauguration Day and BeyondHow to Take Action on Inauguration Day and Beyond
Our civil liberties and civil rights are on the line. The ACLU’s guide helps to connect you with ways to advocate for our freedoms. -
News & CommentaryJan 2025
Online Anonymity and Identity
"This is the Moment to Be 100 Percent In." How One of the ACLU’s Immigrants' Rights Experts is Fighting For Our Freedoms."This is the Moment to Be 100 Percent In." How One of the ACLU’s Immigrants' Rights Experts is Fighting For Our Freedoms.
At 13, Maribel Hernández Rivera thought that no one cared about her struggles as an undocumented person living in the U.S. Today, as an advocate for immigrants’ rights, she’s showing communities across the country that someone out there does care. -
News & CommentaryJan 2025
Online Anonymity and Identity
Privacy & Technology
Banning TikTok is Unconstitutional. The Supreme Court Must Step In.Banning TikTok is Unconstitutional. The Supreme Court Must Step In.
Our First Amendment right to express ourselves must be protected. -
News & CommentaryJan 2025
Online Anonymity and Identity
Supreme Court May Decide if the Government Can Childproof the InternetSupreme Court May Decide if the Government Can Childproof the Internet
In Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, the court will hear arguments about whether a law that requires age-verification before accessing sexual speech online is constitutional. We are in court to protect free speech on and offline.