Press Releases
Jun 09, 2026
ACLU Statement on House Vote to Add $70 Billion to ICE and Border Patrol’s Bloated Budget
House passes bill to give ICE and Border Patrol $70 billion following months-long standoff in Congress, widespread opposition
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jun 05, 2026
ACLU Statement on Senate Vote to Add $70 Billion to ICE and Border Patrol’s Bloated Budget
Senate advances bill to give ICE and Border Patrol $70 billion, as ICE approval rating remains underwater
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jun 04, 2026
ACLU Reacts to Draft Bipartisan AI Bill That Would Preempt State Laws
WASHINGTON — Today, Congressman Obernolte and Congresswoman Trahan released a draft regulatory framework for Artificial Intelligence, which they may soon introduce in the House o...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Civil Liberties
Jun 04, 2026
Groups File Federal Lawsuit Over Tennessee’s New Extreme Anti-Immigrant Law
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Tennessee, and National Immigration Law Center filed a federal class-action lawsuit today challenging a new Tenness...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Lucy v. Skrmetti
Jun 02, 2026
Supreme Court Reinstates Racially Discriminatory Map for Alabama’s 2026 Congressional Elections
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court granted Alabama a stay in the ongoing voting rights case, Milligan v. Allen, allowing Alabama to use its 2023 racially discriminatory congressional ma...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Allen v. Milligan
Jun 02, 2026
New York Families of Transgender Youth Challenge Trump Administration Attempt to Seize Private Health Records
Three families of transgender youth and two transgender young adults sue the Attorney General and the U.S. Department of Justice over their efforts to seize the private health information of transgender youth at NYU Langone Health and other New York City hospitals
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
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Court CaseJun 2026
LGBTQ Rights
Coe V. Blanche. Explore Case.Coe v. Blanche
Three New York families with adolescent transgender children and two transgender New Yorkers filed a class action lawsuit to protect patient identifying and sensitive health information from being turned over to the Department of Justice in response to federal grand jury subpoenas issued as part of a widespread effort to "end” necessary health care for transgender adolescents. -
News & CommentaryJun 2026
Immigrants' Rights
Hundreds At Delaney Hall Join Detained People Across Country In Hunger Strike Against Inhumane Conditions. Explore News & Commentary.Hundreds at Delaney Hall Join Detained People Across Country in Hunger Strike Against Inhumane Conditions
Hundreds of people at an immigration facility in New Jersey protested spoiled food, medical neglect, and other inhumane conditions. They were joined by people detained in horrific conditions across the country. -
News & CommentaryJun 2026
Privacy & Technology
Sigificant Internet Freedom Issues At Stake In Legal Battle Between Amazon And Perplexity. Explore News & Commentary.Sigificant Internet Freedom Issues at Stake in Legal Battle Between Amazon and Perplexity
Outcome of case could severely limit user control and the rights of researchers and journalists on the Web -
FloridaJun 2026
Privacy & Technology
Dillon V. City Of Jacksonville Beach. Explore Case.Dillon v. City of Jacksonville Beach
On June 10, 2026, the ACLU and ACLU of Florida, with the law firm of Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney, LLP, filed a wrongful arrest suit on behalf of Robert Dillon, a Florida man who was wrongfully arrested after police relied on an incorrect result from facial recognition technology.