Press Releases
Feb 18, 2026
Medical researchers win permanent restoration of research on federal website
Research about endometriosis, suicide risk had been removed from a government website due to an executive order prohibiting “gender ideology”
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Court case: Schiff v. Office of Personnel Management
Feb 17, 2026
ACLU Statement on the Passing of the Reverend Jesse Jackson
NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union is deeply saddened by the loss of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, an iconic leader in the fight for civil rights in America. In remembrance ...
Feb 17, 2026
Mohsen Mahdawi’s Removal Proceedings Terminated by Immigration Judge
The Columbia University graduate student was detained and put into deportation proceedings last year over his speech in support of Palestinian rights
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Court case: Mahdawi v. Trump
Feb 13, 2026
New Filings Detail Harrowing Accounts of ICE and Border Patrol Violence and Intimidation Against Minnesotans
As part of an amended complaint in Tincher v. Noem, ACLU and ACLU of Minnesota added three journalists to the suit and submitted over 100 declarations from community members who have experienced or witnessed unlawful activity by ICE
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Court case: Tincher v. Noem et al.
Feb 12, 2026
ACLU of Minnesota and ACLU Comment on the Trump Administration Announcing an End to Operation Metro Surge
MINNEAPOLIS — Today, “Border Czar” Tom Homan announced that the administration is ending its domestic federal deployment – Operation Metro Surge – in Minnesota. This depl...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Human Rights
Feb 12, 2026
ACLU Statement on Senate Vote to Block Funding for Department of Homeland Security Without Reforms
Senate blocks funding measure for DHS, as pressure mounts on Congress to rein in ICE’s abuses
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
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News & CommentaryFeb 2026
Immigrants' Rights
Rümeysa Öztürk: I Saw The Horrors Of Ice Detention Firsthand. It Is No Place For A Child.. Explore News & Commentary.Rümeysa Öztürk: I Saw the Horrors of ICE Detention Firsthand. It is No Place for a Child.
As she witnesses the news of ICE detaining thousands of children, child development scholar Rümeysa Öztürk reflects on how detention and deportation negatively impact children for a lifetime, in relation to her own experiences of being detained. -
News & CommentaryFeb 2026
Immigrants' Rights
Human Rights
Congress Must Rein In Ice To Improve The State Of The Union. Explore News & Commentary.Congress Must Rein in ICE to Improve the State of the Union
President Donald Trump will likely celebrate a false sense of success in his State of the Union address. There’s strength in this union, but not the way the president thinks. -
MinnesotaDec 2025
Criminal Law Reform
Osorio-calderon V. Warden, Fci Sandstone. Explore Case.Osorio-Calderon v. Warden, FCI Sandstone
This case is about whether people unlawfully incarcerated beyond their mandatory transfer dates under the First Step Act can file habeas corpus petitions seeking their release from prison onto prerelease custody in the community.