Press Releases
Sep 03, 2020
Federal Court Orders Buffalo, Batavia Immigration Courts to Fix Unconstitutional Bond Hearings
BUFFALO, N.Y. – A federal court yesterday halted unconstitutional practices in bond hearings at the Buffalo and Batavia immigration courts that had resulted in the jailing of hun...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Sep 02, 2020
NYCLU Responds to Trump Threat to Cut Funds to New York City
NEW YORK - This evening President Trump ordered a review of federal funds that could be redirected from New York City. The following statement is attributable to NYCLU Executive Di...
Issue Areas:
Civil Liberties
Sep 02, 2020
ACLU-WV Sues City of Wheeling Over Continued Unlawful Actions Against Homeless Community
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia (ACLU-WV) and attorneys Patrick Cassidy and Timothy F. Cogan of the Cassidy, Cogan, Shapell & Voegelin...
Sep 02, 2020
NYCLU Statement on Police Killing of Daniel Prude
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Today the Rochester Police Department released body camera footage of a March incident where police killed a Black man, Daniel Prude, during the course of an ar...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Sep 02, 2020
Statement Regarding Governor Lamont’s Appointment of Angel Quiros as DOC Commissioner
HARTFORD, Conn. – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he would nominate Angel Quiros, the current interim Department of Correction (DOC) commissioner, to become the permanen...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Sep 02, 2020
ACLU of Texas Urges School Districts to Remove Discriminatory Dress Code Requirements
HOUSTON – The ACLU of Texas today sent a letter to hundreds of school districts throughout Texas demanding that they reexamine dress and grooming code policies that are unconstit...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
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New MexicoDec 2025
Voting Rights
United States V. Oliver. Explore Case.United States v. Oliver
The Department of Justice sued New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, demanding the state produce its full, unredacted voter file, which contains highly sensitive and personal data on every voter in the state. This suit appears to be part of the federal government's efforts to build a national voter database without congressional authorization and to improperly question the validity of state voter rolls. -
News & CommentaryJan 2026
Free Speech
How A Covid-era Law Banning ‘fake News’ In Puerto Rico Targets The Press. Explore News & Commentary.How a COVID-era Law Banning ‘Fake News’ in Puerto Rico Targets the Press
Two journalists are challenging a law that threatens press freedom in an attempt to ban misinformation. -
News & CommentaryJan 2026
Privacy & Technology
Free Speech
How To Give The Government New Power To “un-person” Someone, In Three Easy Steps. Explore News & Commentary.How to Give the Government New Power to “Un-Person” Someone, in Three Easy Steps
States That Adopt Digital Driver’s Licenses Need to Rethink How IDs are Revoked -
Washington, D.C.Dec 2025
Civil Liberties
Voting Rights
United States V. Evans. Explore Case.United States v. Evans
Representing Common Cause and two D.C. voters, the ACLU Voting Rights Project and has filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit over the federal government’s demand that D.C. turn over its entire voter registration rolls, including voters’ sensitive personal data such as drivers’ license numbers and partial social security numbers.