Press Releases | American Civil Liberties Union

Sep 06, 2023

ACLU Challenges Six Year Detention of Salvadoran Asylum Seeker

LAFAYETTE, La. — The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Louisiana filed a writ of habeas corpus in federal court today seeking the release of Jessica Patricia Barahona-Ma...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Aug 03, 2023

Federal Appeals Court Grants Stay in Biden Asylum Ban Case

Court does not rule on merits and places case on speedy review schedule SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court today said the Biden administration’s new asylum ban, which was...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Jul 25, 2023

Federal Court Blocks Biden Asylum Ban

Judge Also Grants 14-Day Stay of the Ruling SAN FRANCISCO — A federal court today blocked the Biden administration’s new asylum ban, but delayed its ruling from taking effect f...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Jul 20, 2023

Immigrants’ Rights Organizations Urge Release of Mauritanian Asylum Seekers Detained by ICE

Over 100 Mauritanian asylum seekers fleeing enslavement, forced statelessness, and ethnic cleansing are being detained solely based on their inability to pay $5,000 bond, lack access to language interpretation

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Jul 19, 2023

ACLU Condemns Texas Gov. Abbott’s Deliberate and Harmful Treatment of Migrant Children and Adults

Civil Liberties Organization Calls for Immediate Investigation and End to Collaboration Between CBP and Texas Department of Public Safety

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Jul 17, 2023

Sierra Club, Southern Border Communities Coalition, and ACLU Reach Settlement with U.S. Government in Border Wall Case Challenging the Illegal Transfer of Military Construction Funds

As part of the settlement in Sierra Club v. Biden (formerly Sierra Club v. Trump), the U.S. government agrees to halt further wall construction and mitigate environmental damage in the sites illegally funded by the Trump administration using stolen Defense Department funding.

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights National Security

Court case: Sierra Club v. Trump — Challenge to Trump’s National Emergency Declaration to Construct a Border Wall

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