Press Releases
about Immigrants' Rights
Jun 10, 2024
Noncitizen Military Service Members Ask Court to Decide Long-Delayed Appeal of Trump Policy that Destroyed Path to Citizenship
WASHINGTON — Years after a federal court ordered the government to reinstate a long-available and expedited path to citizenship for noncitizen military service members, these mem...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Immigrants' Rights
Jun 06, 2024
ACLU Releases Legal, Legislative, and Advocacy Roadmap to Combat Immigration Threats Posed by a Second Trump Term
Analysis and roadmap kick off ACLU’s 2024 election policy memo series exploring likely policies from a potential Trump or Biden second term.
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jun 04, 2024
Executive Order to Shut Down the Border Would Put Thousands of Lives at Risk
WASHINGTON — The White House released today a fact sheet announcing details on an impending executive action from the Biden administration that will severely restrict people’s ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
May 23, 2024
Civil Rights Groups File Federal Lawsuit to Block Oklahoma’s Unconstitutional HB 4156
OKLAHOMA CITY — Civil rights groups today challenged Oklahoma’s HB 4156, a far-reaching, harmful new law that would create a state system to regulate immigration that completel...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Padres Unidos de Tulsa v. Drummond
May 10, 2024
Mistreatment of Pregnant People in CBP Custody Prompts Renewed Calls for Change
Nearly 900 Organizations, Individuals Signed On to “Mother’s Day Card” Petition
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
May 09, 2024
Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit to Block Iowa’s Unconstitutional SF 2340
DES MOINES, Iowa — Civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit today to block SF 2340, one of the worst, most far-reaching immigration laws ever passed in the state of Iowa.
This...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice v. Bird
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