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Feb 21, 2023
ACLU Condemns Biden Administration’s Decision to Move Forward with Trump-era Asylum Ban
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration today proposed a rule with a 30-day comment period that will unlawfully deny asylum to people at the southern border. The proposed rule will...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Feb 21, 2023
ACLU, Federal Defender’s Office Argue to Supreme Court that First Amendment Protects Speech that Merely Encourages Undocumented Persons to Remain in U.S.
A federal law that prohibits encouraging an immigrant to remain in the country unlawfully criminalizes a substantial amount of constitutionally protected speech.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights Free Speech
Court case: United States v. Helaman Hansen
Jan 27, 2023
ACLU Urges Biden Not to Bring Back Rushed Screenings in CBP Custody
WASHINGTON — Reuters reported Thursday that the Biden administration is poised to restart a program that would force asylum seekers through screenings in inhumane conditions at t...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Nov 21, 2022
Ahead of 20th Anniversary, ACLU Calls for Major Overhaul at the Department of Homeland Security
WASHINGTON — Almost 20 years after President George W. Bush created the Department of Homeland Security, the American Civil Liberties Union has released a new policy brief, outli...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights National Security Privacy & Technology
Nov 10, 2022
ACLU Comment on New ORR Guidance on Abortion Access for Pregnant Unaccompanied Immigrant Youth
WASHINGTON — The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) announced new guidance today to ensure unaccompanied immigrant minors have access to abortion. The policy is twofold: First,...
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom Immigrants' Rights
Jul 18, 2022
New Records Detail DHS Purchase and Use of Vast Quantities of Cell Phone Location Data
The records, which the ACLU obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, shed light on the government’s ability to obtain our most private information by simply opening the federal wallet
Issue Areas: Privacy & Technology National Security Immigrants' Rights
Court case: ACLU v. Department of Homeland Security (commercial location data FOIA)
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