Press Releases
Apr 16, 2020
Civil Rights Groups Amend Suit Against St. Elizabeth’s to Add Challenge to Inadequate COVID-19 Response
Original suit sought relief for weeks-long water crisis, assailed lack of emergency preparedness
Apr 16, 2020
ACLU of Georgia Says State Intrudes Privacy of COVID-19 Patients, Fails to Protect First Responders
ATLANTA – This week, Governor Kemp announced the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency will divulge to 911 centers the addresses of individuals who are COVI...
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Apr 16, 2020
ACLU Probes COVID-19 Location Tracking Efforts, Releases Principles
NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union today released a set of technology principles against which developers, policymakers, and the public can judge any technology-assist...
Apr 16, 2020
Advocates Urge ICE to Suspend Enforcement Actions During Outbreak
Immigrant Communities Report Continued Harassment Despite Health Risks
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Apr 16, 2020
Iowa Advocacy Organizations Ask ICE to Decrease Detention of Immigrants Detained in County Jails to Prevent Spread of COVID-19
DES MOINES, Iowa — Today 37 Iowa legal and advocacy organizations, attorneys, and law firms asked Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Apr 16, 2020
ACLU of Michigan Urges Governor Gretchen Whitmer to Release Vulnerable People from Prisons to Stop the Spread of COVID-19
DETROIT, Mich. — Following a new Detroit Free Press analysis that the COVID-19 infection rate at the Parnall Correctional Facility in Jackson exceeds that of jails in New York an...
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
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GeorgiaDec 2025
Voting Rights
United States V. Raffensperger. Explore Case.United States v. Raffensperger
The Department of Justice sued Georgia, 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 DOJ's efforts to build a national voter database without congressional authorization, improperly question the validity of state voter rolls, and intimidate eligible voters in Georgia and across the country. -
ColoradoDec 2025
Voting Rights
United States V. Griswold. Explore Case.United States v. Griswold
Representing Common Cause and two Colorado voters, the ACLU Voting Rights Project and ACLU of Colorado have filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit over the federal government’s demand that Colorado turn over its entire voter registration rolls, including voters’ sensitive personal data such as drivers’ license numbers and partial social security numbers. -
MassachusettsDec 2025
Voting Rights
United States V. Galvin. Explore Case.United States v. Galvin
The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the Massachusetts Secretary of State Galvin, seeking private, confidential voter data. DOJ’s efforts appear to be part of an effort to build a national voter database without congressional authorization and to improperly question the validity of state voter rolls.