Press Releases
Mar 19, 2020
ACLU Statement on ICE Enforcement During COVID-19 Pandemic
WASHINGTON — Ken Cuccinelli, acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, backtracked on Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s announcement that it would curb ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Mar 19, 2020
Louisiana Supreme Court Upholds Lower Court Ruling Requiring New Orleans to Turn Over Surveillance Camera Locations
NEW ORLEANS – In a win for the city’s public defenders and civil rights groups representing them, the Louisiana Supreme Court has declined to consider the City of New Orleansâ€...
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Mar 19, 2020
ACLU of Rhode Island Takes Legal Action on Behalf of African-American Recruit Drummed Out of Providence Police Academy
An ACLU of Rhode Island cooperating attorney has filed a charge of race discrimination against the Providence Police Department on behalf of an African-American recruit who was inv...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Mar 19, 2020
ACLU of Maine Calls on Criminal Justice System Actors to Reduce Incarcerated Populations, Take Other Steps to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
PORTLAND, Maine – The ACLU of Maine last night urged dozens of top-level officials within the criminal legal system to take steps to reduce the number of people incarcerated in M...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Smart Justice
Mar 18, 2020
ACLU Statement on Changes to ICE Enforcement During COVID-19 Pandemic
WASHINGTON — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced today that the agency will temporarily suspend aspects of interior immigration enforcement, reduce the use of imm...
Mar 18, 2020
NYCLU Statement on Passage of Emergency Sick Leave
NEW YORK - Today both chambers of the New York legislature voted to approve an emergency sick leave measure to address the COVID-19 pandemic. In response, the New York Civil Libert...
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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. -
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.