Press Releases | American Civil Liberties Union

Jul 12, 2023

ACLU Comment on Introduction of Veteran Service Recognition Act

WASHINGTON — House Democrats and Republicans joined together today to introduce the Veteran Service Recognition Act (VSRA) into the U.S. House of Representatives. The bipartisan ...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Jul 11, 2023

ACLU Sues Seeking Records on Access to Legal Resources in ICE Detention

SAN FRANCISCO — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit today seeking documents on the quality and availability of legal materials for people held in Immigrati...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Court case: American Civil Liberties Union v. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Jul 11, 2023

ACLU Files Federal Administrative Complaint Calling on U.S. Dept of Homeland Security to Investigate the Frederick County Sheriff, Charles Jenkins

FREDERICK COUNTY, Md. – In response to Frederick County Sheriff Charles Jenkins’ federal indictment on criminal charges, misuse of office, and poor civil rights record, the Ame...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Jun 23, 2023

Immigrants’ Rights Advocates Sue Government Over Asylum Ban and Rapid Deportation Process that Places Asylum Seekers in Grave Danger

WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of the District of Columbia, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, and National Immigrant Justice Center today sued the B...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Jun 23, 2023

ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Ruling in United States v. Texas Immigration Case

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a challenge from Texas and Louisiana to the Biden administration’s immigration enforcement priorities in United States v. Texas...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Court case: United States v. Texas

Jun 23, 2023

ACLU, Federal Defender Respond To Supreme Court Ruling That Limits Federal Law Seeking to Criminalize Speech About Immigration

The court ruled that a federal law making it a crime to encourage unlawful immigration must be interpreted narrowly to avoid impinging on First Amendment rights

Issue Areas: Free Speech Immigrants' Rights

Court case: United States v. Helaman Hansen

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