Press Releases
about Immigrants' Rights
Jan 20, 2021
ACLU Statement on President-Elect Biden’s Day One Immigration Policies
WASHINGTON — President-elect Biden this morning released fact sheets on his executive actions and day one bill on immigration that announced several immigration policies, includi...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jan 19, 2021
Salvadoran Man Who Spent Years in Solitary Because He Didn’t Speak English Settles Case with Virginia Department of Corrections
New Language Access Policy Part of Settlement
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Immigrants' Rights
Jan 18, 2021
ACLU Outlines Key Priorities for Biden’s Department of Homeland Security
WASHINGTON — Ahead of Secretary-designate Alejandro Mayorkas’ Senate confirmation hearing tomorrow, the American Civil Liberties Union urged him to make strong, on-the-record c...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jan 15, 2021
ACLU Statement on Reported DHS “SAFE” Agreement
WASHINGTON — With mere days left of Trump’s presidency, his Department of Homeland Security reportedly signed agreements with Arizona, Louisiana, Indiana, and the Rockingham Co...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jan 14, 2021
Ninth Circuit Court Allows Jose Bello Immigrants’ Rights Case to Continue
Order Overturns a District Court Decision in the First Amendment case
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jan 12, 2021
ACLU Statement Ahead of Trump’s Border Visit
WASHINGTON — The following is a statement from Astrid Dominguez, director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas’ Border Rights Center, regarding President Trump’s pl...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
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News & CommentaryMar 2026
Immigrants' Rights
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All The Ways Palantir Is Assisting Trump’s Abusive Removal Campaign. Explore News & Commentary.All the Ways Palantir is Assisting Trump’s Abusive Removal Campaign
How culpable is the company for the constitutional and human rights violations of the deportation drive? -
News & CommentaryMar 2026
Immigrants' Rights
'i Have No Rights': Minnesota Residents Sue Trump Administration For Racial Profiling, Stops Without Suspicion, And Warrantless Arrests. Explore News & Commentary.'I Have No Rights': Minnesota Residents Sue Trump Administration for Racial Profiling, Stops Without Suspicion, and Warrantless Arrests
Immigration arrests have upended life in Minnesota as citizens detail unlawful and violent interactions with ICE in court testimonies as part of an ACLU lawsuit against the Trump administration. -
News & CommentaryMar 2026
Immigrants' Rights
A Sunday At An Idaho Racetrack Ended In A Mass Immigration Raid. Hundreds Faced Cruel Detention Practices.. Explore News & Commentary.A Sunday at an Idaho Racetrack Ended in a Mass Immigration Raid. Hundreds Faced Cruel Detention Practices.
More than 200 federal, state, and local law enforcement launched an unlawful and discriminatory immigration raid in Wilder, Idaho. -
News & CommentaryMar 2026
Immigrants' Rights
Trump’s Firing Of Noem Signals Need For New Vision On Immigration. Explore News & Commentary.Trump’s Firing of Noem Signals Need for New Vision on Immigration
With the Department of Homeland Security losing Kristi Noem as secretary and facing a funding crisis, lawmakers have a unique opportunity to advance a new path forward for immigration.