Press Releases
Feb 14, 2019
Groups File Lawsuit Against Trump Policy that Forces the Return of Asylum Seekers to Mexico
SAN FRANCISCO — The American Civil Liberties Union, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Center for Gender & Refugee Studies filed a federal lawsuit today challenging the Trump a...
Court case: Innovation Law Lab v. Wolf
Feb 14, 2019
ACLU Files Lawsuit on Behalf of U.S. Citizens Detained for Speaking Spanish
GREAT FALLS, Mont. — The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Montana, and law firm Crowley Fleck PLLP filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf of two American citizens detaine...
Court case: Suda v. U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Feb 14, 2019
Iowa Jury Awards $120,000 to Transgender State Employee in Discrimination Case
DES MOINES, Iowa — A jury in Polk County Wednesday awarded Jesse Vroegh $120,000 for the two ways that his employer, the Iowa Department of Corrections, discriminated against him...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Vroegh v. Iowa Department of Corrections
Feb 13, 2019
ACLU Comment on Saudi-Yemen Resolution House Vote
WASHINGTON — The House passed a resolution today on the Saudi led-fight in Yemen that could result in further harm to Yemenis.
The House voted to bar the U.S. military from refue...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Feb 07, 2019
ACLU Comment on Trump Administration Action on Blocked Asylum Ban
NEW YORK — President Trump issued a proclamation tonight extending his asylum ban order, which would have expired today. However, the ban remains blocked by a preliminary injunc...
Court case: East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Barr
Feb 07, 2019
ACLU AL Comment on Decision to Stay the Execution of Dominique Ray
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama’s attorney general is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to vacate a stay of execution for Dominique Ray.
Ray was scheduled to be put to death today, but ...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Religious Liberty
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New MexicoDec 2025
Voting Rights
United States V. Oliver. Explore Case.United States v. Oliver
The Department of Justice sued New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, 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 federal government's efforts to build a national voter database without congressional authorization and to improperly question the validity of state voter rolls. -
News & CommentaryJan 2026
Free Speech
How A Covid-era Law Banning ‘fake News’ In Puerto Rico Targets The Press. Explore News & Commentary.How a COVID-era Law Banning ‘Fake News’ in Puerto Rico Targets the Press
Two journalists are challenging a law that threatens press freedom in an attempt to ban misinformation. -
News & CommentaryJan 2026
Privacy & Technology
Free Speech
How To Give The Government New Power To “un-person” Someone, In Three Easy Steps. Explore News & Commentary.How to Give the Government New Power to “Un-Person” Someone, in Three Easy Steps
States That Adopt Digital Driver’s Licenses Need to Rethink How IDs are Revoked -
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.