Press Releases
Oct 12, 2018
ACLU Comment on Report that Trump Administration is Exploring New Plans to Separate and Detain Families
NEW YORK — The Trump administration is reportedly looking into new options that could once again rip children apart from their immigrant parents or keep families languishing in d...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Ms. L v. ICE
Oct 12, 2018
ACLU Responds to Introduction of McCarthy Immigration Bill
WASHINGTON — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy introduced a bill today that includes provisions to violate the constitutional rights of immigrants and inflate the Department o...
Oct 11, 2018
Academy Award Winner Common Partners With ACLU to Urge America to Vote Smart Justice in 2018
NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union today launched a video with Oscar and Grammy-winning artist and social justice activist Common that reminds voters of the urgency in...
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
Oct 11, 2018
Washington Supreme Court Strikes Down Death Penalty Citing Racial Bias
Decision Makes Washington the 20th State to Outlaw the Death Penalty
Oct 10, 2018
ACLU Represents UMass Amherst Employee Racially Profiled on Campus
ACLU Continues ‘Living While Black’ On Campus Campaign in Response to Nationwide Racial Profiling
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Oct 04, 2018
ACLU Sues San Francisco Police Department for Unconstitutionally Targeting Black People for Arrest
SAN FRANCISCO – The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Northern California, and the law firm Durie Tangri LLP, filed a lawsuit against the City of San Francisco for its ...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
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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.