Press Releases
Jul 19, 2018
Hundreds of ACLU Youth Activists to Demand Trump Reunite Immigrant Families
WHAT:Nearly one thousand high school students from all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico will close the third annual American Civil Liberties Union Summer Advocacy Insti...
Jul 17, 2018
ACLU Comment on Coffman’s Support of Net Neutrality
WASHINGTON — Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Colo.) today declared his support for efforts to undo the repeal of Obama-era net neutrality rules and introduced his own bill to codify net neu...
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Jul 16, 2018
Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Deporting Families It Separated
SAN DIEGO — A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting parents and children that it forcibly separated.
The American Civil Liberties Union wo...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Ms. L v. ICE
Jul 13, 2018
Federal Court in Pennsylvania Rejects Argument that Child Welfare Agencies have a Right to Discriminate
PHILADELPHIA — A federal district court today ruled that the city of Philadelphia can require foster care agencies with city contracts to abide by its nondiscrimination policies....
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
Jul 13, 2018
ACLU Comment on Microsoft Call for Federal Action on Face Recognition Technology
WASHINGTON — Microsoft today called for federal action and committed to company steps to address the civil rights threats of face recognition technology. This comes after the Ame...
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Jul 12, 2018
ACLU Seeks Remedies For Trump Administration’s Failure to Meet Family Reunification Deadline
SAN DIEGO — Given the Trump administration’s failure to comply with the July 10 reunification deadline for children under 5, the American Civil Liberties Union today asked a fe...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Ms. L v. ICE
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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.