Press Releases
May 09, 2025
Rümeysa Öztürk To Be Freed From Detention as Case Proceeds
Targeted by Trump administration for co-authoring an op-ed, Ms. Öztürk will return home to Massachusetts
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Öztürk v. Trump
May 09, 2025
ACLU Moves to Dismiss Lawsuit That Seeks to Punish Non-Profit Advocacy against Religious Activities in Oklahoma Schools
The Oklahoma State Department of Education is pursuing a SLAPP suit against the Freedom From Religion Foundation
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Religious Liberty
May 09, 2025
ACLU Condemns Customs and Border Protection’s Revocation of Protections for Pregnant People
WASHINGTON — Reports yesterday emerged that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) quietly revoked several Biden-era policies designed to protect vulnerable people in its custody, i...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
May 08, 2025
Black Alabama Voters Win Fair Congressional Representation for Remainder of the Decade
BIRMINGHAM, AL – A federal court has ruled after a full trial that Alabama’s 2023 congressional map not only violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act but was enacted by the ...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Allen v. Milligan
May 08, 2025
Individuals in Long-Term Solitary Confinement in New Mexico Challenge Inhumane and Unconstitutional Conditions
SANTA FE, NM — GuJuan Fusilier, Mah-konce Hudson, and O’Shay Toney, three individuals currently held in the Penitentiary of New Mexico (PNM), filed a class action lawsuit today...
May 08, 2025
ACLU FOIA Litigation Reveals Information About ICE Capacity, Contracts in Facilities Nationwide
For first time ever, ICE provides information regarding total capacity of immigration detention facilities run by GEO Group, Inc.
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
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PodcastMay 2025
LGBTQ Parenting
Know Your Education Rights With Renika Moore. Explore Podcast.Know Your Education Rights with ReNika Moore
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News & CommentaryMay 2025
LGBTQ Parenting
For Undocumented Immigrants, Being ‘good’ Is Not Good Enough. Explore News & Commentary.For Undocumented Immigrants, Being ‘Good’ Is Not Good Enough
How fear, partisanship and discrimination are impacting one couple’s fight for immigration justice. -
ArizonaMay 2025
LGBTQ Parenting
Isaacson V. Arizona. Explore Case.Isaacson v. Arizona
Arizona doctors filed a lawsuit seeking to strike down many remaining abortion restrictions and further expand access to care in the state. One such restriction forces patients to unnecessarily make two separate trips to a clinic, delaying access to time-sensitive care for days, if not weeks. The lawsuit argues that these medically unnecessary restrictions make it harder to access abortion care and thus violate the state’s new constitutional amendment protecting the right to abortion. -
News & CommentaryMay 2025
LGBTQ Parenting
‘devastated’ And ‘hopeless.’ Researchers Speak Out On Funding Cuts. Explore News & Commentary.‘Devastated’ and ‘Hopeless.’ Researchers Speak Out on Funding Cuts
The National Institute of Health (NIH) abruptly cancelled millions of dollars in grants for research that it claims are related to “gender identity” or “diversity, equity and inclusion.” The ACLU sued.