Press Releases
Feb 27, 2018
ACLU Wins Protections for DACA Recipients Unlawfully Targeted by Trump Administration
LOS ANGELES — A federal judge ruled last night in favor of three young immigrants and a class of others like them who have had their Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Feb 26, 2018
Federal Appeals Court Rules Civil Rights Act Covers Sexual Orientation
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court handed down a victory for lesbian, gay, and bisexual people today, affirming that workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation is ill...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Feb 26, 2018
ACLU Challenges Trump Administration Practice of Forcibly Separating Asylum-Seeking Parents and Young Children
7-Year-Old Daughter Separated From Mother for Nearly Four Months
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Ms. L v. ICE
Feb 21, 2018
ACLU Finds Courts Nationwide Ordering Consumers to Be Arrested and Jailed at the Bidding of Private Debt Collection Companies
First-Ever National Report on Widespread Court Practices That Coerce Payments From People in Debt Without Due Process
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
Feb 20, 2018
ACLU of South Carolina Comment on Bill to Undercut Marriage Rights of Same-Sex Couples
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Six members of the South Carolina House of Representatives have introduced legislation in the Judiciary Committee that purports to undercut the rights of same-...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Feb 16, 2018
ACLU Comment on Mueller Charges in Russian Probe to Depress the Vote of African Americans and Muslims
WASHINGTON — The grand jury indictment that Special Counsel Robert Mueller obtained today against Russian organizations and individuals details specific examples of Russian agent...
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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.