Press Releases
Dec 01, 2023
NYCLU Submits Brief Supporting Federal Receivership at Rikers Island
NEW YORK– Today, the New York Civil Liberties Union submitted an amicus brief in support of federal receivership at Rikers Island.
In the brief, the NYCLU argues that receivershi...
Nov 30, 2023
ACLU and EFF Applaud Ruling Halting Montana TikTok Ban
MISSOULA, Mont. — The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Montana, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) applaud a ruling by the federal district court in Montana that...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
National Security
Nov 30, 2023
ACLU Demands CBP, Medical Contractors Be Held Accountable for Serious Violations in Immigration Detention Facilities
WASHINGTON — In response to a damning new whistleblower complaint around serious medical neglect and government contract violations in Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilit...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Nov 30, 2023
ACLU, Advocates Demand U.S. Government Reverse Policy that Discriminates Against Non-English Speaking Asylum Seekers
WASHINGTON — A coalition of 100 advocacy organizations across the country sent a letter today to the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice demanding that U.S....
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Nov 29, 2023
ACLU Endorses New Senate Bill Banning TSA from Using Facial Recognition Technology in Airports
WASHINGTON — Today Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and a bipartisan group of senators introduced the Traveler Privacy Protection Act, a bill that would prohibit the Transportation Sec...
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Nov 29, 2023
NYCLU Statement on Mayor Adams’s Involuntary Removals Anniversary
NEW YORK CITY - In response to Mayor Adams’s update about the City’s mental health involuntary removals policy, one year after its launch, the New York Civil Liberties Union re...
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