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Nov 21, 2017
Federal Court Blocks All Aspects of Trump’s Transgender Military Ban
BALTIMORE — A federal court today granted the American Civil Liberties Union’s request for a complete halt to implementation of the president’s directive banning transgender ...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Stone v. Trump
Nov 21, 2017
ACLU Wins Relief for Immigrant Teens Wrongly Arrested and Jailed Without Due Process
Court Establishes Nationwide Class, Orders Trump Administration to Allow Immediate Hearings
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Nov 21, 2017
Court Orders Trump Administration to Restore DACA Status to ACLU Client Jesús Arreola
WASHINGTON — A federal district court in California issued a preliminary injunction in the case of Jesús Arreola late yesterday, ordering the government to restore Arreola’s D...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Inland Empire – Immigrant Youth Collective v. McAleenan
Nov 21, 2017
ACLU Comment on FCC Plan to End Net Neutrality
WASHINGTON — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai released today a draft order that, if adopted, would remove broadband internet access protections and repeal what...
Issue Areas: Privacy & Technology
Nov 20, 2017
ACLU Comment on Trump Announcement to Fund Police Departments That Promise to Target Immigrants
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced today that it will allocate tens of millions of dollars in federal funding to police departments that promise to cooperate with fede...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Nov 17, 2017
ACLU Comment on Introduction of Bipartisan Bill to Rein in Government Surveillance
WASHINGTON — Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced S. 2158, the Senate version of the USA Liberty Act of 2017 today, a bill to rein in warrantless governme...
Issue Areas: National Security
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