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Oct 30, 2017
ACLU Comment on Court Order Halting Trump’s Transgender Military Ban
WASHINGTON — A federal court in Washington today blocked the Trump administration from implementing the president’s directive banning transgender service members from continuin...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Oct 30, 2017
Business, Civil Rights, and Legal Voices File Briefs in Supreme Court, Defending Rights of Same-Sex Couple Discriminated Against by Business
WASHINGTON — Individuals and institutions from across the country representing a diverse cross-section of interests, perspectives, and concerns filed friend-of-court briefs today...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
Oct 27, 2017
ACLU Comment on Release of Text of Bill to Reauthorize Warrantless Surveillance of Americans
The Senate Intelligence Committee released today the text of the bill that was voted on in a closed session to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act,...
Issue Areas: National Security
Oct 26, 2017
ACLU Goes to Court to Challenge Trump Administration’s Denial of Jessica Colotl’s DACA
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union and Kuck Immigration Partners today challenged the Trump administration’s second denial of Jessica Colotl’s application to ren...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Oct 26, 2017
ACLU Responds to ICE Plans to Expand Detention Sites in Four Major Cities
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union joined 13 legal service providers and immigrants’ rights organizations today to urge Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) t...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Oct 25, 2017
ACLU Comment on Reports That Dream Legislation Will Be Attached to Year-End Spending Package
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) told Republicans today that legislation addressing Dreamers’ status will be included as part of the end of the year spending packa...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
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