Press Releases
Oct 05, 2017
ACLU Report Highlights Abusive and Unconstitutional Practices in Colorado City Courts
DENVER – Colorado’s more than 200 municipal courts operate without meaningful accountability or oversight, and one court in particular — the Alamosa Municipal Court— system...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Oct 05, 2017
ACLU Files Class Action Suit Against Trump Administration For Unlawfully Revoking DACA Grants
Filed on DACA Renewal Deadline, Lawsuit Will Protect Wrongfully Targeted Young Immigrants
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Oct 05, 2017
ACLU Statement on DOJ Rescinding Title VII Protections for Transgender Workers
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions reversed a federal government policy yesterday that clarified that transgender people are protected from sex discrimination in the wor...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Oct 05, 2017
ACLU Statement on October 5 DACA Renewal Deadline
WASHINGTON — More than 150,000 current recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program with expiration dates between September 5, 2017, and March 5, 2018,...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Oct 05, 2017
ACLU Challenges Military Detention of American Suspected of Fighting for ISIS
ACLU Asks Court to Order Trump Administration to Grant the Unidentified Man Access to Attorneys to Ensure His Constitutional Rights
Issue Areas:
National Security
Oct 04, 2017
ACLU Comment on Draft of Surveillance Reform Legislation
WASHINGTON - A discussion draft of the USA Liberty Act of 2017 that will be introduced by members of the House Judiciary Committee, including Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ran...
Issue Areas:
National Security
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