Press Releases
Feb 28, 2017
ACLU Statement on Trump’s First Congressional Address
WASHINGTON — In response to President Donald Trump’s first address to Congress, American Civil Liberties Union National Political Director Faiz Shakir issued the following stat...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Feb 28, 2017
ACLU Protests Trump Threat to Publicly Release Private Data of Immigrants and Foreign Visitors
ACLU Letter to All Federal Agencies Warns That Policy Change Implementation Would Be Illegal
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Feb 24, 2017
ACLU Launches Grassroots Mobilization Platform
Program Aims to Organize Resistance to President Trump
Feb 23, 2017
ACLU Statement on Trump Reversal of Policy Ending Use of Private Prisons
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration, through a memo from Attorney General Jeff Sessions, withdrew an Obama administration policy to reduce and ultimately end the use of private...
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
Feb 22, 2017
ACLU Statement on Revoking of Title IX Guidance for Transgender Students & Impact on Gavin Grimm Supreme Court Case
NEW YORK — The Trump administration today informed the Supreme Court that they are revoking guidance from the Departments of Education and Justice that clarified that transgender...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board
Feb 22, 2017
ACLU Comment on Two Supreme Court Wins for Civil Liberties
Court Rules in Death Penalty Case and Disabilities Rights Case
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
Court case: Fry v. Napoleon Community Schools
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FloridaJul 2025
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C.m. V. Noem. Explore Case.C.M. v. Noem
Immigrants’ rights advocates sued the Trump administration over lack of access to legal counsel and violations of due process for people detained at Florida’s new, notorious Everglades immigration center, a hastily constructed facility on an abandoned airstrip in the middle of the wetlands in Ochopee. -
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60 Years Later: How A Civil Rights-era Defamation Case Empowers The Press. Explore News & Commentary.60 Years Later: How a Civil Rights-Era Defamation Case Empowers the Press
From civil rights protests to Trump-era lawsuits, New York Times v. Sullivan continues to shape press freedom -
News & CommentaryJul 2025
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Rümeysa Öztürk On How We Can All Support Immigrants. Explore News & Commentary.Rümeysa Öztürk On How We Can All Support Immigrants
After a harrowing ICE detention, she’s urging others to protect immigrant rights.