Press Releases
about Immigrants' Rights
Nov 25, 2018
ACLU Responds to Reports CBP is Using Tear Gas Against Migrants at the Border
WASHINGTON — Reports released today indicate that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents are using tear gas against migrants attempting to seek asylum at the San Ysidro port ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Nov 09, 2018
Groups File Federal Lawsuit Challenging New Trump Asylum Ban
SAN FRANCISCO — The American Civil Liberties Union, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Center for Constitutional Rights have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the asylum ban proc...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Barr
Nov 08, 2018
ACLU Comment on Trump Administration Plan to Prohibit Many Asylum Applications
NEW YORK — The Trump administration today issued an emergency regulation under which it plans to prohibit many individuals from applying for asylum in the United States.
Omar Jad...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Nov 07, 2018
ACLU Statement on Failure of Discriminatory Measures in Midterm Elections
WASHINGTON — Several ballot measures supporting increased immigration enforcement and racial profiling failed at the ballot box yesterday. Lorella Praeli, American Civil Libertie...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Nov 01, 2018
ACLU Reaction to Trump Immigration Remarks Today
NEW YORK — President Trump delivered remarks on immigration today at the White House.
Omar Jadwat, director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project, had this reaction:
“Pr...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Oct 31, 2018
ACLU Files Brief Supporting Victim of Sexual Assault in ICE Detention Centers
PHILADELPHIA — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a friend-of-the-court brief in a lawsuit filed by an asylum seeker who was sexually assaulted when she was 19 years old by...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: E.D. v. Sharkey
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News & CommentaryDec 2025
Immigrants' Rights
Detained Immigrants Detail Physical Abuse And Inhumane Conditions At Largest Immigration Detention Center In The U.s.. Explore News & Commentary.Detained Immigrants Detail Physical Abuse and Inhumane Conditions at Largest Immigration Detention Center in the U.S.
In a letter calling to end immigration detention at Fort Bliss, interviews with 45 people report physical and sexual abuse, medical neglect, and intimidation to self-deport. -
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News & CommentaryNov 2025
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Free Speech
Immigration Agents Are Retaliating Against People Who Record Them. Explore News & Commentary.Immigration Agents are Retaliating Against People Who Record Them
We’re filing a FOIA to find out how deep the problem goes -
News & CommentaryNov 2025
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New Report Highlights How Cbp And Border Patrol Are Becoming A Repressive Internal Intelligence Agency. Explore News & Commentary.New Report Highlights How CBP and Border Patrol are Becoming a Repressive Internal Intelligence Agency
AP report reveals how the agency uses AI and mass surveillance across the nation to target, detain, and seize money from innocent drivers