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Jan 27, 2017
ACLU Statement on Trump’s “Extreme Vetting” of Muslims Executive Order
NEW YORK — American Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Anthony D. Romero issued the following statement on President Trump’s executive order that would target Muslims for...
Issue Areas: National Security
Jan 27, 2017
D.C. Police's Inauguration Day Arrests May Have Violated Rights
ACLU Raises Concerns About Indiscriminate Corralling, Unjustified Pepper Spraying, and Prolonged Processing Time
Issue Areas: Free Speech
Jan 25, 2017
ACLU Urges Senate to Cancel Attorney General Vote, Demands Second Sessions Testimony
Letter Points to Sessions’ Extraordinary Involvement in Trump Executive Orders
Jan 25, 2017
ACLU: Trump’s Border and Sanctuary City Plans Will Violate Civil Liberties
WASHINGTON — President Trump today signed executive orders authorizing funding for the building of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, dramatically ramping up immigration detent...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Jan 25, 2017
ACLU: Los Planes de Trump Para Las Fronteras y Las Ciudades Santuario Violarán Las Libertades Civiles
WASHINGTON — El Presidente Trump hoy firmó órdenes ejecutivas que autorizan el financiamiento para construir un muro a lo largo de la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México, d...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Jan 24, 2017
Court Finds Federal Immigration Officials and State of Rhode Island Violated the Constitution in Detaining US Citizen
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A federal court has ruled that federal immigration officials and the state of Rhode Island violated the Constitution in detaining a U.S. citizen without probab...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Morales v. Chadbourne
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