Press Releases
about Immigrants' Rights
Jun 13, 2018
ACLU Comment on House Immigration Legislation Negotiations
WASHINGTON — Members of the House are currently in negotiations on immigration legislation to be voted on next week. Lorella Praeli, American Civil Liberties Union director of im...
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Immigrants' Rights
Jun 08, 2018
ACLU Comment on Trump Administration’s Reported Plan to Transfer Detained Immigrants to Federal Prisons
NEW YORK — The Trump administration is reportedly planning to transfer an estimated 1,600 Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees to federal prisons.
Omar Jadwat, director ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jun 06, 2018
ACLU, Immigrants’ Rights Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Census Citizenship Question
NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union, New York Civil Liberties Union, and Arnold & Porter filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf of immigrants’ rights groups chal...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Department of Commerce v. New York
Jun 06, 2018
Federal Court Allows ACLU Challenge to Proceed in Case Against Trump Administration’s Family Separation Practice
SAN DIEGO — A federal judge ruled that the American Civil Liberties Union’s challenge to the Trump administration’s practice of forcibly separating asylum-seeking parents and...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Ms. L v. ICE
May 25, 2018
ACLU Comment on Trump Assistant Secretary of State Nomination
WASHINGTON — President Trump nominated Ronald Mortensen to Assistant Secretary of State today.
Lorella Praeli, director of immigration policy and campaigns at the American Civil ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
May 25, 2018
ACLU Secures DACA Renewal for Georgia Activist
NEW YORK — The Department of Homeland Security has agreed to renew Jessica Colotl’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and work permit to resolve a lawsuit brought b...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
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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. -
PodcastDec 2025
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Where Everybody Knows Your Rights. Explore Podcast.Where Everybody Knows Your Rights
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News & CommentaryNov 2025
Immigrants' Rights
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
Immigrants' Rights
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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