Press Releases
about Immigrants' Rights
Oct 12, 2018
ACLU Comment on Report that Trump Administration is Exploring New Plans to Separate and Detain Families
NEW YORK — The Trump administration is reportedly looking into new options that could once again rip children apart from their immigrant parents or keep families languishing in d...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Ms. L v. ICE
Oct 02, 2018
ACLU Comment on Government Report Criticizing Trump Family Separations
NEW YORK – An internal government report criticized the Trump administration’s implementation of the family separation policy, citing poor planning, lack of communication, and ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Ms. L v. ICE
Oct 02, 2018
Court Grants Relief for Class of Immigrant Teens Wrongly Jailed Without Due Process and No Evidence of Trump Accusations of “Gang Affiliation”
Trump Administration Must Justify Detention of Teens at Immediate Hearings
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Sep 19, 2018
ACLU Comment on New Bill to Increase Jailing of Immigrant Families at the Border and Continue Family Separations
WASHINGTON — Senator Ron Johnson introduced today a bill on the detention of immigrant families.
Under the bill, the Department of Homeland Security would self-inspect family det...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Sep 13, 2018
ACLU Comment on Asylum Agreement in Family Separation Challenge
NEW YORK — An agreement was reached overnight on asylum rights for families separated by the Trump administration. The legal challenge remains ongoing but the agreement, if appro...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Ms. L v. ICE
Sep 06, 2018
ACLU Comment on Reports of Trump Administration Plan to Prolong Detention of Immigrant Children
NEW YORK — The Trump administration is reportedly planning to withdraw from the Flores Settlement Agreement, a decades-long agreement that limits the length of time and condition...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
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News & CommentaryAug 2026
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News & CommentaryJul 2026
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News & CommentaryJul 2026
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With Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche set to appear before the Senate for a hearing to potentially confirm him to the post, senators have no shortage of questions to ask about his record. -
ArizonaJul 2026
Immigrants' Rights
Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project V. Mayes. Explore Case.Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project v. Mayes
The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Arizona filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of the Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project challenging Section 5, a previously deferred provision of Proposition 314 that would unconstitutionally usurp federal immigration enforcement power by making it a state crime for some immigrants to enter or remain in Arizona. Courts across the country have repeatedly reaffirmed that immigration enforcement is a power that belongs exclusively to the federal government — not the states.