Press Releases
about Immigrants' Rights
Mar 27, 2018
Brooklyn Defender Services and ACLU Launch Campaign to Empower Immigrant Communities When Dealing with ICE
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Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Mar 27, 2018
ACLU Comment on Trump Administration Plan to Include Citizenship Question in 2020 Census
NEW YORK — The Trump administration announced it will include a question about U.S. citizenship in the 2020 census.
Dale Ho, director of the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project, had t...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Voting Rights
Mar 16, 2018
Asylum-Seeking Mother and Daughter Reunited After ACLU Lawsuit
Case of Forced Family Separation Sparked National Outrage
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Ms. L v. ICE
Mar 15, 2018
Groups Challenge Trump Administration’s Arbitrary Detention of Asylum Seekers
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union, Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, Human Rights First, and Covington & Burling LLP filed a federal lawsuit today challeng...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Damus v. McAleenan
Mar 13, 2018
ACLU Comment on Federal Appeals Court Texas SB4 Ruling
SAN ANTONIO — A federal appeals court today upheld portions of Texas’ anti-immigrant SB4 law. The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging the law.
Lee Gelernt, deputy dir...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: City of El Cenizo et al v. State of Texas et al
Mar 09, 2018
ACLU Files National Class-Action Lawsuit Over Trump Administration’s Practice of Forcibly Separating Parents and Young Children
Action Broadens Existing Lawsuit Involving Congolese Mom and 7-Year-Old Daughter
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Ms. L v. ICE
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News & CommentaryDec 2025
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Inside An Ice Detention Center: Detained People Describe Severe Medical Neglect, Harrowing Conditions. Explore News & Commentary.Inside an ICE Detention Center: Detained People Describe Severe Medical Neglect, Harrowing Conditions
Seven people detail what it’s like to be held in a California immigration detention center. One man who likely has prostate cancer has continuously been denied medication and urgent treatment. -
News & CommentaryDec 2025
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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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Where Everybody Knows Your Rights. Explore Podcast.Where Everybody Knows Your Rights