Press Releases
about Immigrants' Rights
Sep 14, 2017
ACLU: Congress Should Vote No on Latest Anti-Immigrant Bill
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter in opposition to a proposed bill that would create a new, sweeping basis for deporting and detaining immigrants. The...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Sep 07, 2017
ACLU Comment on Muslim Ban Interim Ruling on Refugees and Family Members
NEW YORK — A federal appeals court ruled that grandparents, uncles, aunts, and other family members of people in the U.S., and refugees with assurances from resettlement organiza...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Sep 05, 2017
Comunicado de ACLU sobre la terminación de DACA
WASHINGTON — La Casa Blanca anunció hoy que revocará el Programa de Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia (DACA, por sus siglas en inglés). Lorella Praeli, direct...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Sep 05, 2017
ACLU Statement on Termination of DACA
WASHINGTON — The White House announced today that it is rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Lorella Praeli, director of immigration policy and c...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Aug 31, 2017
Government Settles in First Lawsuit Filed Against Trump’s Muslim Ban
NEW YORK — The Trump administration today settled with the plaintiffs in the first legal challenge to the president’s original executive order, which sought to bar travelers fr...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Darweesh v. Trump
Aug 30, 2017
Federal Court Strikes Down Virtually All of Texas’ Anti-Immigrant Senate Bill 4
SAN ANTONIO — A federal court has struck down virtually all of Texas’ Senate Bill 4, a law slated to take effect September 1 that would have forced local law enforcement to car...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: City of El Cenizo et al v. State of Texas et al
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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
Immigrants' Rights
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