Press Releases
about Immigrants' Rights
Aug 25, 2017
ACLU Comment on Trump Pardon of Joe Arpaio
NEW YORK — President Trump has pardoned former Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, who was found guilty of criminal contempt for deliberately violating a federal cour...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Aug 25, 2017
ACLU Comment on Border Patrol Checkpoints During Texas Hurricane
WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that it will not be closing its checkpoints during hurricane Harvey in Texas.
Lorella Praeli, American Civil Liberties U...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Aug 25, 2017
ACLU Response to Press Reports that White House is Considering Ending DACA
WASHINGTON — Lorella Praeli, director of immigration policy and campaigns at the American Civil Liberties Union, issued the following statement in response to media reports that ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Aug 22, 2017
ACLU: Dreamers’ Lives and Futures Are Not Bargaining Chips
WASHINGTON — A new report from McClatchy states that some White House aides are counseling President Donald Trump to “strike an ambitious deal with Congress that offers Dreamer...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Aug 16, 2017
ACLU Statement on Attorney General Sessions Visit to Miami
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is visiting Miami today to praise Miami-Dade County for abandoning their “sanctuary cities” policies.
Across the United States, po...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Aug 11, 2017
ACLU Challenges Trump Administration’s Jailing of Immigrant Teens
Class Action Suit Charges that Efforts to Detain and Deport Children are Based on Unfounded Gang Allegations
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
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