Press Releases
Apr 26, 2021
Broad Coalition of Montana Faith, Immigrant Justice, and Civil Rights Groups Call on Secretary Mayorkas to End ICE Collaboration Programs
MISSOULA, Mont. — Ten immigrant justice, human rights, and criminal justice groups based in Montana sent a letter today urging Department of Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Apr 09, 2021
Federal Court Allows ACLU Case Challenging Border Patrol’s Use of Checkpoints to Proceed
CONCORD, N.H. – The federal district court in New Hampshire is allowing an ACLU lawsuit challenging Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) immigration checkpoints in New England...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Mar 25, 2021
New ACLU of Michigan Report: Border Patrol Operates Far from the Border and Uses Racial Profiling and State and Local Police to Target Michigan Immigrant Communities
DETROIT – Today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU) and researcher Dr. Geoffrey Alan Boyce released a new report exposing how Border Patrol, an agency within U...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Feb 26, 2021
ACLU Statement on New GAO Report on 287(g)
WASHINGTON — The Government Accountability Office released a new report today on 287(g) agreements, which tap local law enforcement to do Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Feb 18, 2021
ACLU Response to DHS Memo on Enforcement and Removals
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security issued a memo on interior enforcement today that outlines government policy that will apply during the next 90 days and addresses...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Feb 12, 2021
Over 60 Members of Congress Push President Biden and DHS to End Programs that Conscript Local Police to Work as Federal Immigration Enforcement
WASHINGTON — Over 60 members of Congress, led by Reps. Schakowsky, Quigley, and Espaillat, sent a letter today to new Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urging the ag...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
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Court CaseJul 2026
ICE and Border Patrol Abuses
Jackson-edney V. Labrador. Explore Case.Jackson-Edney v. Labrador
Six transgender residents of Idaho filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging HB 752, a 2026 state law that criminalizes their use of sex-designated public restrooms consistent with their gender identity. -
News & CommentaryAug 2026
ICE and Border Patrol Abuses
Criminal Law Reform
We’ve Filed More Than 50 Legal Claims Over Abuse By Federal Immigration Agents. Here's Why.. Explore News & Commentary.We’ve Filed More Than 50 Legal Claims Over Abuse by Federal Immigration Agents. Here's Why.
The claimants detail being unlawfully detained, denied medical care, or targeted simply for speaking out or recording what they saw. Their experiences reveal a dangerous pattern of abuse that threatens the rights and safety of us all. -
VirginiaAug 2026
ICE and Border Patrol Abuses
National Security
In Re: Application Of The United States Of America For An Order Pursuant To 18 U.s.c. § 2703(d). Explore Case.In Re: Application of The United States Of America for an Order Pursuant To 18 U.S.C. § 2703(d)
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South CarolinaAug 2026
ICE and Border Patrol Abuses
South Carolina Republican Party V. Bolchoz. Explore Case.South Carolina Republican Party v. Bolchoz
The South Carolina Republican Party has sued state election officials seeking to close South Carolina’s primary elections, excluding independent and unaffiliated voters from participating in what are often the only meaningful elections in their communities. Veterans for All Voters and The Chamberlain Network, two nonpartisan veterans’ organizations, have moved to intervene as defendants to protect their members’ right to vote in the primary of their choice and to ensure the State does not settle the case in a way that extinguishes those rights.