Press Releases
Jan 16, 2025
ACLU Comment on Presidential Executive Order to Strengthen Digital ID Regulations
WASHINGTON – Today, the Biden Administration announced an Executive Order on strengthening cybersecurity regulations for critical infrastructure sectors and establishing federal ...
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Jan 16, 2025
ACLU Statement on Federal Court Allowing Medication Abortion Case to Continue in Amarillo, Texas
The ruling issued by Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk threatens access to care across the country.
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jan 15, 2025
ACLU FOIA Litigation Continues to Disclose ICE Proposals to Expand Immigration Detention Nationwide
More Information Disclosed as President-elect Donald Trump Prepares to Enact Mass Deportations on Day One
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jan 15, 2025
Supreme Court May Decide if Government Can Age-Gate Sexual Expression Online
In Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, ACLU and partners urge court to find Texas’s age verification law unconstitutional
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Court case: Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton
Jan 14, 2025
ACLU Highlights Questions Ahead of Kristi Noem’s Confirmation Hearing for Secretary of Homeland Security
Noem's confirmation hearing in the Senate is scheduled for January 15.
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
National Security
Jan 10, 2025
ACLU Applauds Biden Administration’s TPS Actions
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration today announced an extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for El Salvador, Sudan, Ukraine, and Venezuela — impacting more than 900,...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
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News & CommentaryJan 2025
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"This is the Moment to Be 100 Percent In." How One of the ACLU’s Immigrants' Rights Experts is Fighting For Our Freedoms."This is the Moment to Be 100 Percent In." How One of the ACLU’s Immigrants' Rights Experts is Fighting For Our Freedoms.
At 13, Maribel Hernández Rivera thought that no one cared about her struggles as an undocumented person living in the U.S. Today, as an advocate for immigrants’ rights, she’s showing communities across the country that someone out there does care. -
News & CommentaryJan 2025
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Privacy & Technology
Banning TikTok is Unconstitutional. The Supreme Court Must Step In.Banning TikTok is Unconstitutional. The Supreme Court Must Step In.
Our First Amendment right to express ourselves must be protected. -
News & CommentaryJan 2025
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Supreme Court May Decide if the Government Can Childproof the InternetSupreme Court May Decide if the Government Can Childproof the Internet
In Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, the court will hear arguments about whether a law that requires age-verification before accessing sexual speech online is constitutional. We are in court to protect free speech on and offline. -
News & CommentaryJan 2025
Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp
The Long Journey HomeThe Long Journey Home
For many people seeking safety, the journey to winning asylum in the U.S. is long. The ACLU goes behind the scenes of our new series, Letters to America, to reflect on what daily life looks like for individuals building a new home in the States.