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about Human Rights
Mar 27, 2026
Federal Court Orders ICE to Provide People Detained at “Alligator Alcatraz” Detention Facility Access to Legal Counsel
FORT MYERS, Fl. – A federal court granted a preliminary injunction today that requires Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Florida Department of Emergency Manageme...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Human Rights
Court case: H.C.R. v. Noem
Mar 16, 2026
Legal Experts Underscore Illegality of U.S. Boat Strikes at Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Hearing
ACLU, Center for Constitutional Rights, and UN Human Rights Experts Tell International Panel to Take Immediate Action Before More People Are Killed
Issue Areas:
National Security
Human Rights
Feb 12, 2026
ACLU of Minnesota and ACLU Comment on the Trump Administration Announcing an End to Operation Metro Surge
MINNEAPOLIS — Today, “Border Czar” Tom Homan announced that the administration is ending its domestic federal deployment – Operation Metro Surge – in Minnesota. This depl...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Human Rights
Feb 04, 2026
ACLU Calls On U.N. to Investigate Trump Administration's Gross Violations of Human Rights in Minnesota
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Minnesota sent an urgent submission late last night to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial D...
Issue Areas:
Human Rights
Jan 27, 2026
Families of Trinidadian Men Killed in Illegal Boat Strike Sue Trump Administration
Oct. 14 strike that killed Chad Joseph and Rishi Samaroo is part of an unprecedented bombing campaign in the Caribbean
Issue Areas:
National Security
Human Rights
Jan 05, 2026
New Poll Shows Voters Overwhelmingly Support Public Accountability for U.S. Boat Strikes
According to an ACLU/YouGov poll fielded in mid-December, 83% agree that the Trump administration should publicly release its legal justification for their lethal strikes on civilian boats at sea
Issue Areas:
National Security
Human Rights
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News & CommentaryMar 2026
Human Rights
+2 Issues
How One Playwright Is Using Theatre To Expose The Surveillance State. Explore News & Commentary.How One Playwright is Using Theatre to Expose the Surveillance State
As the ACLU fights to protect people’s privacy, playwright Matthew Libby discusses his play about the private companies fueling the government’s surveillance of immigrants. -
News & CommentaryApr 2026
Human Rights
+2 Issues
All The Ways Palantir Is Assisting Trump’s Abusive Removal Campaign. Explore News & Commentary.All the Ways Palantir is Assisting Trump’s Abusive Removal Campaign
How culpable is the company for the constitutional and human rights violations of the deportation drive? -
News & CommentaryFeb 2026
Human Rights
Immigrants' Rights
Congress Must Rein In Ice To Improve The State Of The Union. Explore News & Commentary.Congress Must Rein in ICE to Improve the State of the Union
President Donald Trump will likely celebrate a false sense of success in his State of the Union address. There’s strength in this union, but not the way the president thinks. -
MassachusettsJan 2026
Human Rights
National Security
Burnley V. U.s.: Demanding Accountability On Caribbean Boat Strikes. Explore Case.Burnley v. U.S.: Demanding Accountability on Caribbean Boat Strikes
On October 14, 2025, the United States military carried out an illegal missile strike that killed Chad Joseph and Rishi Samaroo, two Trinidadian men who were traveling by boat from Venezuela to their homes in Las Cuevas, Trinidad and Tobago. The American Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, and Professor Jonathan Hafetz of Seton Hall Law School filed suit on behalf of Lenore Burnley, Mr. Joseph’s mother, and Sallycar Korasingh, Mr. Samaroo’s sister, seeking redress and accountability for these extrajudicial killings pursuant to the Death on the High Seas Act and the Alien Tort Statute.