Press Releases
Jan 20, 2025
Immigrants’ Rights Advocates Sue Trump Administration Over Birthright Citizenship Executive Order
New order puts newborns in harm’s way, is unconstitutional, and flouts fundamental American values
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jan 20, 2025
ACLU Statement on the Passing of Cecile Richards
NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union mourns the loss of Cecile Richards, a one-in-a-generation leader whose passion, resilience, and vision transformed the landscape of ...
Jan 17, 2025
Court Rules Cruel Immigration Policy is Unlawful
For years, USCIS has used the Controlled Application Review and Resolution Program (CARRP) to delay and deny applications for citizenship or green cards
Issue Areas:
National Security
Immigrants' Rights
Jan 17, 2025
ACLU Statement on Senate Advancing Laken Riley Act to Final Vote
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate voted today to advance S. 5, the Laken Riley Act, teeing the bill up for a final vote on Monday. The first immigration bill of the new Congress, the ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jan 17, 2025
ACLU Slams Supreme Court TikTok Ruling
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court issued a major blow to freedom of expression online today by refusing to block legislation that will effectively ban TikTok in the United States be...
Court case: TikTok Inc., et al. v. Garland (Amicus)
Jan 17, 2025
ACLU Applauds President Biden’s Decision to Grant Clemency to Nearly 2,500 People
WASHINGTON – President Biden announced today that he will commute the sentences of nearly 2,500 people impacted by the failed war on drugs – a war that devastated communities b...
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
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News & CommentaryJan 2025
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Trump’s Executive Orders Rolling Back DEI and Accessibility Efforts, ExplainedTrump’s Executive Orders Rolling Back DEI and Accessibility Efforts, Explained
These orders represent a deliberate attempt to undo progress on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility and create new barriers to opportunity. -
News & CommentaryJan 2025
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The High Costs of Abortion BansThe High Costs of Abortion Bans
For individuals, couples and communities facing the nation's most restrictive abortion bans, access to abortion care is not just politics, it’s personal. -
North CarolinaJan 2025
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Griffin v. North Carolina Board of Elections (Amicus)Griffin v. North Carolina Board of Elections (Amicus)
Justice Allison Riggs recently won a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court, but losing candidate Judge Jefferson Griffin refuses to concede. He seeks to invalidate tens of thousands of votes retroactively and overturn the election in the absence of any evidence of fraud or impropriety. The ACLU and the ACLU of North Carolina have filed an amicus brief on behalf of scholars of democratic backsliding who warn that Griffin’s maneuvers are part of a troubling trend of democratic erosion in North Carolina. -
U.S. Supreme CourtJan 2025
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Perttu v RichardsPerttu v Richards
The Seventh Amendment gives people a constitutional right to a jury trial in civil cases seeking money damages. The Supreme Court will now decide whether incarcerated plaintiffs have a right to a jury trial on questions of administrative exhaustion under the Prison Litigation Reform Act, when the facts underlying exhaustion would also decide the merits of their case.