Press Releases
Jul 19, 2024
ACLU Releases Legal, Legislative, and Advocacy Roadmap to Fight the Expansion of Mass Incarceration by a Second Trump Administration
The roadmap continues ACLU’s 2024 “Freedom is on the Ballot” election policy memo series exploring likely policies from a potential Trump or Biden second term.
Jul 15, 2024
ACLU, NWIRP in Court to Challenge USCIS’s Secretive and Harmful “Extreme Vetting” Program for Green-Card and Citizenship Applicants
WHAT:
The American Civil Liberties Union, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP), and their partners will be in federal court on behalf of thousands of green-card and citizens...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Immigrants' Rights
Jul 13, 2024
ACLU Statement Condemning Attack Against Former President Trump
NEW YORK – American Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Anthony Romero issued the following statement regarding the shooting of former President Trump:
“Every time someone...
Jul 11, 2024
ACLU Condemns House Measure Against Department of Education Title IX Rule
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass H.J. Res. 165, a Congressional Review Act resolution disapproving of the U.S. Department of Education’s fina...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
LGBTQ Rights
Jul 11, 2024
In a Major Win for our Right to Protest, Federal Court Rules in Favor of Prominent Civil Rights Activist
The decision in Doe v. Mckesson affirms that the First Amendment protects protest leaders and organizers from being held liable for other people’s actions that they did not direct or intend
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Court case: Mckesson v. Doe
Jul 11, 2024
ACLU Applauds Legislation Creating Oversight and Accountability in Federal Prisons
WASHINGTON – Congress passed the Federal Prison Oversight Act (H.R.3019/S.1401) yesterday, a bipartisan bill that will establish an independent oversight office to investigate an...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
LGBTQ Rights
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