Press Releases
Sep 30, 2024
ACLU Reaction to Biden Administration’s Changes to Most Recent Asylum Ban
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced today that it will make it harder for people to exercise their right to seek asylum by further entrenching the restrictions in its...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Sep 26, 2024
ACLU and IRAP Sue U.S. Government for Information Regarding Secretive Practice of Refugee Detention at Guantánamo Bay
Advocates Seek Information About Guantánamo Migrant Operations Center Following Release of IRAP Report Featuring Testimonies from Detained Families
Sep 26, 2024
Free Speech Organizations Urge University of Maryland to Lift Unconstitutional ‘Expressive Event’ Ban
In Friend-of-the-Court Brief, ACLU, FIRE, and Knight Institute Argue UMD’s 10/7 Expressive Event Ban Violates Students’ First Amendment Rights
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
LGBTQ Rights
Sep 25, 2024
ACLU Names Cecillia Wang as New National Legal Director
A Renowned Litigator Who Has Argued Before the U.S. Supreme Court, ACLU Veteran Attorney Wang Will Be the First Woman and Woman of Color in This Role
Issue Areas:
Civil Liberties
Sep 24, 2024
ACLU Urges Ninth Circuit to Uphold Rights of People with Felony Convictions
SAN FRANCISCO – The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Northern California, ACLU of Southern California, ACLU of Nevada, ACLU of Arizona, and ACLU of Alaska filed an amicus ...
Sep 24, 2024
ACLU Files Emergency Lawsuit to Extend Voter Registration Deadline in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Puerto Rico, and Guillermo Ramos Luina filed an emergency lawsuit today to extend the voter registration deadl...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Espíritu v. Comisión Estatal de Elecciones
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