May 22, 2018
ACLU Comment on Education Secretary DeVos Remarks About Reporting Undocumented Students to ICE
WASHINGTON — In testimony before the House Education and the Workforce committee today, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said it’s up to local schools whether they want to re...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
May 22, 2018
Federal Court Sides with Gavin Grimm, Affirming that Federal Law Protects Transgender Students
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A federal court today denied the Gloucester County School Board’s motion to dismiss a case brought by former student Gavin Grimm, holding that Title IX and ...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
May 22, 2018
ACLU on Introduction of Do No Harm Act
WASHINGTON — Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) introduced today the Do No Harm Act, which would prevent the use of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) to evade compliance wi...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
May 22, 2018
Emails Show How Amazon Is Selling Facial Recognition System to Law Enforcement
Broad Coalition Demands That Amazon Stop Selling Dragnet Surveillance Tool to the Government, Citing Privacy and Racial Justice Concerns
May 21, 2018
ACLU, University of Chicago Law School International Human Rights Clinic to Release Report on CBP Abuse of Immigrant Children
WHAT:The American Civil Liberties Union’s Border Litigation Project and the International Human Rights Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School will release a new report on...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
May 18, 2018
ACLU Response to Trump Administration Plans to Dismantle Federal Family Planning Program
WASHINGTON — The White House is expected to announce plans to gut Title X, the nation’s family planning program that provides birth control and other basic preventive services ...
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