Jul 19, 2017
ACLU Comment on Justice Department Expansion of Civil Asset Forfeiture
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced today the reversal of former Attorney General Eric Holder’s policy to curb law enforcement seizures of people’s property...
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform
Jul 19, 2017
ACLU Statement on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Spending Bill
WASHINGTON — The House Appropriations Committee will consider today the annual spending bill for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. The bill incl...
Jul 18, 2017
ACLU Comment on Reports of Senate DREAM Act
WASHINGTON — Media reports indicate that the Senate may introduce a new, bipartisan bill titled the DREAM Act to provide a pathway to legal status for young, undocumented immigra...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Jul 18, 2017
ACLU Comment on Ruling in Trump Election Commission Challenge
NEW YORK — A federal court denied emergency relief compelling the release of additional documents and requiring in person access at the July 19th meeting of President Trump’s e...
Issue Areas: Voting Rights
Jul 18, 2017
ACLU Statement on House Bill to Fund Department of Homeland Security
WASHINGTON — The House Appropriations Committee is considering today the annual funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security. The bill is full of provisions that would in...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Jul 17, 2017
ACLU Responds to Minneapolis Police Officers’ Failure to Activate Body Cameras in the Justine Damond Killing
ST. PAUL, Minn. –The following statement can be attributed to Teresa Nelson, interim executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota, in response to the kil...
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