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Jun 11, 2020
ACLU Comment on Trump ICC Sanctions Order
WASHINGTON — President Trump today issued an executive order authorizing economic sanctions and travel restrictions against International Criminal Court personnel and their famil...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Human Rights
Feb 25, 2020
ACLU, FreedomWorks Launch Multi-State Ad Campaign to Reform Surveillance Laws
Organizations Mobilizing Millions to Call on Congress to Rein in the Surveillance State
Issue Areas:
National Security
Feb 07, 2020
NYCLU to Sue DHS for Illegal Suspension of Global Entry Program for New Yorkers
NEW YORK – The New York Civil Liberties Union today announced its intention to file a class-action lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security for its retaliatory suspens...
Feb 06, 2020
NYCLU Statement on the Suspension of Global Entry
NEW YORK - Yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security announced the suspension of Global Entry and other Trusted Traveler Programs as a response to the passage and implementati...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
National Security
Jan 30, 2020
ACLU National and ACLU Puerto Rico Oppose Puerto Rico Internet Voting Bill
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Puerto Rico urged Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez in a public letter sent today to veto Senate P...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
National Security
Jan 21, 2020
ACLU of Massachusetts Statement on Iranian Student Removed from U.S.
BOSTON — Shahab Dehghani, a student at Northeastern University, attempted to return to the United States on Sunday. At Boston Logan Airport, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (C...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
National Security
About the ACLU
The American Civil Liberties Union has media staff available to handle inquiries from journalists on national issues affecting civil liberties, including questions on legislative matters that touch on civil liberties and constitutional freedoms and inquiries related to ACLU lawsuits.
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The ACLU has 54 local offices across the U.S. working with attorneys and activists in their communities to shape better policies and spread awareness about their states' priority civil rights issues.
Local inquiries should be directed to the appropriate ACLU state affiliate.
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MassachusettsJan 2026
National Security
Human Rights
Burnley V. U.s.: Demanding Accountability On Caribbean Boat Strikes. Explore Case.Burnley v. U.S.: Demanding Accountability on Caribbean Boat Strikes
On October 14, 2025, the United States military carried out an illegal missile strike that killed Chad Joseph and Rishi Samaroo, two Trinidadian men who were traveling by boat from Venezuela to their homes in Las Cuevas, Trinidad and Tobago. The American Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, and Professor Jonathan Hafetz of Seton Hall Law School filed suit on behalf of Lenore Burnley, Mr. Joseph’s mother, and Sallycar Korasingh, Mr. Samaroo’s sister, seeking redress and accountability for these extrajudicial killings pursuant to the Death on the High Seas Act and the Alien Tort Statute. -
News & CommentaryJan 2026
National Security
Privacy & Technology
Government-mandated Software A Looming Threat To Freedom. Explore News & Commentary.Government-Mandated Software a Looming Threat to Freedom
Trend seen around the world — and potentially in the US — opens the door to inescapable censorship and surveillance -
News & CommentaryJan 2026
National Security
Privacy & Technology
Flock Ceo Goes Ballistic On Critics As More Americans Question Mass Driver Surveillance. Explore News & Commentary.Flock CEO Goes Ballistic on Critics as More Americans Question Mass Driver Surveillance
CEO attacks motives of people who care about privacy, says they are trying to “normalize lawlessness” and “let murderers go free” -
News & CommentaryDec 2025
National Security
Privacy & Technology
Secure Messaging And Ai Don’t Mix. Explore News & Commentary.Secure Messaging and AI Don’t Mix
A Privacy Failure Waiting to Happen