Press Releases
Dec 22, 2020
ACLU Statement on Biden Asylum Commitments
WASHINGTON — In regards to President-elect Biden’s commitment to restoring asylum at the southern U.S. border, the ACLU Director of Immigrants’ Rights Project Omar Jadwat, sa...
Dec 22, 2020
ACLU of Louisiana’s Justice Lab Announces Partnership to Provide Free Civil Representation to People Facing Charges Stemming from Racist Policing
New “Civil Gideon” partnership with Orleans Public Defenders comes as Justice Lab receives more than 150 complaints about unconstitutional and racially discriminatory policing
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Dec 22, 2020
New York Creates First-in-the-Nation Moratorium on Facial Recognition in Schools
Legislation Halts Ongoing Student Surveillance in Lockport, NY Schools
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Dec 22, 2020
NYCLU on NY Establishing Automatic Voter Registration
ALBANY, N.Y. — Today Governor Cuomo signed automatic voter registration into law, establishing a system that will make voting more accessible and expand the electorate in New Yor...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Dec 21, 2020
ACLU Statement on the COVID-19 Package
WASHINGTON — Ronald Newman, national political director for the American Civil Liberties Union, issued the following statement in response to the joint spending and COVID-19 reli...
Dec 21, 2020
Women’s and Civil Rights Groups, Athletes, Coaches, Corporations, and Legal and Medical Experts Tell Federal Appeals Court to Strike Down Idaho Anti-Trans Law
BOISE, Idaho — Hundreds of athletes, coaches, and businesses, as well as civil rights, legal, and medical experts submitted friend-of-the-court briefs with the Ninth Circuit Cour...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Hecox v. Little
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News & CommentaryOct 2025
Free Speech
Government Pressure To Suspend Jimmy Kimmel Was An Abuse Of Power. Explore News & Commentary.Government Pressure to Suspend Jimmy Kimmel Was an Abuse of Power
Late-night hosts have become targets as the Trump administration pressures networks, raising urgent questions about First Amendment protections. -
Rhode Island Supreme CourtOct 2025
Civil Liberties
Parente Et Al. V. Lefebvre Et Al.. Explore Case.Parente et al. v. Lefebvre et al.
This case asks whether state officials in Rhode Island can be held liable for their discriminatory acts under the Rhode Island Civil Rights Act (RICRA), a state anti-discrimination law. The State of Rhode Island asserts that it has sovereign immunity as to claims brought under the RICRA and therefore cannot be sued for damages for violating that law. The State Supreme Court Initiative and the ACLU of Rhode Island filed an amicus brief arguing that the State is wrong: discrimination claims under the RICRA are covered by the State Tort Claims Act’s broad waiver of state sovereign immunity for “all actions of torts.” Thus, state officials may be held liable when they engage in discrimination prohibited by the RICRA, allowing harmed Rhode Islanders to seek redress. -
News & CommentaryOct 2025
Immigrants' Rights
Pregnant And Postpartum Women Face Neglect And Abuse In Ice Detention. Explore News & Commentary.Pregnant and Postpartum Women Face Neglect and Abuse in ICE Detention
ACLU letter documents miscarriages, denial of prenatal care, and inadequate food and medical attention for women held in immigration facilities, calling for immediate release and reforms.