Press Releases
about Immigrants' Rights
Oct 22, 2025
Acquitted Soccer Player Free to Reunite with Family in Belgium After Over a Decade in Solitary Confinement
Nizar Trabelsi, a Tunisian national and former professional soccer player who was acquitted of terrorism-related charges over two years ago, has finally been flown home to Belgium ...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Immigrants' Rights
Oct 22, 2025
Nonprofits Urge ICE to End Detention of Pregnant People Following Reports of Abuse and Medical Neglect
Letter to ICE leadership details shackling, solitary confinement, and a miscarriage without care in Louisiana and Georgia facilities
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Oct 16, 2025
United We Dream, ACLU, and Partners Launch Historic $30 Million Dollar Fund to Scale Up Access to Lawyers for Families Fighting Wrongful Detention, Deportation
The Defending Our Neighbors Fund will drive millions of dollars to legal service groups providing urgent legal representation to families nationwide.
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Oct 04, 2025
ACLU and ACLU of Illinois Slam President Trump’s Imminent Activation of 300 Troops to Chicago
Following a surge of federal agents in Chicago, the Trump administration will reportedly deploy Illinois National Guard troops despite the governor’s repeated objections
Oct 03, 2025
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Block on Trump Birthright Citizenship Executive Order
BOSTON — A federal appeals court in Massachusetts today upheld a block on President Trump’s executive order that seeks to strip babies born in the United States of their U.S. c...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Oct 01, 2025
ACLU, ACLU of Virginia, ACLU of North Carolina Sue ICE for Records Regarding Potential Expansion of Immigration Detention in Virginia
ICE ignored August 2025 FOIA request, prompting subsequent litigation
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: ACLU Foundation v. ICE
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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. -
News & CommentaryOct 2025
Immigrants' Rights
Trump Is Weaponizing The Uscis For The First Time In The Agency’s History. Explore News & Commentary.Trump Is Weaponizing the USCIS for the First Time in the Agency’s History
USCIS oversees applications for legal immigration, like citizenship, legal permanent residency, work authorization, and more. Trump is now staffing the agency with armed law enforcement agents to make arrests. -
News & CommentaryOct 2025
Immigrants' Rights
Trump Is Abusing His Power To Build A Dangerous, National Policing Force. Explore News & Commentary.Trump is Abusing His Power to Build a Dangerous, National Policing Force
Trump is building out a paramilitary policing force unaccountable to the public. But states have tools to resist this dangerous abuse of power and protect communities from intimidation. -
News & CommentaryOct 2025
Immigrants' Rights
Women's Rights
Federal Judge Blocks Trump Effort To Bar Some Immigrant Families From Head Start. Explore News & Commentary.Federal Judge Blocks Trump Effort to Bar Some Immigrant Families From Head Start
The ruling halts a Trump administration directive that would have excluded certain immigrant children from Head Start, a program serving families who are eligible nationwide. The decision ensures immigrant families can continue to access early education, child care, and critical support services while the ACLU’s lawsuit moves forward.