Press Releases | American Civil Liberties Union

Aug 20, 2024

ACLU Announces Roadmap to Protect and Expand Immigrants’ Rights Under a Harris Administration

WASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) released the Harris on Immigration: A New Opportunity to Reform Our Immigration System memo today, outlining Democratic nom...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Jul 15, 2024

ACLU, NWIRP in Court to Challenge USCIS’s Secretive and Harmful “Extreme Vetting” Program for Green-Card and Citizenship Applicants

WHAT: The American Civil Liberties Union, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP), and their partners will be in federal court on behalf of thousands of green-card and citizens...

Issue Areas: National Security Immigrants' Rights

Court case: Wagafe v. USCIS - Lawsuit Challenging Secret Program Blocking Immigrant Applications

Jul 10, 2024

New ACLU Report Examines Secretive Policy Used to Delay and Deny Immigrants’ Green Card and Citizenship Applications

Based on newly unsealed records, this is the first comprehensive account of DHS’s CARRP program in almost a decade

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights National Security

Court case: Wagafe v. USCIS - Lawsuit Challenging Secret Program Blocking Immigrant Applications

Jun 28, 2024

Federal Court Temporarily Blocks Oklahoma’s Anti-Immigrant HB 4156

OKLAHOMA CITY — A federal court has temporarily blocked Oklahoma’s HB 4156, a harmful and far-reaching law that would have devastating consequences for Oklahoma’s immigrant c...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Court case: Padres Unidos de Tulsa v. Drummond

Jun 28, 2024

ACLU Comment on TPS Redesignation for Haiti

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration today announced the extension and redesignation of Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, from Aug. 4, 2024, to Feb. 3, 2...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Jun 25, 2024

95 Percent of Deaths in ICE Detention Could Likely Have Been Prevented With Adequate Medical Care: Report

New study reveals persistent medical care failures in immigration detention facilities, examines 52 deaths from 2017-2021

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

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