Press Releases | American Civil Liberties Union

Feb 04, 2024

Supplemental Funding Package Would Eviscerate Longstanding Protections for Families and Others Seeking Safety

WASHINGTON — A group of Senators today released the framework for a deal that would eviscerate protections for people seeking asylum in exchange for unrelated foreign aid. Follow...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Feb 01, 2024

ACLU Applauds Appeals Court Decision Halting Enforcement of Florida Law That Bans Many Immigrants from China and Other Countries From Buying Homes

This decision temporarily blocks enforcement of Florida’s discriminatory housing law, known as SB 264, for two plaintiffs in this case

Issue Areas: National Security Immigrants' Rights

Court case: Shen v. Simpson

Jan 27, 2024

ACLU Urges President Biden to Abandon Disastrous Immigration Proposals

WASHINGTON — President Biden yesterday expressed his support for the harmful anti-immigrant policies being considered in the ongoing supplemental funding negotiations. In his sta...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Jan 18, 2024

Civil and Immigrants’ Rights Organizations Urge Federal Clemency for Military Veterans Vulnerable to Deportation

WASHINGTON — Organizations representing noncitizen military veterans whose federal criminal convictions make them vulnerable to deportation are urging President Biden to use his ...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights Smart Justice

Jan 12, 2024

Civil Rights Groups File Preliminary Injunction to Block Texas’ Anti-Immigrant Law S.B. 4 From Taking Effect

AUSTIN, Texas — The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, the ACLU, and the Texas Civil Rights Project today filed a preliminary injunction in federal court to block Texas’ ...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Dec 19, 2023

Civil Rights Organizations Sue to Block Texas from Enacting Extremist Immigration Law

AUSTIN, Texas — The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Texas, and the Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) filed a lawsuit today challenging Texas Senate Bill 4, which woul...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

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