Press Releases
about Immigrants' Rights
Nov 17, 2015
ACLU, Coalition Urge Congress to Continue Support for US Refugee Resettlement Program
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union, along with 80 other groups, sent a letter to Congress voicing support for the U.S. refugee resettlement program and opposing effo...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Immigrants' Rights
Nov 12, 2015
ACLU CBP Body-Camera Announcement Fails to Address Accountability Crisis
LAS CRUCES, NM—Today, Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske announced additional phases to further study the use of body-worn and other camera technologies at U.S. Customs and Border P...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Oct 29, 2015
ACLU Comment on Immigration Bond Hearing Ruling
PASADENA, Calif. — A federal appeals court has affirmed and expanded its prior ruling that immigrants in prolonged detention receive a bond hearing. The Ninth Circuit Court of Ap...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Rodriguez, et al. v. Robbins, et al.
Aug 07, 2015
Obama Administration Asks Judge to Reconsider Ruling to Release Children From Detention
WASHINGTON, D.C–The Department of Justice (DOJ) asked a federal judge yesterday to reconsider her ruling calling for the release of thousands of Central American families seeking...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jul 27, 2015
ACLU Announces Settlement in Lawsuit Over Warrantless Raid By US Immigration Agents and Nashville Police
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The American Civil Liberties Union announced a settlement in a federal lawsuit filed on behalf of victims of a warrantless raid in Nashville, Tennessee, by U.S...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Escobar v. Gaines
Jun 24, 2015
ACLU Response to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson's Statement on Family Detention and Asylum
WASHINGTON — U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said in a statement today that he has "reached the conclusion that we must make substantial changes in our detention pra...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
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Anti-Immigrant Extremists Want to Use this 226-Year-Old Law to Implement a Mass Deportation Program
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Michigan Immigrant Rights Center v. Gretchen Whitmer
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Three Ways the Media Introduces Bias to the Immigration Debate