Press Releases | American Civil Liberties Union

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

Jun 01, 2015

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge to Arizona Immigration Bail Ruling

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court today announced it would not hear a challenge to an appeals court ruling striking down Arizona's Proposition 100, which denied bail to people ...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Court case: Lopez-Valenzuela, et al. v. Maricopa County, et al.

Apr 15, 2015

Federal Appeals Court Backs Remedies to Prevent Racial Profiling of Arizona Latinos in Arpaio Case

PHOENIX — A federal appeals court today affirmed an Arizona federal judge’s finding that the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office engaged in unconstitutional racial profiling aga...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Court case: Ortega Melendres, et al. v. Arpaio, et al.

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