Press Releases
about Immigrants' Rights
Aug 28, 2024
ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging U.S. Government’s Unlawful Detention and Inhumane Treatment of Acquitted Man
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Nizar Trabelsi, a Tunisian national who was acquitted of terrorism-related charges last year, filed a lawsuit today in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern D...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Immigrants' Rights
Aug 26, 2024
New Report Exposes Rampant Abuse in Louisiana ICE Detention Facilities
Evidence gathered over two years reveals physical and sexual abuse, medical neglect, deprivation of basic necessities, and lack of language access
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
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
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
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
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