Press Releases
about Immigrants' Rights
Jun 15, 2023
Immigrants’ Rights Organizations Urge Homeland Security Secretary to Reassess 287(g) Following New Racial Profiling Guidance
WASHINGTON — More than 100 civil and immigrants’ rights organizations are calling on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to reassess and rescind 287(g) agreements, w...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
May 30, 2023
Immigrants’ Rights Organizations Reach Settlement in Case Brought to Protect Medically Vulnerable People Detained by ICE
SEATTLE – The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington approved a settlement agreement today in Favela Avendaño v. Bostock, a case brought in 2020 by the Amer...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
May 25, 2023
Voting and Immigrants’ Rights Advocates Sue Over New Florida Law That Targets Voter Registration, Civic Engagement, and Political Speech
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Voting and immigrants’ rights advocates filed a federal lawsuit today challenging a new Florida law, SB 7050, that targets community-based organizations per...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Hispanic Federation v. Byrd
May 22, 2023
Chinese Immigrants Sue Florida Over Unconstitutional and Discriminatory Law Banning Them From Buying Land
ACLU and Partners Argue SB 264 Violates the Constitution and the Fair Housing Act
May 11, 2023
Immigrants’ Rights Advocates Sue Biden Administration Over New Asylum Ban
SAN FRANCISCO — The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Northern California, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, and National Immigrant Justice Center filed a legal chal...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
May 10, 2023
ACLU Comment on Biden’s Asylum Ban
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration released its new asylum ban today after tens of thousands of individuals and organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union, su...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
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