Press Releases
about Immigrants' Rights
May 02, 2023
ACLU Comment on Biden Administration Sending Troops to Southern Border
WASHINGTON — News broke today that the Biden administration plans to send 1,500 active-duty military troops to the United States’ southern border to perform “monitoring and a...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Apr 25, 2023
New Evidence of Horrific Treatment of Pregnant People in CBP Custody Reignites Demands For Change
180 Organizations and Medical Professionals Sign Letter to Acting Commissioner Tiller Demanding CBP Strictly Limit Detention of Pregnant, Postpartum, Nursing People, Their Infants
Apr 13, 2023
ACLU Sues ICE to Obtain Nationwide Policies on Antiviral Medications in Immigration Detention
SAN FRANCISCO — The American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, and Goodwin today filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Se...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Apr 13, 2023
ACLU Commends Biden Action on DACA Health Coverage
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced today that hundreds of thousands of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients will be eligible for affordable healt...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Mar 30, 2023
ACLU Seeks Public Records Regarding Access to Critical Legal Resources in ICE Detention
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union submitted a public records request today, under the Freedom of Information Act, to obtain documents regarding the quality and avai...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Mar 27, 2023
ACLU Urges Biden Admin to Abandon Plans for Illegal Asylum Ban in New Public Comment
NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a public comment in opposition to a rule proposed by the Biden administration that would force people to seek asylum and...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
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