Press Releases
about Immigrants' Rights
Apr 09, 2021
Federal Court Allows ACLU Case Challenging Border Patrol’s Use of Checkpoints to Proceed
CONCORD, N.H. – The federal district court in New Hampshire is allowing an ACLU lawsuit challenging Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) immigration checkpoints in New England...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Mar 25, 2021
New ACLU of Michigan Report: Border Patrol Operates Far from the Border and Uses Racial Profiling and State and Local Police to Target Michigan Immigrant Communities
DETROIT – Today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU) and researcher Dr. Geoffrey Alan Boyce released a new report exposing how Border Patrol, an agency within U...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Mar 18, 2021
ACLU Statement on Passage of Dream and Promise Act
WASHINGTON — The following is a statement from Naureen Shah, senior advocacy and policy counsel for the ACLU, regarding passage of the American Dream and Promise Act by the U.S. ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Mar 17, 2021
Statement on Hearing of the House Committee on Homeland Security
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas will testify before the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security today, laying out his vision for the DHS du...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Mar 09, 2021
ACLU Statement on Biden’s Refusal to Address Diversity Visas
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced that it will not issue visas to diversity visa applicants from fiscal year 2017 to 2020, who were denied their visas under the Tru...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Mar 05, 2021
ACLU Calls on Biden Administration to Address CBP Abuses at the Border
Analysis of 13 Unresolved Complaints Highlights Need to Prioritize Reform Recommendations
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
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