Press Releases
about National Security
Feb 07, 2020
NYCLU to Sue DHS for Illegal Suspension of Global Entry Program for New Yorkers
NEW YORK – The New York Civil Liberties Union today announced its intention to file a class-action lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security for its retaliatory suspens...
Feb 06, 2020
NYCLU Statement on the Suspension of Global Entry
NEW YORK – Yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security announced the suspension of Global Entry and other Trusted Traveler Programs as a response to the passage and implem...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
National Security
Jan 30, 2020
ACLU National and ACLU Puerto Rico Oppose Puerto Rico Internet Voting Bill
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Puerto Rico urged Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez in a public letter sent today to veto Senate P...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
National Security
Jan 21, 2020
ACLU of Massachusetts Statement on Iranian Student Removed from U.S.
BOSTON — Shahab Dehghani, a student at Northeastern University, attempted to return to the United States on Sunday. At Boston Logan Airport, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (C...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
National Security
Jan 03, 2020
ACLU Comment on Baghdad Strike
NEW YORK — In response to a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad that killed a top Iranian military commander and others, American Civil Liberties Union National Security Project Director H...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Jun 12, 2019
ACLU Sues Coast Guard for Kidnapping, Abusive Treatment of Jamaican Fishermen
Men Suffered Burns, Trauma, and Financial Ruin Due to Month-Long Forced Detention At Sea
Issue Areas:
Human Rights
National Security
Court case: Weir v. U.S.
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