Feb 12, 2024
Immigrants’ Rights Advocates Release New Report Detailing Border Patrol’s Inhumane Confiscations of Migrants’ Personal Belongings 
Border Patrol routinely trashes and confiscates migrants' medications, legal documents, religious items, and other essentials.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Feb 04, 2024
Supplemental Funding Package Would Eviscerate Longstanding Protections for Families and Others Seeking Safety
WASHINGTON — A group of Senators today released the framework for a deal that would eviscerate protections for people seeking asylum in exchange for unrelated foreign aid. Follow...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Feb 01, 2024
ACLU Applauds Appeals Court Decision Halting Enforcement of Florida Law That Bans Many Immigrants from China and Other Countries From Buying Homes
This decision temporarily blocks enforcement of Florida’s discriminatory housing law, known as SB 264, for two plaintiffs in this case
Court case: Shen v. Simpson
Jan 27, 2024
ACLU Urges President Biden to Abandon Disastrous Immigration Proposals
WASHINGTON — President Biden yesterday expressed his support for the harmful anti-immigrant policies being considered in the ongoing supplemental funding negotiations. In his sta...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Jan 18, 2024
Civil and Immigrants’ Rights Organizations Urge Federal Clemency for Military Veterans Vulnerable to Deportation
WASHINGTON — Organizations representing noncitizen military veterans whose federal criminal convictions make them vulnerable to deportation are urging President Biden to use his ...
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