Press Releases

Nov 08, 2023

NJ Advocacy Organizations Hand-Deliver a Lame Duck Agenda to State Legislative District Offices

NEWARK – New Jersey advocates are organizing a state-wide day of action to hand-deliver a Lame Duck agenda to legislators across the state, pressing them to pass critical legisla...

Nov 07, 2023

ACLU Statement on Reproductive Freedom Victories in the 2023 Elections

NEW YORK — Voters across the country showed up at the polls today to support the right to abortion and create critical protections for women and pregnant people to make the best ...

Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

Nov 07, 2023

Immigration Advocates, Community Allies Rally to Demand End to Asylum Ban

Rally came as Ninth Circuit Court in Pasadena heard oral arguments in the legal challenge against Biden’s asylum ban

Nov 07, 2023

ACLU Applauds Introduction of Bipartisan Government Surveillance Reform Act to Rein in Warrantless Government Surveillance

Sens. Wyden and Lee’s Bill Would Protect Americans Against Several Types of Warrantless U.S. Government Surveillance

Issue Areas: National Security Privacy & Technology

Nov 06, 2023

ACLU Strongly Condemns Anti-Palestinian Immigration Bill

Group calls on lawmakers to reject harmful policy, support Temporary Protected Status for Palestinians as violence continues in Gaza

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights Human Rights

Nov 03, 2023

ACLU Calls on White House, U.S. Senate Leaders to Protect Asylum System from Attacks in Budget Negotiations

WASHINGTON — Today, Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, issued the following statement in response to emerging reports that the White Hou...

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