Press Releases

Dec 04, 2023

Pilots Reach Settlement with Frontier Airlines Over Lactation and Pregnancy Policies

DENVER – Five pilots have reached a settlement with Frontier Airlines resolving EEOC charges filed in May 2018 and a lawsuit filed in December 2019 alleging that the company disc...

Issue Areas: Women's Rights

Court case: Freyer v. Frontier and Hodgkins v. Frontier

Dec 01, 2023

NYCLU Submits Brief Supporting Federal Receivership at Rikers Island

NEW YORK– Today, the New York Civil Liberties Union submitted an amicus brief in support of federal receivership at Rikers Island. In the brief, the NYCLU argues that receivershi...

Nov 30, 2023

ACLU and EFF Applaud Ruling Halting Montana TikTok Ban

MISSOULA, Mont. — The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Montana, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) applaud a ruling by the federal district court in Montana that...

Issue Areas: Free Speech National Security

Nov 30, 2023

ACLU Demands CBP, Medical Contractors Be Held Accountable for Serious Violations in Immigration Detention Facilities

WASHINGTON — In response to a damning new whistleblower complaint around serious medical neglect and government contract violations in Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilit...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Nov 30, 2023

ACLU, Advocates Demand U.S. Government Reverse Policy that Discriminates Against Non-English Speaking Asylum Seekers

WASHINGTON — A coalition of 100 advocacy organizations across the country sent a letter today to the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice demanding that U.S....

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Nov 29, 2023

ACLU Endorses New Senate Bill Banning TSA from Using Facial Recognition Technology in Airports

WASHINGTON — Today Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and a bipartisan group of senators introduced the Traveler Privacy Protection Act, a bill that would prohibit the Transportation Sec...

Issue Areas: Privacy & Technology

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