Press Releases

Mar 08, 2019

ACLU Comment on Family Separation Ruling 

Federal Court Rules Potentially Thousands More Families Covered Under ACLU Lawsuit SAN DIEGO — A federal court has rejected the Trump administration’s claim that it has no resp...

Mar 07, 2019

ACLU Launches Nationwide Tour to Mark 100 Year Anniversary

Beginning at SXSW in Austin, the ACLU 100 Experience Will Visit 15 Cities to Inspire People to Join the Fight for Civil Rights and Liberties

Mar 07, 2019

ACLU Comment on Federal Court Decision in Trans Military Ban Case

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 7, 2019 CONTACT: Tyler Richard, 646-905-8868 BALTIMORE – A federal court today ruled that the Trump administration’s ban on transgender service membe...

Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights

Court case: Stone v. Trump

Mar 07, 2019

Appeals Court Rules Denial of Asylum Seekers’ Access to Courts is Unconstitutional

NEW YORK — A federal appeals court has ruled that asylum seekers are entitled to federal court review of their expedited removal orders. The case, Thuraissigiam v. USDHS, was bro...

Court case: Department of Homeland Security v. Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam

Mar 06, 2019

ACLU Statement on Report of Government Tracking Journalists and Immigration Advocates at Border

NEW YORK — The U.S. government is reportedly targeting journalists, activists, and lawyers reporting on, aiding, or representing migrants at the southern border by sending them t...

Mar 06, 2019

ACLU Comment on EO Revoking Requirement to Release Casualty Numbers From Lethal Strikes Abroad

NEW YORK — President Trump today issued an executive order revoking a 2016 executive order provision requiring the government to release annual statistics on drone and other leth...

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