Press Releases

Jun 18, 2024

ACLU Comment on Biden Plan to Keep Families Together

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is poised to announce an executive action today designed to protect many U.S. citizens’ undocumented spouses and their children from depor...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Jun 18, 2024

Garza Martinez, ACLU, and ACLU of Texas Fight to Hold Government Accountable for Unlawful Prosecution of South Texas’ Lizelle Gonzalez

McALLEN, Texas – The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Texas, and Texas-based firm Garza Martinez filed an opposition to a motion to dismiss today in a case challenging the...

Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform

Court case: Gonzalez v. Ramirez et al.

Jun 17, 2024

Federal Court Temporarily Halts Iowa's Anti-Immigrant SF 2340

A federal court has temporarily blocked Iowa’s anti-immigrant SF 2340. The ruling is here: https://www.aclu.org/cases/iowa-migrant-mov…r-justice-v-bird The ruling stems fro...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Court case: Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice v. Bird

Jun 17, 2024

Federal Court Partially Halts Oklahoma’s Classroom Censorship Law

OKLAHOMA CITY — A federal court granted a partial preliminary injunction that will blunt the impact of Oklahoma’s classroom censorship law, HB 1775, which sought to severely re...

Issue Areas: Free Speech Racial Justice

Court case: Black Emergency Response Team v. O'Connor

Jun 14, 2024

Florida Educators Urge Appeals Court to Block Florida’s Stop W.O.K.E. Act

MIAMI — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit will hear arguments today in Pernell v. Lamb, a lawsuit challenging the Stop W.O.K.E. Act, a classroom censorship law which...

Issue Areas: Free Speech Racial Justice

Court case: Pernell v. Lamb

Jun 13, 2024

In Narrow Ruling, Supreme Court Revives Lawsuit Challenging Speech-Related Retaliatory Arrest

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court issued a narrow ruling today in Gonzalez v. Trevino, rejecting a court of appeals’ overly restrictive rule for what individuals must show to sue ...

Issue Areas: Free Speech Criminal Law Reform

Court case: Gonzalez v. Trevino

About the ACLU

The American Civil Liberties Union has media staff available to handle inquiries from journalists on national issues affecting civil liberties, including questions on legislative matters that touch on civil liberties and constitutional freedoms and inquiries related to ACLU lawsuits.

To schedule an interview with an ACLU expert, email media@aclu.org or leave a voicemail at (212) 549-2666.

Contact an ACLU Affiliate

The ACLU has 54 local offices across the U.S. working with attorneys and activists in their communities to shape better policies and spread awareness about their states' priority civil rights issues.

Local inquiries should be directed to the appropriate ACLU state affiliate.