Press Releases
about Immigrants' Rights
Aug 16, 2017
ACLU Statement on Attorney General Sessions Visit to Miami
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is visiting Miami today to praise Miami-Dade County for abandoning their “sanctuary cities” policies.
Across the United States, po...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Aug 11, 2017
ACLU Challenges Trump Administration’s Jailing of Immigrant Teens
Class Action Suit Charges that Efforts to Detain and Deport Children are Based on Unfounded Gang Allegations
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Aug 07, 2017
ACLU Files Open Records Requests in States That Gave Trump Administration Ultimatum to Rescind DACA
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia today f...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Aug 04, 2017
Groups File Federal Lawsuit Over Diversity Visa Denials
WASHINGTON — Groups have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the State Department’s refusal to process visa applications for winners of the U.S. Diversity Visa Program lottery ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: P.K. v. Tillerson
Jul 31, 2017
ACLU Comment on Arpaio Criminal Contempt Conviction
PHOENIX — A federal court has found former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio guilty of criminal contempt for willfully violating a 2011 federal court order that required his age...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jul 28, 2017
ACLU Comment on Introduction of Bills to Give DREAMers Legal Status
WASHINGTON — Two bills were introduced in the House of Representatives this week that would provide legal status to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States as ch...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
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