Press Releases
about Immigrants' Rights
Jul 26, 2017
ACLU Comment on House Border Wall Funding
WASHINGTON — House Republican leadership has snuck in $1.6 billion for President Trump’s border wall into a defense-funding package. A vote on the package is expected today.
L...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jul 25, 2017
ACLU Comment on New Justice Department Grant Conditions
NEW YORK — Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced today that going forward the Department of Justice will only award certain law enforcement grants to cities and states that he...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jul 24, 2017
Federal Court Again Blocks Deportation of Iraqi Nationals
DETROIT — A federal court has again blocked the deportation of Iraqi nationals in the U.S. who could face persecution, torture, and death if returned to Iraq.
The American Civil ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Hamama v. Adducci
Jul 20, 2017
ACLU Comment on Senate Introduction of DREAM Act
WASHINGTON — Sens. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) introduced today the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act.
Lorella Praeli, direc...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jul 18, 2017
ACLU Comment on Reports of Senate DREAM Act
WASHINGTON — Media reports indicate that the Senate may introduce a new, bipartisan bill titled the DREAM Act to provide a pathway to legal status for young, undocumented immigra...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jul 18, 2017
ACLU Statement on House Bill to Fund Department of Homeland Security
WASHINGTON — The House Appropriations Committee is considering today the annual funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security. The bill is full of provisions that would in...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
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