Press Releases

Jun 15, 2023

ACLU Urges Action Following Reintroduction of the American Dream and Promise Act

WASHINGTON — Members of Congress from both parties reintroduced the American Dream and Promise Act today. Naureen Shah, senior legislative counsel with the American Civil Liberti...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Jun 15, 2023

ACLU Opposes Journalism Bill That Would Harm Press Freedoms and Free Speech Online

The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) would significantly interfere with the First Amendment rights of platforms, and the public’s ability to access news

Issue Areas: Free Speech

Jun 15, 2023

Immigrants’ Rights Organizations Urge Homeland Security Secretary to Reassess 287(g) Following New Racial Profiling Guidance

WASHINGTON — More than 100 civil and immigrants’ rights organizations are calling on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to reassess and rescind 287(g) agreements, w...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Jun 14, 2023

Court Upholds Defense of Press Freedoms in Landmark “Fake News” Case

A U.S. federal district court previously stuck down a law that would have made it a crime to share information the government deemed false about emergencies in Puerto Rico

Issue Areas: Free Speech

Jun 14, 2023

ACLU Comment on Dale Ho’s Confirmation to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

WASHINGTON — Today the U.S. Senate confirmed Dale Ho, the director of the ACLU Voting Rights Project, to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. “The ACL...

Issue Areas: Civil Liberties

Jun 09, 2023

Civil Rights Groups Seek to Lift Stay in Federal Lawsuit Challenging Louisiana’s Discriminatory State Legislative Maps on Heels of U.S. Supreme Court Alabama Decision

BATON ROUGE, La. — The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Louisiana, Legal Defense Fund (LDF), law firm Cozen O’ Connor, and Louisiana attorneys Ron Wilson and John Adcock...

Issue Areas: Voting Rights

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