Press Releases
about Immigrants' Rights
Feb 28, 2017
ACLU Statement on Trump’s First Congressional Address
WASHINGTON — In response to President Donald Trump’s first address to Congress, American Civil Liberties Union National Political Director Faiz Shakir issued the following stat...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Feb 28, 2017
ACLU Protests Trump Threat to Publicly Release Private Data of Immigrants and Foreign Visitors
ACLU Letter to All Federal Agencies Warns That Policy Change Implementation Would Be Illegal
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Feb 21, 2017
ACLU Comment on Trump's Mass Deportation Instructions
NEW YORK — The Trump administration today released instructions implementing its mass deportation executive orders. ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Feb 18, 2017
ACLU Statement on Leaked Trump Immigration Enforcement Plans
NEW YORK — Joanne Lin, American Civil Liberties Union senior legislative counsel, issued the following statement on President Trump’s leaked immigration enforcement plans:
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Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Feb 15, 2017
ACLU to Trump Administration: Don’t Target ‘Dreamers’
NEW YORK — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested Daniel Ramirez Medina, an individual living in Seattle, Washington, who was granted Deferred Action for Chi...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Feb 09, 2017
ACLU Comment on Trump Muslim Ban Appeals Court Ruling
NEW YORK — A federal appeals court today declined to reinstate President Trump’s Muslim ban.
Omar Jadwat, director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project, had this reacti...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
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