The ACLU condemned President Trump for threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy military troops to Minneapolis following a deadly shooting involving a federal immigration agent, and urged Congress to intervene to limit ICE operations and hold federal agents accountable.
The ACLU and several private law firms have filed a federal class-action lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s “Operation Metro Surge” in Minnesota, alleging that federal agents have conducted warrantless stops and arrests and racially profiled Somali and Latino individuals.
The ACLU has filed a lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles challenging its plan to seize and destroy RV homes, alleging it is in violation of state law and the city is criminalizing homelessness.
The Brennan Center for Justice released its January edition of State Court Report, identifying several state Supreme Court cases scheduled for oral arguments this month that address major constitutional and civil rights issues across the country.
Two journalists are challenging a Puerto Rican law that threatens press freedom by attempting to ban misinformation, arguing that it violates the First Amendment and could be used to silence dissent.
A new national poll released by the ACLU shows broad and bipartisan public support for greater transparency and congressional accountability surrounding U.S. military strikes on civilian boats accused of carrying drugs, with large majorities saying the government should release unedited video footage and legal justifications for the strikes.
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration unlawfully moved to end Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua, restoring protections for roughly 60,000 people and rebuking the administration for disregarding statutory requirements and basic principles of administrative law.
The ACLU Foundation of Northern California is urging the City of Vallejo to conduct a full, independent investigation into the City Attorney’s Office over its handling of alleged police misconduct within the Vallejo Police Department, citing extensive, credible allegations that undermine public trust.
A federal judge has ruled that California laws and policies designed to protect LGBTQ+ public school students from being forcibly outed to their families violate the U.S. Constitution, potentially placing transgender and gender-nonconforming students at increased risk while an appeal proceeds.
The ACLU of Florida has condemned the Florida Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a non-unanimous jury standard for imposing the death penalty, warning that it increases the risk of wrongful convictions and threatens constitutional protections.
Seven people detained at a California immigration detention center have filed a lawsuit against ICE, citing inadequate medical care, denial of access to counsel, and punitive conditions, including solitary confinement and neglect of people with disabilities.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve H.R. 4371, a bill that would expand the federal government’s power to detain unaccompanied immigrant children and authorize invasive search practices, which the ACLU warns could cause serious psychological harm to children.
The ACLU is urging members of the U.S. House of Representatives to vote against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s bill that would criminalize the provision of gender-affirming medical care for transgender people under 18, which the ACLU describes as the most extreme anti-transgender legislation ever considered by Congress.
Human rights organizations, including the ACLU, have reported physical and sexual abuse, medical neglect, and intimidation to self-deport at the Fort Bliss immigration detention site in El Paso, Texas, revealing an unfolding humanitarian crisis.
The ACLU and other civil liberties groups are suing the Trump administration to force the release of the legal justification for the U.S. military’s unlawful and deadly strikes against civilian boats in international waters.
The ACLU released a report detailing a letter sent by human rights groups urging U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to end immigrant detention and halt deportations at Camp East Montana, a tent facility located at the Fort Bliss military base in El Paso, Texas, due to violent and abusive conditions.
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to President Trump’s birthright citizenship ban, which has been repeatedly blocked by lower courts as unconstitutional, according to the ACLU.
A federal judge has issued an injunction blocking the Trump administration from arresting immigrants in Washington, D.C. without a warrant or probable cause, following a lawsuit filed by the ACLU and CASA.
The League of Women Voters of Oregon and the ACLU of Oregon have filed a legal brief defending Oregon’s voter privacy protections in response to a federal lawsuit from the U.S. Department of Justice seeking unredacted voter data.
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction requiring ICE to provide basic human needs to detainees at its San Francisco Field Office, including clean bedding, hygiene products, medical care, and legal information in their primary languages.