Press Releases
about Immigrants' Rights
Feb 15, 2024
Feb 12, 2024
Immigrants’ Rights Advocates Release New Report Detailing Border Patrol’s Inhumane Confiscations of Migrants’ Personal BelongingsÂ
Border Patrol routinely trashes and confiscates migrants' medications, legal documents, religious items, and other essentials.
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Feb 04, 2024
Supplemental Funding Package Would Eviscerate Longstanding Protections for Families and Others Seeking Safety
WASHINGTON — A group of Senators today released the framework for a deal that would eviscerate protections for people seeking asylum in exchange for unrelated foreign aid. Follow...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Feb 01, 2024
ACLU Applauds Appeals Court Decision Halting Enforcement of Florida Law That Bans Many Immigrants from China and Other Countries From Buying Homes
This decision temporarily blocks enforcement of Florida’s discriminatory housing law, known as SB 264, for two plaintiffs in this case
Issue Areas:
National Security
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Shen v. Simpson
Jan 27, 2024
ACLU Urges President Biden to Abandon Disastrous Immigration Proposals
WASHINGTON — President Biden yesterday expressed his support for the harmful anti-immigrant policies being considered in the ongoing supplemental funding negotiations. In his sta...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jan 18, 2024
Civil and Immigrants’ Rights Organizations Urge Federal Clemency for Military Veterans Vulnerable to Deportation
WASHINGTON — Organizations representing noncitizen military veterans whose federal criminal convictions make them vulnerable to deportation are urging President Biden to use his ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Smart Justice
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News & CommentaryDec 2024
Immigrants' Rights
Trump’s Remarks on Birthright Citizenship, ExplainedTrump’s Remarks on Birthright Citizenship, Explained
The president-elect has said he intends to end birthright citizenship. We break down why that’s clearly unconstitutional. -
News & CommentaryNov 2024
Immigrants' Rights
How Biden Can Act Now to Limit Trump’s Mass Deportation AgendaHow Biden Can Act Now to Limit Trump’s Mass Deportation Agenda
In our series on how Biden can use the lame duck period to secure civil liberties and civil rights, we examine how Biden can combat President-elect Trump’s plans to execute the largest mass deportation plan in U.S. history. -
News & CommentaryOct 2024
Immigrants' Rights
Anti-Immigrant Extremists Want to Use this 226-Year-Old Law to Implement a Mass Deportation ProgramAnti-Immigrant Extremists Want to Use this 226-Year-Old Law to Implement a Mass Deportation Program
The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 was used to justify World War II-era internment of noncitizens, and now Donald Trump is threatening to invoke the law to target immigrant communities -
PodcastOct 2024
Immigrants' Rights
Free Speech
At Liberty Live with W. Kamau Bell: Detroit’s Activist Roots - Engaging Communities in the Fight for JusticeAt Liberty Live with W. Kamau Bell: Detroit’s Activist Roots - Engaging Communities in the Fight for Justice