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Jul 25, 2025
ACLU Statement on Trump Administration Plan to Use New Jersey Military Base to Detain Immigrants
The Trump administration plans to use New Jersey’s Fort Dix to detain 1000 people who are non-citizens, drastically escalating its use of the U.S. military to carry out its cruel anti-immigrant agenda.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Jul 25, 2025
Federal Court Again Finds Trump Administration Breached ACLU Family Separation Settlement Agreement    
SAN DIEGO — A federal court in California again found the Trump administration breached the settlement agreement stemming from the American Civil Liberties Union’s family separ...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Ms. L v. ICE
Jul 23, 2025
Award Winning Fashion Designer Willy Chavarria Named ACLU Artist Ambassador for Immigrants’ Rights & LGBTQ Rights
NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union today announced that award-winning fashion designer Willy Chavarria will join the organization’s Artist Ambassador Program to advo...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights LGBTQ Rights
Jul 16, 2025
Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Lack of Access to Counsel for People Held at Florida’s Notorious Everglades Immigration Detention Center
MIAMI — Immigrants’ rights advocates today sued the Trump administration over lack of access to legal counsel and violations of due process for people detained at Florida’s n...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Court case: C.M. v. Noem
Jul 10, 2025
Federal Court Blocks Trump Birthright Citizenship Order, Certifies Nationwide Class Protecting All Impacted Babies
CONCORD, N.H. — A federal court in New Hampshire today blocked President Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship and certified a nationwide class that protec...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Barbara v. Donald J. Trump
Jul 09, 2025
Mahmoud Khalil Seeks to Challenge Government’s Retaliatory, Post-Facto Charges Against Him in Federal Court
The preliminary injunction motion argues that the government’s post-hoc charge against Mr. Khalil was retaliatory and violates the First Amendment
Issue Areas: Free Speech Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Khalil v. Trump
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