Press Releases

Lawsuit Filed to End Enforcement of Glendale’s Unconstitutional Panhandling Bans

Glendale’s ordinances ban a person from asking others for financial support in every publicly accessible location in the city, violating the First Amendment and punishing people experiencing homelessness and financial hardship.

ACLU of Arizona Sues Pima County Sheriff Over Failure to Provide Records

This follows multiple unfulfilled requests for records from the department for documents related to its contact with federal immigration officials.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Immigrants’ Rights Advocates Request Records on Phoenix PD Correspondences with ICE

Following trespassing threats against advocates and reporters outside of the U.S. Immigration Court in Phoenix, ACLU of Arizona and Our Thriving Arizona ask for transparency.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Health Care Providers File Lawsuit to Expand Abortion Access in Arizona

Lawsuit argues that several burdensome abortion restrictions, including a 24-hour waiting period, violate new state constitutional amendment.
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

ACLU of Arizona Demands Justice and Transparency as Trump DOJ Abandons Federal Police Oversight 

The ACLU launched the Seven States Safety Campaign today, filing coordinated public records requests to uncover police misconduct in Phoenix, Arizona and six other states where the U.S. Department of Justice found police engaged in unconstitutional and racially discriminatory policing.

Arizona 15-Week Abortion Ban Permanently Blocked Under Arizona Abortion Access Act

A Maricopa County Superior Court judge permanently blocked the state’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy because it denies Arizonans’ access to abortion care in violation of the state’s 2024 constitutional amendment protecting the fundamental right to abortion. 
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

Immigrants’ rights organizations send open letter to Senators Kelly, Gallego condemning their support of the Laken Riley Act

After the Laken Riley Act (S.5) was signed on January 29, eleven Arizona immigrants' rights groups publicly condemned Senators Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego for supporting it.

ACLU of Arizona Names Victoria López as New Executive Director

López brings 20 years of immigrants’ rights, reproductive justice, criminal legal reform experience to the organization amid forthcoming state and nationwide civil rights attacks.

Ahead of Second Trump Administration, ACLU Launches Campaign in Southern Border States Elevating Asylum Seekers’ Immigration Journeys

The “Letters to America” campaign comes as ACLUs of Arizona, New Mexico, San Diego & Imperial Counties, Texas prepare for anti-immigrant threats under incoming Trump administration.