This follows multiple unfulfilled requests for records from the department for documents related to its contact with federal immigration officials.

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.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has published a groundbreaking new directive to curb longstanding inconsistencies and abuses in Border Patrol’s handling of migrants’ personal belongings. The new directive makes clear that Border Patrol is obligated to safeguard migrants’ personal belonging

Immigrants’ rights groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging the Arizona State Legislature’s passage of HCR 2060, a ballot referral that would create a state immigration legal scheme and permit enforcement of immigration laws by local law enforcement.

Today, the Arizona State House passed HCR 2060, a sweeping anti-immigrant ballot referral that will bypass the governor’s desk to be placed on the 2024 ballot for voter consideration in November. Noah Schramm, border policy strategist for the ACLU of Arizona, shared the following reaction.

Today, Arizona State Senators voted to advance HCR 2060, an extreme, unconstitutional, and anti-immigrant ballot referral that would apply new state penalties to violations of federal immigration law. It will next be considered in the House.  

The ACLU of Arizona's statement following Gov. Hobbs' veto of SB 1231.

Border Patrol routinely trashes and confiscates migrants' medications, legal documents, religious items, and other essentials.

After a month-long closure, CBP reopened the Lukeville port of entry. In response to the port's reopening, the ACLU of Arizona, Kino Border Initiative and the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project issued to following statement.