Press Releases

Arizona Lawmakers Targets Transgender Students Ability to Participate in School Sports

Lawmakers in Arizona have proposed invasive legislation that would target transgender youth and limit their ability to participate in sports.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ+ Rights

Poll: Voters Want a Reform-Minded County Attorney

A poll shows that likely Arizona voters from a variety of political backgrounds want a reform-minded county attorney.

Federal Court Finds Conditions in Customs and Border Protection Detention Facilities Unconstitutional

A federal court today ordered U.S. Customs and Border Protection to overhaul the way the agency detains people in its custody in the Tucson Sector.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

ACLU of Arizona to Hold Candlelight Vigil for People Who’ve Died in Arizona Department of Corrections

The ACLU of Arizona Campaign for Smart Justice will gather at the state Capitol Wednesday for the Second Annual People Not Prisons Vigil—a candlelight ceremony to remember those who’ve died while in custody of the Arizona Department of Corrections.

Nonprofit Organizations to Host First Maricopa County Attorney Candidate Town Hall

The Humanist Society of Greater Phoenix and the ACLU of Arizona Campaign for Smart Justice are teaming up to host the first candidate town hall ahead of the 2020 Maricopa County Attorney’s Race.

Trial Challenging Unconstitutional Conditions Inside U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Facilities in Arizona Ends

Today, a federal judge heard closing arguments in Doe v. Wolf, a lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Arizona, the American Immigration Council, the National Immigration Law Center, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, and law firm Morrison & Foerster LLP.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

*Media Advisory* Following Seven-Day Trial, Lawyers to Discuss Legal Challenge to Inhumane Conditions Inside U.S. Customs and Border Protection Detention Facilities in Tucson

The press call comes after a seven-day trial in the lawsuit, Doe v. Wolf, where immigrant and civil rights groups advocated on behalf of detained migrant men, women, and children who experienced cold and overcrowded conditions in Border Patrol's detention centers in Tucson.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights