Press Releases

ACLU Issues Travel Advisory for Texas After Passage of Extreme Anti-Immigrant Law

The ACLU affiliates of Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Arkansas issued a travel advisory warning people traveling through Texas to know their rights and take significant precautions to protect themselves following the passing of SB4.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

IN CONTEMPT OF COURT: A Federal Judge Finds Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone Has Failed to Comply with Court’s Second Order

Sheriff Penzone has failed to comply with court-ordered reforms stemming from the ACLU of Arizona’s 2008’s racial-profiling case against MCSO.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Legal Organizations Sue ICE for Illegally Preventing Attorneys from Communicating with Detained Immigrants in Four States

Several legal services organizations filed a lawsuit today against ICE for unlawfully preventing attorneys from communicating with immigrants.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

160+ Organizations Call for an End to Mistreatment of Religious Migrants by U.S. Border Officials

In a letter sent to DHS Secretary Mayorkas, 162 civil rights, immigration, religious, advocacy, and other organizations joined the Sikh Coalition and the ACLU in calling for an end to the mistreatment of religious migrants by U.S. border officials in Arizona and at other border-crossing points.

ACLU COMMENT ON CDC DECISION TO LIFT TITLE 42 IMMIGRANT EXPULSION POLICY

After conducting its latest 60-day review of Title 42, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today that it will no longer expel people under the policy beginning May 23.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

ACLU Launches Border Humanity Project to Demand That the Biden Administration Rebuild the U.S. Asylum System

The Campaign’s Website Offers Stories, Policy Recommendations, and Tools for Advocating for Humane Border Policies

Elected Officials and Advocates Join the ACLU of Arizona in Calling on Secretary Mayorkas to End Title 42 expulsions

The American Civil Liberties of Arizona, elected officials, and community leaders and organizations today sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas calling for an end to migrant expulsions under Title 42.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

POLL SHOWS MAJORITY OF ARIZONA VOTERS SUPPORT A PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP

A new poll commissioned by the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Arizona was released publicly today and shows nearly two-thirds of voters in Arizona support a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

ACLU Calls on Biden Administration to Shut Down ICE Detention Facilities

The ACLU sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas today calling for the closure of 39 Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights