Press Releases

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.

ACLU of Arizona Statement on 9th Circuit Court Opinion in Puente v. City of Phoenix

Today, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling in Puente v. City of Phoenix, a case challenging the violent actions taken by the Phoenix Police Department during a protest on August 22, 2017.

Arizona Health Care Providers File Lawsuit Challenging Abortion Ban and To Resume Providing Care Across the State

Arizona health care providers filed a lawsuit today challenging a ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, which is in violation of the state’s new constitutional amendment protecting the fundamental right to abortion.
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom