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Court Orders Release of Graphic Photos of Arizona Border Patrol Detention Facilities and Damning Expert Witness Testimony

PHOENIX – Today, groups made public damning evidence, including expert testimony and video stills illustrating the deplorable and unconstitutional conditions detained individuals are subjected to in Border Patrol custody in the agency’s Tucson Sector.

End of the Line for Anti-Abortion Law Forcing Doctors to Mislead Women

PHOENIX — In a victory for women, a federal district court today officially closed a case that resulted in the repeal of an Arizona law aiming to restrict medication abortions.
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

Healthcare Providers Challenge Arizona Law Designed to Exclude Abortion Providers from State’s Medicaid Program

PHOENIX — The American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood today challenged an Arizona law (H.B. 2599, passed this year) that is designed to prevent low-income women from obtaining healthcare from their provider of choice.
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

Court Orders Release of Some Evidence of Arizona Border Patrol Detention Facilities While Border Patrol Fights Full Release

PHOENIX – Today, a federal district court unsealed some of the photographs central to ongoing litigation challenging deplorable and unconstitutional conditions in Border Patrol detention facilities in the agency’s Tucson Sector.
Issue Areas: Border Rights

ACLU Proposes Remedies in Arpaio Contempt of Court Proceedings

The ACLU today filed a memo with a federal court describing its proposed remedies for the contempt of court findings against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and other agency officials.

ACLU Comment on Lawsuit Filed By Arizona Department of Education and Others Challenging Obama Administration Transgender Guidance

PHOENIX - The Arizona Department of Education and the Heber-Overgaared Unified School District, along with officials in 10 other states, today announced legal action against the Obama administration.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ+ Rights

Sheriff Apraio Found in Contempt of Court

May 13, 2016 -- Sheriff Apraio and other MCSO officials were found in contempt of court today, for violating orders in the ACLU's racial profiling case Melendres v. Arpaio.
Issue Areas: Racial Justice

ACLU Investigation Reveals Rights Violations in SB 1070 Enforcement

The ACLU of Arizona is demanding immediate changes to Tucson Police Department (TPD) policies after an investigation of TPD traffic stop records found that officers enforcing Section 2(B) of Arizona’s SB 1070 are in many cases prolonging stops in order to investigate individuals’ immigration status.

Federal Appeals Court Reaffirms Arizona Unconstitutionally Denied Driver’s Licenses to Immigrant Youth

PASADENA, CA. — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday affirmed a lower court’s ruling that permanently blocks Arizona from denying driver’s licenses to immigrants who have been granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights