TUCSON—In letters sent today to two southern Arizona counties, the ACLU of Arizona demands 911 operators change the way they handle wilderness distress calls from individuals known or perceived to be border crossers.

TUCSON—Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project, will be presenting oral arguments before U.S. District Court Chief Judge Raner Collins in the ACLU's case Rodriguez v. Swartz on Tuesday, May 26, 2015, at the Evo A. DeConcini U.S. Courthouse in Tucson, Ariz.

PHOENIX--The ACLU of Arizona is a proud founding partner of Competitive Arizona, a coalition working towards equality for all Arizonans, including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

TUCSON -- The ACLU of Arizona today filed notices of two claims (available here)with the federal government under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”) on behalf of an Arizona woman seeking monetary damages for egregious and repeated rights violations by U.S. Border Patrol agents.

PHOENIX—The ACLU of Arizona applauds Gov. Doug Ducey’s decision to reverse a misguided Department of Child Safety policy instituted in February that prohibited joint foster parenting and adoption by married same-sex couples.

PHOENIX—A contempt hearing is set to begin tomorrow, April 21, to address the Maricopa County Sheriff Office’s (MCSO) noncompliance with a federal judge’s orders in the lawsuit Ortega Melendres v. Arpaio.

PHOENIX – Today, Gov. Doug Ducey vetoed SB 1445, a bill that would have required law enforcement agencies to conceal police officers’ identities for months following their involvement in violent or deadly incidents.

Full-time Arizona State University student and activist Monica Jones and her attorneys, with support from the American Civil Liberties Union and Emmy-nominated actress Laverne Cox, filed an appeal today of her conviction under Phoenix’s “manifesting” intent to engage in prostitution ordinance.

PHOENIX—American Civil Liberties Union affiliates in Arizona and San Diego, along with the law firm Cooley LLP, filed a lawsuit in federal court today against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).