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).

PHOENIX – Arizona is permanently prohibited from withholding driver’s licenses and other state-issued identification from young immigrants who have been granted permission to live and work in the U.S. under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

PHOENIX -- Federal Judge David Campbell today put a stop to the workplace raids that have torn apart countless families in Maricopa County.

PHOENIX--Last night, Sheriff Arpaio’s lawyer filed papers in the case Puente v. Arpaio announcing his plan to terminate the criminal employment squad that has, for the past six years, conducted workplace raids on local businesses and arrested workers under felony identity theft charges.