Press Releases

Campaign Launch to Move Marriage Forward in Arizona

Today, in an effort to remove discrimination from Arizona’s Constitution and win the freedom to marry for all couples in the state, Equality Arizona, the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, the Human Rights Campaign and Freedom to Marry launched a campaign called Why Marriage Matters Arizona.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ+ Rights

Arizona Congressman From U.S.-Mexico Border District To Hear From Regional Stakeholders

Representative Raul M. Grijalva of Arizona will hold an ad hoc hearing in the border community of Nogales, Ariz., tomorrow.
Issue Areas: Border Rights

ACLU Statement on 50th Anniversary of March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

American Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Anthony D. Romero today released the following statement regarding tomorrow's 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.
Issue Areas: Racial Justice

ACLU of Arizona Strongly Condemns Maricopa County Attorney’s Decision to Retry Debra Milke

PHOENIX – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Arizona strongly condemns the decision announced yesterday by Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery to re-try Debra Milke.
Issue Areas: Prisoners' Rights

U.S. Supreme Court Declares Core Section of the "Defense of Marriage Act" Unconstitutional

NEW YORK – The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that section three of the so-called “Defense of Marriage Act" is unconstitutional and that the federal government cannot discriminate against married lesbian and gay couples for the purposes of determining federal benefits and protections.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ+ Rights

ACLU-AZ Files Lawsuit Against City of Flagstaff for Arresting Poor, Homeless Panhandlers

The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona today filed a lawsuit on behalf of an elderly Hopi woman who was arrested for begging in Flagstaff and a volunteer-run organization that feeds the hungry, claiming the City of Flagstaff’s effort to rid city streets of beggars is unconstitutional.
Issue Areas: Free Speech

ACLU-AZ Releases New Mobile Phone App As Part of New SB 1070 Abuse Documentation Campaign

PHOENIX– As part of its effort to fight back in the courts against SB1070’s remaining “show me your papers” provision, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Arizona today released a new mobile phone application that allows people to report abuses under the state’s notorious racial profiling.

ACLU Expands Capacity to Challenge Abuses at the Border

TUCSON–In order to make America’s border agencies more accountable to the laws that protect us all, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) today announced the launch of a new Border Litigation Project to investigate, document and litigate civil and human rights cases along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Issue Areas: Border Rights