Press Releases

ACLU of Arizona Launches Radio Campaign to Educate Tucson Voters on Proposition 205: Tucson Families Free & Together

In an effort to inform Tucson voters about Proposition 205: Tucson Families Free & Together, the ACLU of Arizona has launched a radio ad buy that will run in local Tucson media outlets until Election Day on November 5, 2019.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Proposition 205: Tucson Families Free & Together Protects the Rights of All

ACLU of Arizona announces endorsement of Tucson’s Sanctuary City Initiative.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Comment on Federal Appeals Court Ruling in Maricopa County Civil Rights Case

A federal appeals court today upheld the latest in several major rulings against Arizona’s Maricopa County in a long-running, class-action case that has held the Sheriff’s Office to account for systemic civil rights violations.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

ACLU of Arizona Launches First-Ever Voter Education Push, in U.S. Senate Race

The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona launched its first-ever statewide effort to educate voters about the urgent civil liberties and civil rights issues at stake in elections. The U.S. Senate race is the focus of the voter education push.

Compensation Program for MCSO Immigration Stop Victims Now Open

People who were stopped or held by MCSO between December 23, 2011, and May 24, 2013, in violation of the preliminary injunction in Ortega Melendres v. Penzone (previously Ortega Melendres v. Arpaio) may apply to participate in the court-ordered compensation program.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

ACLU of Arizona Statement on Termination of DACA

The Trump administration today announced the termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Arizona Attorney General Issues Opinion Establishing Constitutional Standards for Enforcement of Key SB 1070 Provisions, Ending Lawsuit

PHOENIX—The Arizona Attorney General’s Office today issued an opinion establishing guidelines for the implementation of two remaining provisions of the state’s 2010 racial profiling law, SB 1070.

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.