The ACLU of Arizona announced today that Jennifer Allen will serve as their next Executive Director. Allen will lead the organization as it works to advance its statewide advocacy agenda that drives immigrant’s rights, LGBTQ+ equality, criminal justice reform, and education equity in Arizona.

The American Civil Liberties of Arizona, elected officials, and community leaders and organizations today sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas calling for an end to migrant expulsions under Title 42.

A federal district court judge granted a request by Arizona physicians and advocates to temporarily block part of a new Arizona law that was scheduled to take effect on Sept. 29.

A new poll commissioned by the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Arizona was released publicly today and shows nearly two-thirds of voters in Arizona support a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children.

Two Arizona physicians, the Arizona Medical Association, National Council of Jewish Women Arizona, and the Arizona National Organization of Women filed a lawsuit challenging two abortion restrictions passed in Arizona in April of this year.

Today, the Department of Justice announced a pattern and practice investigation into the Phoenix Police Department and City of Phoenix. Victoria Lopez, advocacy and legal director for the ACLU of Arizona, issued the following statement.

First-Of-Its-Kind Civil Rights Lawsuit Challenges Coercive Plea Bargaining Used to Punish Thousands of People for Exercising Constitutional Rights