Press Releases

Groups Sue Trump Administration to Halt Transfer of Immigrants from U.S. to Guantánamo Bay

Immigrants’ rights advocates sued the Trump administration today to halt the transfer of immigrants from the United States to Guantánamo Bay in Cuba under President Trump’s recent order.

Groups Sue Trump Administration for Access to Immigrants Sent from U.S. to Guantánamo Bay

Immigrants’ rights advocates sued the Trump administration for access to immigrants transferred from the United States to detention at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba under President Trump’s recent order.

ACLU Urges Congress to Prevent Illegal Mass Layoff of Federal Workers

“We need today’s Congress to step up to protect our merit-based, nonpartisan civil service, and to prevent Trump’s latest attempt to hijack the federal government for his own political ends.”

Proposed Bill to Overturn D.C. Home Rule is a Direct Attack on American Democracy and States’ Rights

“It is deeply inefficient for Congress to spend their time on whether people can turn right on red lights in D.C. or on how the trash gets picked up in our neighborhoods. Micromanaging D.C. is not anything that voters elected Members of Congress to accomplish.”

ACLU-D.C. Sends Letter to U.S. Attorney Martin for First Amendment Concerns in Letter to Elon Musk

ACLU-D.C. sent a letter in response to U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin Jr.‘s February 3 letter to Elon Musk outlining our concerns that threatening legal action against those who merely criticize or challenge DOGE employees undermines free speech.

Immigrants’ Rights Advocates Sue Trump Administration Over Efforts to Completely Shut Down Asylum at the Border

“The United States has long served as a refuge for people fleeing persecution abroad, as we declare proudly on the Statue of Liberty. Trump’s attempted border shutdown is an affront to our history and our values, and it will impose incalculable suffering on refugees fleeing for their lives.”

ACLU Urges Appeals Court to Uphold Ruling Protecting Expedited Citizenship for Military Service Members

“Since World War I, the United States has naturalized non-citizen soldiers before they deploy, so that they serve — and perhaps die — as citizens of the nation they serve. Congress has recognized for a century that this is proper, and the Pentagon has no right to change it.”

ACLU-D.C. Responds to Trump's Pardon of Two Convicted D.C. Metropolitan Police Officers

"Trump’s pardon of two Metropolitan Police Department officers convicted for their roles in the murder of Karon Hylton-Brown and subsequent coverup is an affront to both public safety and the legitimacy of law enforcement."

Immigrants’ Rights Advocates Sue Trump Administration Over Fast-Track Deportation Policy

“President Trump’s decision to fast track deportations is chaotic, unfair, and inhumane. We hope the courts will order President Trump to do his constitutional duty to ‘take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.'"