Mahmoud Khalil and his legal team have filed a preliminary injunction motion to counter the post-hoc charge against him, alleging that the government is retaliating against him for his civil rights advocacy.
A coalition of 18 attorneys general, led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, has filed an amicus brief urging a court to halt the Trump administration’s unlawful immigration enforcement raids in Los Angeles, which have caused widespread fear, disrupted public services, and undermined trust between law enforcement and the immigrant community.
The Supreme Court took hard right turns in major First Amendment cases, but also sided with civil-rights plaintiffs and criminal defendants in lower-profile cases, and overrode lower courts to let Trump administration policies proceed.
A federal appeals court has blocked Texas Senate Bill 4, a controversial anti-immigration law, reaffirming that immigration enforcement is solely a federal power and not within state jurisdiction.
The U.S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari in two federal cases involving transgender youth challenging laws that ban their participation in school and college sports, and the ACLU is fighting to protect the freedom of all students to participate in sports and end discriminatory laws.
The Republican Party is supporting President Trump’s second-term agenda, which includes attempts to dismantle birthright citizenship and pass legislation impacting healthcare, immigration, and the social safety net, while legal challenges and opposition from the ACLU and other organizations are underway.
A federal court has blocked President Trump’s proclamation to shut down asylum at the border in RAICES v. Noem, reaffirming that the right to seek asylum is a fundamental protection provided by Congress and ingrained in U.S. law for decades.
The ACLU has criticized the Senate’s approval of H.R. 1, the “so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act”, for gutting Medicaid, cutting off access to Planned Parenthood services, and redirecting funds towards a deportation apparatus, which would deny due process and violate human rights.
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has released Dr. Badar Khan Suri, a Georgetown scholar, from detention on bail, denying the Trump administration’s request for a stay of a lower court’s decision, citing the First Amendment and the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
The My Code Intelligence Center’s Pulse survey found that 49% of multicultural Americans disapprove of Trump’s immigration policies, including workplace and school raids, and 67% support reforming the immigration system to create regulated paths to citizenship.
The Supreme Court ruled that Medicaid patients do not have a right to sue to enforce their right to a qualified health care provider of choice, potentially limiting access to essential reproductive health care services.
The ACLU has filed amicus briefs in support of NPR and PBS’s lawsuits against President Trump’s executive order to defund the broadcasters, arguing that the order violates the First Amendment by retaliating against protected speech.
The ACLU of Texas and Students Engaged in Advancing Texas plan to sue over unconstitutional parts of Senate Bill 12, which bans discussions of race, ethnicity, gender identity, or sexual orientation in Texas schools and bars teachers from supporting transgender students.
A federal appeals court ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom is unconstitutional, affirming the constitutional separation between church and state and protecting the First Amendment rights of students and families.
Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student and lawful permanent resident, has been granted bail by a federal court and is now allowed to return home to reunite with his wife and newborn son, after being detained for three months in a remote ICE facility in Louisiana.
Jose Antonio Vargas, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and immigrant rights activist, shares his personal story of being undocumented for over 32 years and the misconceptions about immigration, while advocating for fair and humane policies that recognize the critical role immigrants play in the U.S. economy and communities.
The ACLU is demanding the immediate release of Mahmoud Khalil, a U.S. permanent resident, who has been detained in a remote facility in Louisiana for allegedly misrepresenting his employment and affiliations in his immigration paperwork, which they argue is a pretext for retaliation against his speech about Palestine.
The First Amendment Coalition and 27 other organizations have sent a letter to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, alleging that federal officers may have violated the First Amendment rights of journalists covering demonstrations against ICE raids in Los Angeles.
The Trump administration has been using various tactics to target immigrant communities, including unlawful deportations, registration systems, and increased immigration enforcement, while also attempting to silence dissent and undermine civil liberties.
Civil rights organizations have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s decision to detain immigrants at Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, alleging that the practice is unconstitutional and punitive.