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Jan 16, 2025

"This is the Moment to Be 100 Percent In." How One of the ACLU’s Immigrants' Rights Experts is Fighting For Our Freedoms.

Immigrants' Rights
At 13, Maribel Hernández Rivera thought that no one cared about her struggles as an undocumented person living in the U.S. Today, as an advocate for immigrants’ rights, she’s showing communities across the...
At 13, Maribel Hernández Rivera thought that no one cared about her struggles as an undocumented person living in the U.S. Today, as an advocate for immigrants’ rights, she’s showing communities across the...
Maribel Hernández Rivera as a young child with her family.
Maribel Hernández Rivera as a young child with her family.
Jan 15, 2025

Banning TikTok is Unconstitutional. The Supreme Court Must Step In.

Free Speech
Our First Amendment right to express ourselves must be protected.
Our First Amendment right to express ourselves must be protected.
A person is holding a sign outside the Capitol Building that reads " #Keep TikTok".
A person is holding a sign outside the Capitol Building that reads " #Keep TikTok".
Jan 13, 2025

The Long Journey Home

Immigrants' Rights
For many people seeking safety, the journey to winning asylum in the U.S. is long. The ACLU goes behind the scenes of our new series, Letters to America, to reflect on what daily life looks like for...
For many people seeking safety, the journey to winning asylum in the U.S. is long. The ACLU goes behind the scenes of our new series, Letters to America, to reflect on what daily life looks like for...
As the sun is shining, two children fly paper airplanes.
As the sun is shining, two children fly paper airplanes.
Jan 13, 2025

The ACLU’s Historic Fight for Our Freedoms

As the nation prepares for a second Trump presidency, the ACLU has never been more focused on how to preserve and expand our most vital civil liberties and civil rights.
As the nation prepares for a second Trump presidency, the ACLU has never been more focused on how to preserve and expand our most vital civil liberties and civil rights.
An ACLU poster.
An ACLU poster.
Jan 13, 2025

How “Stay-or-Pay” Contracts Are Used to Abuse Immigrant Workers

Immigrants' Rights
Shiny Lal came to the U.S. to chase the American dream, instead she found herself in an abusive employment contract that could cost her nearly $40,000. Today, we’re urging the world’s largest private dispute...
Shiny Lal came to the U.S. to chase the American dream, instead she found herself in an abusive employment contract that could cost her nearly $40,000. Today, we’re urging the world’s largest private dispute...
A document that says "contract."
A document that says "contract."
Jan 10, 2025

We're Fighting Back Against Efforts to Intimidate Professors into Silence

Free Speech
A SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) suit brought against Columbia professors who criticized the school’s response to student protests is a classic and unlawful way to weaponize our legal...
A SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) suit brought against Columbia professors who criticized the school’s response to student protests is a classic and unlawful way to weaponize our legal...
Pro-Palestinian protesters sing in the ongoing student encampment of pro-Palestinian supporters in the University Yard at George Washington University in Washington, DC.
Pro-Palestinian protesters sing in the ongoing student encampment of pro-Palestinian supporters in the University Yard at George Washington University in Washington, DC.