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ICE has been targeting young kids for months, separating families and instilling fear.

Tell Congress to pass legislation ensuring no child is arrested without a warrant and coerced to give up their rights by immigration agents.
ICE: Stop Terrorizing Children
ICE is traumatizing children as young as 14 – trying to strip them of their rights while they're without attorneys or family to help them. Take action against these horrific abuses now.
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The First Amendment protects our right to make jokes at the federal government's expense.

We have the high ground and the Constitution on our side.
He got cuffed after playing the 'Imperial March' at National Guard. Now, he's suing.
Sam O'Hara said he has 'lots of respect' for the military but criticized its presence in cities, including Washington, DC.
www.usatoday.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Anyone who applies for a new, corrected, or replacement passport, or for a passport renewal, is at risk of having their passport issued bearing the sex they were assigned at birth.

President Trump's anti-trans passport policy is now in effect, but our lawsuit challenging it isn't over yet.
Q & A: Orr v. Trump | American Civil Liberties Union
Following a January 2025 Executive Order from President Donald Trump, the State Department began barring people from obtaining passports with a sex designation on them that is not the same as their sex assigned at birth. In response, the ACLU filed a federal lawsuit challenging the State Department's policy on behalf of transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people.
www.aclu.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Mail-in voting provides crucial ballot access for people with disabilities, seniors, and voters who lack reliable transportation.

Any attempt to restrict mail-in voting is a direct assault on our democratic process.
Supreme Court to Hear Major Challenge to Mail-In Ballot Laws
The justices agreed to hear a challenge to Mississippi’s law, a case that could upend similar measures in dozens of states before the 2026 election.
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
NEW: We just filed an amicus brief with other free speech groups urging the Supreme Court to maintain the block on President Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago.

Our First Amendment right to protest must be protected.
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
President Trump is relentlessly attacking our First Amendment rights.

We're using every tool at our disposal to protect freedom of speech.
The Third Red Scare
The Trump administration is cracking down on Americans’ freedom of speech with a new viciousness, but the First Amendment won’t go down without a fight.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The freedom to marry rightly remains the law of the land.
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The Trump administration is setting a dangerous precedent.

The world is watching this administration's attempts to limit our constitutional and human rights.
US skips human rights review by UN body as countries appeal for its return next year
The United States on Friday snubbed a U.N. body charged with keeping tabs on the human rights records of all its member countries, on orders of the Trump administration — which has turned its back on the Human Rights Council.
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide.

Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Local leaders agree: Military troops and armed federal agents don’t make our communities safer.

What does is funding programs that address the root causes of violence and ensuring police are accountable to the people they serve.
Trump Says Federal Deployments Make Cities Safer. Local Officials Disagree.
In Chicago, Memphis and elsewhere, residents allege a surge of federal agents and military troops is making it harder to police and prosecute crime.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The Trump administration doesn't get to decide who we are. Trans people won't be erased.
November 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The First Amendment protects all of us.

We’ll never give up on fighting for this constitutional freedom.

📸 Allison Shelley
📍 DC
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Trans people have always been here, and always will be.

📸 Jordana Bermúdez
November 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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This incident is a shocking reminder that the Trump administration's deportation agenda has never been about public safety. State lawmakers must act to protect our communities from violent ICE operations that undermine public safety, separate families, and spread chaos in our communities.
November 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
President Trump's anti-trans passport policy is about the government trying to police who we are and how we live.

Having accurate identification is essential for trans people to live and travel without fear of harassment or discrimination.
Opinion | The Supreme Court’s Gender Passport Ruling Isn’t About ID (Gift Article)
And it defeats the basic purpose of the document.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
NEW: Last night, a federal judge issued a permanent block on the Trump administration's deployment of National Guard troops to Oregon.

This is a win for the rule of law. No troops on our streets – anywhere.
November 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
We already know what makes our communities safer, and it's not troops on our streets.

It's giving people accessible housing, food, employment, health care, and education opportunities.
November 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Faith leaders across the country are spearheading efforts to resist President Trump's anti-immigrant agenda and to show up for the people that ICE has disappeared from our communities.
Sunday vigil at Alligator Alcatraz grows in defiance of Trump’s immigration policy
Leaders and believers from different faiths gather every Sunday at the gates of the Florida detention center to show their solidarity with those affected by the government’s anti-immigrant campaign
english.elpais.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:38 AM
After arresting a U.S. citizen in a Home Depot parking lot, armed immigration agents drove off with his one-year-old daughter.

The Trump administration's mass deportation machine puts every one of us in danger.
Armed US immigration agents drive off with toddler after arrest of father
‘Devastated’ family demands answers after one-year-old driven by armed agents from LA Home Depot parking lot
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Tonight, over 240,000 Venezuelans will lose Temporary Protected Status.

The Trump administration is dismantling our core humanitarian protections, leaving hundreds of thousands at risk of detention, deportation, and harm.

Congress must protect TPS holders and pass a pathway to citizenship now.
November 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Border Patrol has a culture of cruelty, disdain for accountability, and impunity for human rights violations.

As the Trump administration continues to put Border Patrol at the head of its violent immigrant enforcement campaigns, Congress must hold the agency accountable. 
Border Patrol Agents Replace Top Leadership at ICE
As immigration enforcement expands nationwide, Trump assigns top leadership to Border Patrol staff despite agency’s track record of abuse.
www.aclu.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The Supreme Court this week allowed the State Department to enforce President Trump's anti-trans passport policy while our lawsuit challenging his executive order moves through the courts.

We'll keep this page updated as our legal experts learn more.
Q & A: Orr v. Trump | American Civil Liberties Union
Following a January 2025 Executive Order from President Donald Trump, the State Department began barring people from obtaining passports with a sex designation on them that is not the same as their sex assigned at birth. In response, the ACLU filed a federal lawsuit challenging the State Department's policy on behalf of transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people.
www.aclu.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Our movement is growing by the day — and together, we're unstoppable.

Join us at aclu.org/peoplepower
November 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Trans people don't need the government's permission to be ourselves.
November 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The Trump administration could allow the Department of Homeland Security to collect immigrant children's DNA and other sensitive biometric information, from the sound of their voice to the unique identifiers in their eyes.

This endangers all of our civil liberties.
DHS offers “disturbing new excuses” to seize kids’ biometric data, expert says
Sweeping DHS power grab would collect face, iris, voice scans of all immigrants.
arstechnica.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
President Trump's unprecedented effort to stop people from seeking asylum in the U.S. is illegal and puts lives in danger.

We were in court this week challenging his proclamation that denies protections for asylum seekers Congress has clearly granted.
November 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM