ACLU of Massachusetts
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· Jan 20
No matter your immigration status, you have rights when you interact with immigration agents or the police.
ACLU has easy-to-use resources available so you can have your rights at your fingertips.
www.aclum.org/en/know-your...
ACLU has easy-to-use resources available so you can have your rights at your fingertips.
www.aclum.org/en/know-your...
This is a win for public health that allows for research on issues like HIV prevention and Alzheimer’s disease to continue.
The National Institutes of Health has agreed to evaluate grant applications that were wrongfully frozen due to the Trump administration’s ideological purge of biomedical research.
December 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This is a win for public health that allows for research on issues like HIV prevention and Alzheimer’s disease to continue.
The National Institutes of Health has agreed to evaluate grant applications that were wrongfully frozen due to the Trump administration’s ideological purge of biomedical research.
December 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The National Institutes of Health has agreed to evaluate grant applications that were wrongfully frozen due to the Trump administration’s ideological purge of biomedical research.
Children born in the U.S. are being used as pawns to further President Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda.
We’re fighting back at the Supreme Court.
We’re fighting back at the Supreme Court.
December 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Children born in the U.S. are being used as pawns to further President Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda.
We’re fighting back at the Supreme Court.
We’re fighting back at the Supreme Court.
BREAKING: A federal court ruled that the Trump administration is unlawfully denying bond hearings to potentially thousands of people in New England who were deprived of the opportunity to challenge their ongoing ICE detention.
Everyone in the United States is entitled to due process.
Everyone in the United States is entitled to due process.
December 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
BREAKING: A federal court ruled that the Trump administration is unlawfully denying bond hearings to potentially thousands of people in New England who were deprived of the opportunity to challenge their ongoing ICE detention.
Everyone in the United States is entitled to due process.
Everyone in the United States is entitled to due process.
Many of us will be gathering around tables this holiday season with people who we don’t always agree with.
No matter who you’re in conversation with, we have some guidance for a smoother discussion.
www.aclu.org/the-aclus-ho...
No matter who you’re in conversation with, we have some guidance for a smoother discussion.
www.aclu.org/the-aclus-ho...
The ACLU's Holiday Conversation Guide
Pass the yams and the politically-fraught chatter, everyone - it's that time of year again. We know many of us will find ourselves gathering around tables this holiday season with a wide range of folks in our lives - loved ones, friends, chosen family, and the family you'd only choose to spend one day a year with.
www.aclu.org
December 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Many of us will be gathering around tables this holiday season with people who we don’t always agree with.
No matter who you’re in conversation with, we have some guidance for a smoother discussion.
www.aclu.org/the-aclus-ho...
No matter who you’re in conversation with, we have some guidance for a smoother discussion.
www.aclu.org/the-aclus-ho...
The ACLU has worked since 1920 to ensure that freedom of speech is protected for everyone.
We aren't new to this — we are true to this.
We aren't new to this — we are true to this.
December 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The ACLU has worked since 1920 to ensure that freedom of speech is protected for everyone.
We aren't new to this — we are true to this.
We aren't new to this — we are true to this.
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ICE unlawfully grabbed our client Rümeysa Öztürk off the street and sent her to a for-profit detention center in Louisiana — all for an op-ed she co-authored in her student paper.
What happened to Rümeysa is part of a broader crackdown on the First Amendment and immigrants' rights.
What happened to Rümeysa is part of a broader crackdown on the First Amendment and immigrants' rights.
Tufts grad student Rümeysa Öztürk did nothing wrong. The Trump administration went after her anyway. - The Boston Globe
In March, masked agents swarmed her on a Somerville street. The crackdown on foreign scholars was just beginning.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
ICE unlawfully grabbed our client Rümeysa Öztürk off the street and sent her to a for-profit detention center in Louisiana — all for an op-ed she co-authored in her student paper.
What happened to Rümeysa is part of a broader crackdown on the First Amendment and immigrants' rights.
What happened to Rümeysa is part of a broader crackdown on the First Amendment and immigrants' rights.
BREAKING: A Fitchburg resident, Carlos Zapata Rivera, is suing an ICE agent for excessive force during a vehicle stop and arrest.
All people in the U.S. have a constitutional right to be free from excessive force. The agent’s actions against Carlos were dangerous, grossly excessive, and unlawful.
All people in the U.S. have a constitutional right to be free from excessive force. The agent’s actions against Carlos were dangerous, grossly excessive, and unlawful.
December 15, 2025 at 11:56 PM
BREAKING: A Fitchburg resident, Carlos Zapata Rivera, is suing an ICE agent for excessive force during a vehicle stop and arrest.
All people in the U.S. have a constitutional right to be free from excessive force. The agent’s actions against Carlos were dangerous, grossly excessive, and unlawful.
All people in the U.S. have a constitutional right to be free from excessive force. The agent’s actions against Carlos were dangerous, grossly excessive, and unlawful.
To make the biggest impact in 2026, we need supporters like you. Abortion access, immigrants' rights, voting rights, LGBTQ freedom, and more cannot wait.
The time to make your impact is now. Join our fight today and your gift will go 2X as far in the new year: action.aclu.org/give/ma-match
The time to make your impact is now. Join our fight today and your gift will go 2X as far in the new year: action.aclu.org/give/ma-match
December 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
To make the biggest impact in 2026, we need supporters like you. Abortion access, immigrants' rights, voting rights, LGBTQ freedom, and more cannot wait.
The time to make your impact is now. Join our fight today and your gift will go 2X as far in the new year: action.aclu.org/give/ma-match
The time to make your impact is now. Join our fight today and your gift will go 2X as far in the new year: action.aclu.org/give/ma-match
Abortion care is essential, lifesaving health care.
Abortion care should be accessible to anyone who needs it — period.
www.nbcboston.com/news/local/a...
Abortion care should be accessible to anyone who needs it — period.
www.nbcboston.com/news/local/a...
Should abortion care be part of primary care? Mass. DPH chief makes recommendation
Massachusetts Department of Public Health and Commissioner Dr. Robert Goldstein recommended incorporating abortion care within primary care,
www.nbcboston.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Abortion care is essential, lifesaving health care.
Abortion care should be accessible to anyone who needs it — period.
www.nbcboston.com/news/local/a...
Abortion care should be accessible to anyone who needs it — period.
www.nbcboston.com/news/local/a...
Cambridge City Council will be CANCELLING its contract with mass surveillance company FLOCK – other municipalities should do the same.
TAKE ACTION: mobilize.aclum.org/a/email-your...
TAKE ACTION: mobilize.aclum.org/a/email-your...
December 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Cambridge City Council will be CANCELLING its contract with mass surveillance company FLOCK – other municipalities should do the same.
TAKE ACTION: mobilize.aclum.org/a/email-your...
TAKE ACTION: mobilize.aclum.org/a/email-your...
TODAY at 12:00PM: Tune in to hear ACLU of MA Executive Director Carol Rose live on Boston Public Radio.
Listen live: www.wgbh.org/shows/boston...
Listen live: www.wgbh.org/shows/boston...
Boston Public Radio
Join hosts Jim Braude and Margery Eagan for a smart local conversation with leaders and thinkers shaping Boston and New England. To share your opinion, email bpr@wgbh.org or call/text 877-301-8970 dur...
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December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
TODAY at 12:00PM: Tune in to hear ACLU of MA Executive Director Carol Rose live on Boston Public Radio.
Listen live: www.wgbh.org/shows/boston...
Listen live: www.wgbh.org/shows/boston...
BREAKING: A federal judge ordered the government to restore Rümeysa Öztürk's SEVIS student record after it was wrongfully terminated in retaliation for exercising her freedom of speech.
This allows her to fully engage with the opportunities of her PhD program.
This allows her to fully engage with the opportunities of her PhD program.
December 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge ordered the government to restore Rümeysa Öztürk's SEVIS student record after it was wrongfully terminated in retaliation for exercising her freedom of speech.
This allows her to fully engage with the opportunities of her PhD program.
This allows her to fully engage with the opportunities of her PhD program.
Colleges and universities are pillars of free expression and open inquiry.
Students and faculty—regardless of their nationality or immigration status — must be able to freely engage in political discourse without fear of official retaliation.
Students and faculty—regardless of their nationality or immigration status — must be able to freely engage in political discourse without fear of official retaliation.
December 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Colleges and universities are pillars of free expression and open inquiry.
Students and faculty—regardless of their nationality or immigration status — must be able to freely engage in political discourse without fear of official retaliation.
Students and faculty—regardless of their nationality or immigration status — must be able to freely engage in political discourse without fear of official retaliation.
Cambridge City Council is accepting public comments related to license plate reader technology like FLOCK - they need to hear from you!
Tell City Councilors: Get the Flock Out of Cambridge!
Make a comment: www.cambridgema.gov/Departments/...
Tell City Councilors: Get the Flock Out of Cambridge!
Make a comment: www.cambridgema.gov/Departments/...
WELCOME TO PUBLIC COMMENT - THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING
WELCOME TO PUBLIC COMMENT - THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING
www.cambridgema.gov
December 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Cambridge City Council is accepting public comments related to license plate reader technology like FLOCK - they need to hear from you!
Tell City Councilors: Get the Flock Out of Cambridge!
Make a comment: www.cambridgema.gov/Departments/...
Tell City Councilors: Get the Flock Out of Cambridge!
Make a comment: www.cambridgema.gov/Departments/...
BREAKING: The Supreme Court just announced it will hear our case challenging President Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship.
Every child born on U.S. soil has a constitutional right to citizenship. We’ll see the president in court.
Every child born on U.S. soil has a constitutional right to citizenship. We’ll see the president in court.
December 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court just announced it will hear our case challenging President Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship.
Every child born on U.S. soil has a constitutional right to citizenship. We’ll see the president in court.
Every child born on U.S. soil has a constitutional right to citizenship. We’ll see the president in court.
We are in federal court today arguing to restore the Student and Exchange Visa Information System (SEVIS) record for Rümeysa Öztürk, which was unlawfully terminated by the Trump administration.
The legal team is seeking to restore Öztürk’s SEVIS record while her court case proceeds.
The legal team is seeking to restore Öztürk’s SEVIS record while her court case proceeds.
December 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We are in federal court today arguing to restore the Student and Exchange Visa Information System (SEVIS) record for Rümeysa Öztürk, which was unlawfully terminated by the Trump administration.
The legal team is seeking to restore Öztürk’s SEVIS record while her court case proceeds.
The legal team is seeking to restore Öztürk’s SEVIS record while her court case proceeds.
The 14th Amendment doesn’t mince words — birthright citizenship is a constitutionally protected right.
We’re fighting at the Supreme Court against President Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship.
We’re fighting at the Supreme Court against President Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship.
December 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The 14th Amendment doesn’t mince words — birthright citizenship is a constitutionally protected right.
We’re fighting at the Supreme Court against President Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship.
We’re fighting at the Supreme Court against President Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship.
Massachusetts drivers are being tracked and their data is being shared nationwide — thanks to police using license plate readers (LPRs) made by Flock and other tech companies.
Does your local police department use LPRs? Take action to find out: mobilize.aclum.org/a/email-your...
Does your local police department use LPRs? Take action to find out: mobilize.aclum.org/a/email-your...
Email Your Municipal Leaders: Flock license plate readers threaten our privacy and safety
mobilize.aclum.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Massachusetts drivers are being tracked and their data is being shared nationwide — thanks to police using license plate readers (LPRs) made by Flock and other tech companies.
Does your local police department use LPRs? Take action to find out: mobilize.aclum.org/a/email-your...
Does your local police department use LPRs? Take action to find out: mobilize.aclum.org/a/email-your...
Giselle Byrd is a vital member of our shared community. The inclusion of trans women on the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women is critical to advancing the rights and equal opportunities for all women and girls in the Commonwealth.
December 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Giselle Byrd is a vital member of our shared community. The inclusion of trans women on the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women is critical to advancing the rights and equal opportunities for all women and girls in the Commonwealth.
ICE is using a new app called Mobile Fortify to scan people's faces and determine their immigration status.
The government's use of biased, unreliable facial recognition tech to supercharge its mass deportation campaign endangers all of our rights.
www.aclu.org/news/privacy...
The government's use of biased, unreliable facial recognition tech to supercharge its mass deportation campaign endangers all of our rights.
www.aclu.org/news/privacy...
Face Recognition and the ‘Trump Terror’: A Marriage Made in Hell | ACLU
ICE and CBP are smashing their way not only through car windows but also through any constraints on the use of face recognition
www.aclu.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
ICE is using a new app called Mobile Fortify to scan people's faces and determine their immigration status.
The government's use of biased, unreliable facial recognition tech to supercharge its mass deportation campaign endangers all of our rights.
www.aclu.org/news/privacy...
The government's use of biased, unreliable facial recognition tech to supercharge its mass deportation campaign endangers all of our rights.
www.aclu.org/news/privacy...
ICE has gone too far - It's time for lawmakers to take action.
We are calling on elected officials to pass reforms to address ICE's unaccountable actions:
❌DON'T assist ICE.
❌DON'T turn police into ICE agents
.
✅DO fund legal help to fight deportations.
action.aclu.org/send-message...
We are calling on elected officials to pass reforms to address ICE's unaccountable actions:
❌DON'T assist ICE.
❌DON'T turn police into ICE agents
.
✅DO fund legal help to fight deportations.
action.aclu.org/send-message...
November 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
ICE has gone too far - It's time for lawmakers to take action.
We are calling on elected officials to pass reforms to address ICE's unaccountable actions:
❌DON'T assist ICE.
❌DON'T turn police into ICE agents
.
✅DO fund legal help to fight deportations.
action.aclu.org/send-message...
We are calling on elected officials to pass reforms to address ICE's unaccountable actions:
❌DON'T assist ICE.
❌DON'T turn police into ICE agents
.
✅DO fund legal help to fight deportations.
action.aclu.org/send-message...
A world without transgender people has never existed and never will.
To all transgender people out there: You are not alone.
To all transgender people out there: You are not alone.
November 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A world without transgender people has never existed and never will.
To all transgender people out there: You are not alone.
To all transgender people out there: You are not alone.
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On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, we honor the trans people lost to violence in the U.S. this year.
Widespread poverty, homelessness, and discrimination makes trans people 4x more likely to experience violence than the average person.
We shouldn’t have to live in fear to be who we are.
Widespread poverty, homelessness, and discrimination makes trans people 4x more likely to experience violence than the average person.
We shouldn’t have to live in fear to be who we are.
November 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, we honor the trans people lost to violence in the U.S. this year.
Widespread poverty, homelessness, and discrimination makes trans people 4x more likely to experience violence than the average person.
We shouldn’t have to live in fear to be who we are.
Widespread poverty, homelessness, and discrimination makes trans people 4x more likely to experience violence than the average person.
We shouldn’t have to live in fear to be who we are.
BREAKING: The House and Senate both adopted the Joint Resolution to rescind all previous calls for a convention of the states under Article V of the Constitution!
Thank you to Speaker Mariano, Senate President Spilka, Leader Peisch, and Leader Senator Creem for their leadership.
Thank you to Speaker Mariano, Senate President Spilka, Leader Peisch, and Leader Senator Creem for their leadership.
November 19, 2025 at 10:13 PM
BREAKING: The House and Senate both adopted the Joint Resolution to rescind all previous calls for a convention of the states under Article V of the Constitution!
Thank you to Speaker Mariano, Senate President Spilka, Leader Peisch, and Leader Senator Creem for their leadership.
Thank you to Speaker Mariano, Senate President Spilka, Leader Peisch, and Leader Senator Creem for their leadership.