News & Commentary

I’ve spent the last three years fighting alongside LGBTQ North Carolinians and others to mitigate the harm caused by House Bill 2 and its discriminatory replacement law. Yesterday, we secured an important victory.

The General Assembly is about to approve a dangerous anti-immigrant bill that would force all North Carolina sheriffs to help Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detain and deport community members or face removal from office. We're urging Gov. Cooper to stop it.

If reparations are the right path for America, how do we get there? Join the ACLU for a tough but necessary conversation about racial justice.

The images of Oscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his daughter Valeria, who lost their lives trying to seek refuge in the U.S., have left us haunted. They serve as an important reminder of the urgency of the fight for immigrant justice and the need to stand up to the Trump administration's policies.

Last year, ICE sent upwards of 4,500 requests to local law enforcement in North Carolina, asking them to hold people in jail when state law would otherwise mandate their release. For the people targeted by these requests, there are few options.

In 2008, Yolanda Zavala’s 18-year-old son was ticketed by a police officer for driving without a license. What should’ve been a minor citation turned into his deportation.

Across the country, people are talking about abortion as legislatures in the South and Midwest mount a full-scale attack on our reproductive freedom. Naturally, people are stressed and angry. I am too. I’ve been fighting to protect abortion access for more than 25 years.