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A Routine Immigration Check-In Shouldn’t End in ICE Detention

“S” should have been preparing to begin his senior year of high school. Instead, the 18-year-old spent part of his summer in an immigration detention center in Georgia.

There’s a Lot That Can Go Wrong With ‘Vaccine Passports’

Any proposal for vaccine credentials must be primarily paper-based, decentralized, and protect privacy.
In this photo illustration, Excelsior Pass app which provides digital proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative test results seen displayed on a smartphone screen in front of the US flag.

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There’s a Lot That Can Go Wrong With ‘Vaccine Passports’

Any proposal for vaccine credentials must be primarily paper-based, decentralized, and protect privacy.

In this photo illustration, Excelsior Pass app which provides digital proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative test results seen displayed on a smartphone screen in front of the US flag.

ACLU of North Carolina Condemns HB 358, N.C. Legislation Targeting Transgender, Intersex, and Gender-Nonconforming Student Athletes

Legislation seeking to ban transgender youth from participating in sports is part of an extreme agenda that seeks to eliminate trans, intersex, and gender-noncomforming people from public life. The ACLU of North Carolina will work inside and outside of the halls of the general assembly to stop...

Condemning HB 358

Lack of Full Statehood Rights Continues to Cause Harm to D.C. Residents

Our country must grant full and equal rights to the 712,000 residents of D.C.

A demonstrator holds up a sign advocating for statehood for Washington, D.C.

North Carolina Has Spent Decades Attacking Abortion Access. We’re Fighting Back.

In the post-Trump era — with the concern that the balance of the Supreme Court has shifted to an anti-abortion majority — states play an especially important role in protecting the right to abortion.

Protest signs advocating for abortion access.

Racial Justice and Civil Liberties: An Inseparable History at the ACLU

Over the past century, the ACLU’s work to combat racial discrimination has grown, evolved, and deepened.

Collage of images from the racial justice cases over the ACLU's history

How the Stimulus Can Help Decriminalize Poverty

Poverty isn't a moral failing, and it shouldn't be a crime.

A close-up of the corner of a stimulus check.

State Legislature Advances Two Anti-Immigrant Bills

In nearly party-line votes, the N.C. Senate approved SB 101 and the N.C. House approved HB 62, both proposals target our state’s immigrant communities. In the past three days, both bills were rushed through multiple committees and considered on the floors in their respective chambers.

Stop SB 101

Immigrants’ Rights Alliance of North Carolina Calls on Legislators to Reject Anti-Immigrant Bills

“Especially during a pandemic, North Carolinians expect lawmakers to improve the safety and wellbeing of our neighbors and communities. However, this legislation would put people at greater risk of COVID-19, spread fear among families, and fan the flames of hate against immigrant community members. 

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Meet Deborah Archer, ACLU National Board President

The civil rights lawyer, scholar, and teacher is the first Black person to lead the organization's board.

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