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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.

Sep 15, 2020

At the Polls, Episode 1: What to Expect on Election Day 2020

ACLU At the Polls.

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Sep 15, 2020

At the Polls, Episode 1: What to Expect on Election Day 2020

ACLU At the Polls.
Sep 14, 2020

Election Season is Here. Are You Ready to Vote?

It’s after Labor Day, the weather is changing, leaves are turning, which all means — Election season is officially here. November 3 is now less than 50 days away.

An absentee voter ballot next to a blue "I voted by mail" sticker.
Sep 11, 2020

The Myth of the “Bad” Immigrant

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Sep 09, 2020

ACLU Calls On Tech Companies to End Their Alliance with ICE and CBP

Together with Palantir, Amazon Web Services, and other data brokers, these private companies sell their data and tools to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Not only do the tech companies provide access to the sensitive personal information

Demonstrators hold banner that reads "#NoTech4Ice"outside Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, Manhattan apartment to protest Amazon technology being used by the Department of Homeland Security.
Sep 03, 2020

For Black Immigrants, Police and ICE Are Two Sides of the Same Coin

More than 20 years ago, 23-year-old Amadou Diallo was gunned down in front of his apartment in the Bronx by the NYPD. Diallo had been walking home when four officers mistook him for a suspect in a rape investigation

A close up of a police officer wears a "Police" label beside a U.S. ICE (standing for Immigration and Customs Enforcement) badge on his vest.
Sep 03, 2020

My Brother’s Not Afraid of Much. With COVID-19 in Prison, He’s Scared Out of His Mind.

After a terrible car accident, he got a prison sentence, and has made it his goal to use that time to improve himself. He has a team of family and friends rooting for him, but no one is more optimistic than Brian about all of the things he’ll contribute once he’s out.

Prisoners reach through the metal bars of their cells.
Sep 03, 2020

ACLU of NC Joins Abortion Providers And Reproductive Justice Activists in Challenge to Unnecessary Abortion Restrictions

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Sep 01, 2020

The Law Enforcement Violence Trump Won’t Talk About

Day after day, night after night, protesters have been taking to the streets since the police killing of George Floyd. Led by local Black activists and grassroots groups, they’re chanting, singing, shouting, kneeling, marching, and even laying on the ground to demand justice for the many Black lives

Police in Portland wear riot gear and armed with guns as smoke fills the streets.
Sep 01, 2020

Chantal Stevens Selected as Executive Director of the ACLU of North Carolina

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