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Tell Congress: Stop President Trump's illegal boat strikes
Since September, the Trump administration has murdered nearly 90 people in international waters, ordering over 20 lethal strikes on civilian boats near Venezuela. Congress must conduct oversight and call for an end to this illegal bombing campaign.
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President Trump's lethal strikes on boats in the Caribbean are cold-blooded murder. We need to know how his administration is claiming to justify them.
Tell Congress: Transparency and accountability can't wait.
Tell Congress: Transparency and accountability can't wait.
BREAKING: The House of Representatives passed a bill that would criminalize gender-affirming care for transgender youth under 18 and put doctors in prison for providing this care.
This bill is an unjustifiable threat to the well-being of trans youth and their families. The Senate must reject it.
This bill is an unjustifiable threat to the well-being of trans youth and their families. The Senate must reject it.
December 18, 2025 at 12:39 AM
BREAKING: The House of Representatives passed a bill that would criminalize gender-affirming care for transgender youth under 18 and put doctors in prison for providing this care.
This bill is an unjustifiable threat to the well-being of trans youth and their families. The Senate must reject it.
This bill is an unjustifiable threat to the well-being of trans youth and their families. The Senate must reject it.
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Today’s court ruling allowing the Trump administration to maintain its National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C. is deeply disappointing, and underscores how D.C. limited autonomy continues to be undermined by the Trump Administration.
https://cnn.it/4qgoox0
https://cnn.it/4qgoox0
Appeals court lets Trump keep National Guard troops in DC for now | CNN Politics
A federal appeals court is letting President Donald Trump continue his deployment of National Guard troops in the nation’s capital.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Today’s court ruling allowing the Trump administration to maintain its National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C. is deeply disappointing, and underscores how D.C. limited autonomy continues to be undermined by the Trump Administration.
https://cnn.it/4qgoox0
https://cnn.it/4qgoox0
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Automatic license plate readers endanger everyone's privacy and civil liberties. More cities must follow Flagstaff's lead, and end their partnerships with Flock and other surveillance companies.
Automatic license plate readers endanger everyone's privacy and civil liberties. More cities must follow Flagstaff's lead, and end their partnerships with Flock and other surveillance companies.
Flagstaff City Council votes to end use of automated license plate cameras
The Flagstaff Police Department immediately deactivated the cameras following the vote.
www.12news.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This is good news.
Automatic license plate readers endanger everyone's privacy and civil liberties. More cities must follow Flagstaff's lead, and end their partnerships with Flock and other surveillance companies.
Automatic license plate readers endanger everyone's privacy and civil liberties. More cities must follow Flagstaff's lead, and end their partnerships with Flock and other surveillance companies.
A man detained at California's largest ICE facility likely has cancer but he's been continuously denied medication and urgent treatment as his condition worsens.
We filed an emergency motion in court demanding he gets access to the care he needs that could save his life.
We filed an emergency motion in court demanding he gets access to the care he needs that could save his life.
Immigrants Detained by ICE Sue Immigration Detention Center for Medical Neglect and Other Conditions
Seven people sue the California ICE detention center, citing punitive conditions, medical neglect, and more.
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December 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A man detained at California's largest ICE facility likely has cancer but he's been continuously denied medication and urgent treatment as his condition worsens.
We filed an emergency motion in court demanding he gets access to the care he needs that could save his life.
We filed an emergency motion in court demanding he gets access to the care he needs that could save his life.
The Trump administration can’t hide behind classification to cover up illegal actions or prevent embarrassment.
Congress must release the unedited boat strike videos to the public and hold the officials responsible for these murders accountable.
Congress must release the unedited boat strike videos to the public and hold the officials responsible for these murders accountable.
Hegseth says he won't publicly release video of boat strike that killed survivors in the Caribbean
Hegseth said that members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committee would have an opportunity this week to review the video, but did not say whether all members of Congress would be allowed to ...
www.pbs.org
December 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The Trump administration can’t hide behind classification to cover up illegal actions or prevent embarrassment.
Congress must release the unedited boat strike videos to the public and hold the officials responsible for these murders accountable.
Congress must release the unedited boat strike videos to the public and hold the officials responsible for these murders accountable.
We're in the courts, the legislatures, and the streets defending our fundamental rights.
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The ACLU dares to create a more perfect union — beyond one person, party, or side. Our mission is to realize this promise of the United States Constitution for all and expand the reach of its guarantees.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We're in the courts, the legislatures, and the streets defending our fundamental rights.
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NEW: We filed for a temporary restraining order to demand ICE provide medical care to 2 people detained at the largest immigrant detention facility in California.
A doctor confirmed that immediate medical intervention is needed to prevent death or irreversible harm.
A doctor confirmed that immediate medical intervention is needed to prevent death or irreversible harm.
December 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
NEW: We filed for a temporary restraining order to demand ICE provide medical care to 2 people detained at the largest immigrant detention facility in California.
A doctor confirmed that immediate medical intervention is needed to prevent death or irreversible harm.
A doctor confirmed that immediate medical intervention is needed to prevent death or irreversible harm.
NEW: We reached a settlement with Chouteau County, Montana that will ensure Native voters can elect a county commissioner of their choice.
This corrects the previous system that diluted Native voters' power.
This corrects the previous system that diluted Native voters' power.
December 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
NEW: We reached a settlement with Chouteau County, Montana that will ensure Native voters can elect a county commissioner of their choice.
This corrects the previous system that diluted Native voters' power.
This corrects the previous system that diluted Native voters' power.
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
NEW: We filed a motion to stop the U.S. Justice Department from accessing Nevada's entire voter file as part of their effort to create a national voter database.
The Trump administration doesn't get to weaponize our private information to suppress our right to vote.
The Trump administration doesn't get to weaponize our private information to suppress our right to vote.
December 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
NEW: We filed a motion to stop the U.S. Justice Department from accessing Nevada's entire voter file as part of their effort to create a national voter database.
The Trump administration doesn't get to weaponize our private information to suppress our right to vote.
The Trump administration doesn't get to weaponize our private information to suppress our right to vote.
Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Protect Trans Care Now
As wave after wave of extreme measures to criminalize and strip trans people of rights and safety continue, tell Congress to act.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
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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.
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.
Providing people in government custody with access to legal counsel isn't optional — it's required by the Constitution.
ICE regularly violates this right and won't let people speak with their lawyer confidentially. We're taking ICE to court because people have a right to speak to their attorneys.
ICE regularly violates this right and won't let people speak with their lawyer confidentially. We're taking ICE to court because people have a right to speak to their attorneys.
One of the Most Basic Rights in the Book Is Regularly Denied to ICE Detainees
ICE insists its system protects attorney-client privilege. But the record inside tells a different story.
slate.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Providing people in government custody with access to legal counsel isn't optional — it's required by the Constitution.
ICE regularly violates this right and won't let people speak with their lawyer confidentially. We're taking ICE to court because people have a right to speak to their attorneys.
ICE regularly violates this right and won't let people speak with their lawyer confidentially. We're taking ICE to court because people have a right to speak to their attorneys.
The Trump administration has banned Head Start providers from using 200 phrases when describing their programs and applying for grants, such as: women, disabilities, Black, belong, and tribal.
Head Start is essential and must be able to serve our communities freely. We're suing the administration.
Head Start is essential and must be able to serve our communities freely. We're suing the administration.
Head Start centers told to avoid 'disability,' 'women' and more in funding requests
New court documents reveal a list of nearly 200 words or phrases the Trump administration told Head Start programs it does not want to see in their funding requests.
www.npr.org
December 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The Trump administration has banned Head Start providers from using 200 phrases when describing their programs and applying for grants, such as: women, disabilities, Black, belong, and tribal.
Head Start is essential and must be able to serve our communities freely. We're suing the administration.
Head Start is essential and must be able to serve our communities freely. We're suing the administration.
The FBI has issued a call to surveillance companies for drones equipped with AI tech that could scan our faces, license plates, and surroundings in real-time.
This puts us all at risk of unwarranted government spying. They must reverse course.
This puts us all at risk of unwarranted government spying. They must reverse course.
FBI issues RFI on drones with real-time facial recognition, license plate readers | Biometric Update
The FBI wants systems that can identify vehicles, people, animals, and firearms, and perform facial recognition, read license plates, and analyze perimeters.
www.biometricupdate.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The FBI has issued a call to surveillance companies for drones equipped with AI tech that could scan our faces, license plates, and surroundings in real-time.
This puts us all at risk of unwarranted government spying. They must reverse course.
This puts us all at risk of unwarranted government spying. They must reverse course.
The Bill of Rights was ratified on this day in 1791.
For the last 105 years, we've defended those rights, alongside the entire Constitution, and we aren't stopping any time soon.
For the last 105 years, we've defended those rights, alongside the entire Constitution, and we aren't stopping any time soon.
December 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The Bill of Rights was ratified on this day in 1791.
For the last 105 years, we've defended those rights, alongside the entire Constitution, and we aren't stopping any time soon.
For the last 105 years, we've defended those rights, alongside the entire Constitution, and we aren't stopping any time soon.
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Our store has gifts for everyone in the family fighting for our rights.
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December 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Gift giving is a breeze when you know they support civil liberties — and we have the perfect items.
Our store has gifts for everyone in the family fighting for our rights.
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The ACLU has posted 17 sworn declarations from people locked up at the Trump Adminstration's largest immigrant prison camp, at Fort Bliss in Texas.
In World War Two, the same site was called the "Fort Bliss Enemy Alien Detention Station."
Read the declarations here:
www.aclu.org/documents/fo...
In World War Two, the same site was called the "Fort Bliss Enemy Alien Detention Station."
Read the declarations here:
www.aclu.org/documents/fo...
Fort Bliss Declarations - December 2025 | American Civil Liberties Union
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December 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The ACLU has posted 17 sworn declarations from people locked up at the Trump Adminstration's largest immigrant prison camp, at Fort Bliss in Texas.
In World War Two, the same site was called the "Fort Bliss Enemy Alien Detention Station."
Read the declarations here:
www.aclu.org/documents/fo...
In World War Two, the same site was called the "Fort Bliss Enemy Alien Detention Station."
Read the declarations here:
www.aclu.org/documents/fo...
NEW: We filed a motion to stop the Justice Department from accessing Maryland’s entire voter file as part of their effort to create a national voter database.
We've now taken legal action in eight states to protect voters' sensitive information from being weaponized by the Trump administration.
We've now taken legal action in eight states to protect voters' sensitive information from being weaponized by the Trump administration.
December 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
NEW: We filed a motion to stop the Justice Department from accessing Maryland’s entire voter file as part of their effort to create a national voter database.
We've now taken legal action in eight states to protect voters' sensitive information from being weaponized by the Trump administration.
We've now taken legal action in eight states to protect voters' sensitive information from being weaponized by the Trump administration.
For Chase Strangio, co-director of our LGBTQ & HIV Project, coming out as trans was a liberating experience.
We’re fighting for a world where all trans people can thrive without political interference.
We’re fighting for a world where all trans people can thrive without political interference.
December 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
For Chase Strangio, co-director of our LGBTQ & HIV Project, coming out as trans was a liberating experience.
We’re fighting for a world where all trans people can thrive without political interference.
We’re fighting for a world where all trans people can thrive without political interference.
The House is expected to vote this week on Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene's bill to make providing trans youth with gender-affirming care punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
Life-saving health care is on the line. Tell your members of Congress to reject this bill NOW.
Life-saving health care is on the line. Tell your members of Congress to reject this bill NOW.
Protect Trans Care Now
As wave after wave of extreme measures to criminalize and strip trans people of rights and safety continue, tell Congress to act.
action.aclu.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The House is expected to vote this week on Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene's bill to make providing trans youth with gender-affirming care punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
Life-saving health care is on the line. Tell your members of Congress to reject this bill NOW.
Life-saving health care is on the line. Tell your members of Congress to reject this bill NOW.
We documented dozens of cases of brutality — including physical and sexual abuse from guards — that show a humanitarian disaster unfolding at the Fort Bliss military base, where ICE is operating its largest detention center.
President Trump’s mass detention expansion is inhumane and dangerous.
President Trump’s mass detention expansion is inhumane and dangerous.
Immigrants Detained at Fort Bliss in Texas Report Abuse and Inhumane Conditions
Detained people at largest immigration detention facility in the country report accounts of physical and sexual abuse.
www.aclu.org
December 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
We documented dozens of cases of brutality — including physical and sexual abuse from guards — that show a humanitarian disaster unfolding at the Fort Bliss military base, where ICE is operating its largest detention center.
President Trump’s mass detention expansion is inhumane and dangerous.
President Trump’s mass detention expansion is inhumane and dangerous.