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ICE: Stop Terrorizing Children
ICE is traumatizing children as young as 14 – trying to strip them of their rights while they're without attorneys or family to help them. Take action against these horrific abuses now.
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ICE has been targeting young kids for months, separating families and instilling fear.
Tell Congress to pass legislation ensuring no child is arrested without a warrant and coerced to give up their rights by immigration agents.
Tell Congress to pass legislation ensuring no child is arrested without a warrant and coerced to give up their rights by immigration agents.
The Trump administration is setting a dangerous precedent.
The world is watching this administration's attempts to limit our constitutional and human rights.
The world is watching this administration's attempts to limit our constitutional and human rights.
US skips human rights review by UN body as countries appeal for its return next year
The United States on Friday snubbed a U.N. body charged with keeping tabs on the human rights records of all its member countries, on orders of the Trump administration — which has turned its back on the Human Rights Council.
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The Trump administration is setting a dangerous precedent.
The world is watching this administration's attempts to limit our constitutional and human rights.
The world is watching this administration's attempts to limit our constitutional and human rights.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
Local leaders agree: Military troops and armed federal agents don’t make our communities safer.
What does is funding programs that address the root causes of violence and ensuring police are accountable to the people they serve.
What does is funding programs that address the root causes of violence and ensuring police are accountable to the people they serve.
Trump Says Federal Deployments Make Cities Safer. Local Officials Disagree.
In Chicago, Memphis and elsewhere, residents allege a surge of federal agents and military troops is making it harder to police and prosecute crime.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Local leaders agree: Military troops and armed federal agents don’t make our communities safer.
What does is funding programs that address the root causes of violence and ensuring police are accountable to the people they serve.
What does is funding programs that address the root causes of violence and ensuring police are accountable to the people they serve.
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This incident is a shocking reminder that the Trump administration's deportation agenda has never been about public safety. State lawmakers must act to protect our communities from violent ICE operations that undermine public safety, separate families, and spread chaos in our communities.
A video is going viral of a man in Fitchburg who appeared to suffer a seizure while holding a baby as immigration authorities tried to detain him.
Video shows immigration authorities detaining man having apparent seizure, holding toddler in car - The Boston Globe
A video of immigration authorities apparently trying to detain a man who is holding a toddler, while bystanders are yelling for his safety, has gone viral.
trib.al
November 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This incident is a shocking reminder that the Trump administration's deportation agenda has never been about public safety. State lawmakers must act to protect our communities from violent ICE operations that undermine public safety, separate families, and spread chaos in our communities.
President Trump's anti-trans passport policy is about the government trying to police who we are and how we live.
Having accurate identification is essential for trans people to live and travel without fear of harassment or discrimination.
Having accurate identification is essential for trans people to live and travel without fear of harassment or discrimination.
Opinion | The Supreme Court’s Gender Passport Ruling Isn’t About ID (Gift Article)
And it defeats the basic purpose of the document.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
President Trump's anti-trans passport policy is about the government trying to police who we are and how we live.
Having accurate identification is essential for trans people to live and travel without fear of harassment or discrimination.
Having accurate identification is essential for trans people to live and travel without fear of harassment or discrimination.
NEW: Last night, a federal judge issued a permanent block on the Trump administration's deployment of National Guard troops to Oregon.
This is a win for the rule of law. No troops on our streets – anywhere.
This is a win for the rule of law. No troops on our streets – anywhere.
November 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
NEW: Last night, a federal judge issued a permanent block on the Trump administration's deployment of National Guard troops to Oregon.
This is a win for the rule of law. No troops on our streets – anywhere.
This is a win for the rule of law. No troops on our streets – anywhere.
We already know what makes our communities safer, and it's not troops on our streets.
It's giving people accessible housing, food, employment, health care, and education opportunities.
It's giving people accessible housing, food, employment, health care, and education opportunities.
November 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We already know what makes our communities safer, and it's not troops on our streets.
It's giving people accessible housing, food, employment, health care, and education opportunities.
It's giving people accessible housing, food, employment, health care, and education opportunities.
Faith leaders across the country are spearheading efforts to resist President Trump's anti-immigrant agenda and to show up for the people that ICE has disappeared from our communities.
Sunday vigil at Alligator Alcatraz grows in defiance of Trump’s immigration policy
Leaders and believers from different faiths gather every Sunday at the gates of the Florida detention center to show their solidarity with those affected by the government’s anti-immigrant campaign
english.elpais.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Faith leaders across the country are spearheading efforts to resist President Trump's anti-immigrant agenda and to show up for the people that ICE has disappeared from our communities.
After arresting a U.S. citizen in a Home Depot parking lot, armed immigration agents drove off with his one-year-old daughter.
The Trump administration's mass deportation machine puts every one of us in danger.
The Trump administration's mass deportation machine puts every one of us in danger.
Armed US immigration agents drive off with toddler after arrest of father
‘Devastated’ family demands answers after one-year-old driven by armed agents from LA Home Depot parking lot
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
After arresting a U.S. citizen in a Home Depot parking lot, armed immigration agents drove off with his one-year-old daughter.
The Trump administration's mass deportation machine puts every one of us in danger.
The Trump administration's mass deportation machine puts every one of us in danger.
Tonight, over 240,000 Venezuelans will lose Temporary Protected Status.
The Trump administration is dismantling our core humanitarian protections, leaving hundreds of thousands at risk of detention, deportation, and harm.
Congress must protect TPS holders and pass a pathway to citizenship now.
The Trump administration is dismantling our core humanitarian protections, leaving hundreds of thousands at risk of detention, deportation, and harm.
Congress must protect TPS holders and pass a pathway to citizenship now.
November 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Tonight, over 240,000 Venezuelans will lose Temporary Protected Status.
The Trump administration is dismantling our core humanitarian protections, leaving hundreds of thousands at risk of detention, deportation, and harm.
Congress must protect TPS holders and pass a pathway to citizenship now.
The Trump administration is dismantling our core humanitarian protections, leaving hundreds of thousands at risk of detention, deportation, and harm.
Congress must protect TPS holders and pass a pathway to citizenship now.
Border Patrol has a culture of cruelty, disdain for accountability, and impunity for human rights violations.
As the Trump administration continues to put Border Patrol at the head of its violent immigrant enforcement campaigns, Congress must hold the agency accountable.
As the Trump administration continues to put Border Patrol at the head of its violent immigrant enforcement campaigns, Congress must hold the agency accountable.
Border Patrol Agents Replace Top Leadership at ICE
As immigration enforcement expands nationwide, Trump assigns top leadership to Border Patrol staff despite agency’s track record of abuse.
www.aclu.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Border Patrol has a culture of cruelty, disdain for accountability, and impunity for human rights violations.
As the Trump administration continues to put Border Patrol at the head of its violent immigrant enforcement campaigns, Congress must hold the agency accountable.
As the Trump administration continues to put Border Patrol at the head of its violent immigrant enforcement campaigns, Congress must hold the agency accountable.
The Supreme Court this week allowed the State Department to enforce President Trump's anti-trans passport policy while our lawsuit challenging his executive order moves through the courts.
We'll keep this page updated as our legal experts learn more.
We'll keep this page updated as our legal experts learn more.
Q & A: Orr v. Trump | American Civil Liberties Union
Following a January 2025 Executive Order from President Donald Trump, the State Department began barring people from obtaining passports with a sex designation on them that is not the same as their sex assigned at birth. In response, the ACLU filed a federal lawsuit challenging the State Department's policy on behalf of transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people.
www.aclu.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The Supreme Court this week allowed the State Department to enforce President Trump's anti-trans passport policy while our lawsuit challenging his executive order moves through the courts.
We'll keep this page updated as our legal experts learn more.
We'll keep this page updated as our legal experts learn more.
Our movement is growing by the day — and together, we're unstoppable.
Join us at aclu.org/peoplepower
Join us at aclu.org/peoplepower
November 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Our movement is growing by the day — and together, we're unstoppable.
Join us at aclu.org/peoplepower
Join us at aclu.org/peoplepower
The Trump administration could allow the Department of Homeland Security to collect immigrant children's DNA and other sensitive biometric information, from the sound of their voice to the unique identifiers in their eyes.
This endangers all of our civil liberties.
This endangers all of our civil liberties.
DHS offers “disturbing new excuses” to seize kids’ biometric data, expert says
Sweeping DHS power grab would collect face, iris, voice scans of all immigrants.
arstechnica.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The Trump administration could allow the Department of Homeland Security to collect immigrant children's DNA and other sensitive biometric information, from the sound of their voice to the unique identifiers in their eyes.
This endangers all of our civil liberties.
This endangers all of our civil liberties.
President Trump's unprecedented effort to stop people from seeking asylum in the U.S. is illegal and puts lives in danger.
We were in court this week challenging his proclamation that denies protections for asylum seekers Congress has clearly granted.
We were in court this week challenging his proclamation that denies protections for asylum seekers Congress has clearly granted.
November 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
President Trump's unprecedented effort to stop people from seeking asylum in the U.S. is illegal and puts lives in danger.
We were in court this week challenging his proclamation that denies protections for asylum seekers Congress has clearly granted.
We were in court this week challenging his proclamation that denies protections for asylum seekers Congress has clearly granted.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's request to enforce its discriminatory passport policy while our lawsuit makes its way through the courts.
This decision undermines the freedom of transgender, non-binary, and intersex people to have our IDs reflect who we are.
This decision undermines the freedom of transgender, non-binary, and intersex people to have our IDs reflect who we are.
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's request to enforce its discriminatory passport policy while our lawsuit makes its way through the courts.
This decision undermines the freedom of transgender, non-binary, and intersex people to have our IDs reflect who we are.
This decision undermines the freedom of transgender, non-binary, and intersex people to have our IDs reflect who we are.
It's more important than ever to understand your First Amendment rights.
What the First Amendment Really Protects
From protests and journalism to social media and campus speech, explore how the First Amendment safeguards everyone — including immigrants — and what it actually covers.
www.aclu.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
It's more important than ever to understand your First Amendment rights.
This is the 16th strike of its kind this year — and at least 66 people are dead because of the government’s rash actions.
These extrajudicial strikes are illegal under both international and domestic law.
These extrajudicial strikes are illegal under both international and domestic law.
2 killed in U.S. strike on alleged drug boat in Eastern Pacific, Hegseth says
Two people on board an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the Eastern Pacific were killed by a U.S. military strike, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday
www.nbcnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This is the 16th strike of its kind this year — and at least 66 people are dead because of the government’s rash actions.
These extrajudicial strikes are illegal under both international and domestic law.
These extrajudicial strikes are illegal under both international and domestic law.
The Supreme Court has dangerously expanded presidential powers under the Trump administration by making it easier for the president to win cases on the emergency docket.
No matter what, we're prepared to use every tool in our disposal to continue fighting for our rights.
No matter what, we're prepared to use every tool in our disposal to continue fighting for our rights.
Supreme Court has expanded presidential powers under Trump. How far will it go?
The justices will hear arguments Wednesday on the legality of most of the president’s tariffs — the first in a series of tests of sweeping claims of authority.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/02/supreme-court-trump-power-tariffs/?pw[…]GFyaWZmcy8ifQ.PsaKkMk8oeFbAmSQQIAAWv_jezX0alIMZ9mZ5T1gEE8
November 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The Supreme Court has dangerously expanded presidential powers under the Trump administration by making it easier for the president to win cases on the emergency docket.
No matter what, we're prepared to use every tool in our disposal to continue fighting for our rights.
No matter what, we're prepared to use every tool in our disposal to continue fighting for our rights.
ICE is denying people their due process rights and endangering their lives in the process.
“People were not supposed to spend more than 12 hours in there,” said a former ICE official who worked on oversight and detention issues. “I actually think it’s wildly, wildly fucked up.”
“People were not supposed to spend more than 12 hours in there,” said a former ICE official who worked on oversight and detention issues. “I actually think it’s wildly, wildly fucked up.”
Revealed: ICE violates its own policy by holding people in secretive rooms for days or weeks
Guardian analysis finds ICE increasingly keeps people in holding rooms with little oversight, as some facilities see a 600% rise in detention length
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
ICE is denying people their due process rights and endangering their lives in the process.
“People were not supposed to spend more than 12 hours in there,” said a former ICE official who worked on oversight and detention issues. “I actually think it’s wildly, wildly fucked up.”
“People were not supposed to spend more than 12 hours in there,” said a former ICE official who worked on oversight and detention issues. “I actually think it’s wildly, wildly fucked up.”
As part of President Trump's Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller’s mass deportation campaign, ICE is detaining children, in some cases taking them away from their families, and pressuring kids to leave the U.S.
Tell Congress to protect children from ICE.
aclu.org/ice-children-
Tell Congress to protect children from ICE.
aclu.org/ice-children-
November 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
As part of President Trump's Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller’s mass deportation campaign, ICE is detaining children, in some cases taking them away from their families, and pressuring kids to leave the U.S.
Tell Congress to protect children from ICE.
aclu.org/ice-children-
Tell Congress to protect children from ICE.
aclu.org/ice-children-