ACLU of Massachusetts
@aclum.bsky.social
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ACLU of Massachusetts
@aclum.bsky.social
· Jan 20
No matter your immigration status, you have rights when you interact with immigration agents or the police.
ACLU has easy-to-use resources available so you can have your rights at your fingertips.
www.aclum.org/en/know-your...
ACLU has easy-to-use resources available so you can have your rights at your fingertips.
www.aclum.org/en/know-your...
Our leaders in Massachusetts won’t let President Trump weaponize hunger for political gain. Kudos to @massgovernor.bsky.social and @massago.bsky.social for fighting to protect Massachusetts families from this abuse of federal power.
SNAP funding should never be a bargaining chip.
SNAP funding should never be a bargaining chip.
If President Trump wants to punish states for feeding hungry Americans, we’ll see him in court.
We’re working with @massago.bsky.social to make sure everyone gets the benefits they’re owed. Trump should focus on reopening his government instead of fighting to take food away from families.
We’re working with @massago.bsky.social to make sure everyone gets the benefits they’re owed. Trump should focus on reopening his government instead of fighting to take food away from families.
BREAKING: The Trump administration is demanding states "undo" efforts to provide full SNAP payouts for November amid court battle.
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Our leaders in Massachusetts won’t let President Trump weaponize hunger for political gain. Kudos to @massgovernor.bsky.social and @massago.bsky.social for fighting to protect Massachusetts families from this abuse of federal power.
SNAP funding should never be a bargaining chip.
SNAP funding should never be a bargaining chip.
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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.
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.
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 9:16 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.
ACLU of MA has filed a brief with the SJC in support of the constitutional right to counsel.
The Court should declare the current compensation scheme for bar advocates unconstitutional, and establish an immediate, temporary rate to address this violation until the Legislature develops a solution.
The Court should declare the current compensation scheme for bar advocates unconstitutional, and establish an immediate, temporary rate to address this violation until the Legislature develops a solution.
November 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
ACLU of MA has filed a brief with the SJC in support of the constitutional right to counsel.
The Court should declare the current compensation scheme for bar advocates unconstitutional, and establish an immediate, temporary rate to address this violation until the Legislature develops a solution.
The Court should declare the current compensation scheme for bar advocates unconstitutional, and establish an immediate, temporary rate to address this violation until the Legislature develops a solution.
Stay in line! If you are in line by 8pm, you will be allowed to cast your vote🗳
If someone tells you differently, call the Election Protection Hotline 1-866-OUR-VOTE(866-687-8683).
If someone tells you differently, call the Election Protection Hotline 1-866-OUR-VOTE(866-687-8683).
November 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Stay in line! If you are in line by 8pm, you will be allowed to cast your vote🗳
If someone tells you differently, call the Election Protection Hotline 1-866-OUR-VOTE(866-687-8683).
If someone tells you differently, call the Election Protection Hotline 1-866-OUR-VOTE(866-687-8683).
✅ Register to vote
✅ Check your voter registration status
✅ Find your polling place
✅ Know your rights
If you think your rights have been violated or have trouble voting, call 1-866-OUR-VOTE(866-687-8683).
Find your polling place: www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/el...
✅ Check your voter registration status
✅ Find your polling place
✅ Know your rights
If you think your rights have been violated or have trouble voting, call 1-866-OUR-VOTE(866-687-8683).
Find your polling place: www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/el...
November 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
✅ Register to vote
✅ Check your voter registration status
✅ Find your polling place
✅ Know your rights
If you think your rights have been violated or have trouble voting, call 1-866-OUR-VOTE(866-687-8683).
Find your polling place: www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/el...
✅ Check your voter registration status
✅ Find your polling place
✅ Know your rights
If you think your rights have been violated or have trouble voting, call 1-866-OUR-VOTE(866-687-8683).
Find your polling place: www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/el...
Flock’s mass-surveillance machine is a rapidly expanding location tracking system - and a privacy nightmare.
Communities across the nation are calling for lawmakers to protect us from this unwarranted government surveillance. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
Communities across the nation are calling for lawmakers to protect us from this unwarranted government surveillance. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
Police cameras track billions of license plates per month. Communities are pushing back.
More than 5,000 law enforcement departments across the U.S. use interconnected Flock Safety cameras to track residents’ movements.
www.nbcnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Flock’s mass-surveillance machine is a rapidly expanding location tracking system - and a privacy nightmare.
Communities across the nation are calling for lawmakers to protect us from this unwarranted government surveillance. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
Communities across the nation are calling for lawmakers to protect us from this unwarranted government surveillance. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
Local elections are underway in 55 municipalities across Massachusetts - It's time to make a voting plan for Election Day this Tuesday!
Voting in municipal elections gives you a say in what your community stands for.
Learn more: www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/el...
Voting in municipal elections gives you a say in what your community stands for.
Learn more: www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/el...
www.sec.state.ma.us
November 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Local elections are underway in 55 municipalities across Massachusetts - It's time to make a voting plan for Election Day this Tuesday!
Voting in municipal elections gives you a say in what your community stands for.
Learn more: www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/el...
Voting in municipal elections gives you a say in what your community stands for.
Learn more: www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/el...
BREAKING: A federal court just certified a class in our case challenging the widespread denial of bond hearings in immigration courts covering several New England states.
This is a major step toward securing due process for thousands who have been and will be jailed without justification by ICE.
This is a major step toward securing due process for thousands who have been and will be jailed without justification by ICE.
October 31, 2025 at 12:55 AM
BREAKING: A federal court just certified a class in our case challenging the widespread denial of bond hearings in immigration courts covering several New England states.
This is a major step toward securing due process for thousands who have been and will be jailed without justification by ICE.
This is a major step toward securing due process for thousands who have been and will be jailed without justification by ICE.
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BREAKING: A federal court ruled that the FDA's unnecessary restrictions on medication abortion are unlawful and must be reconsidered.
This decision reaffirms that our access to safe and essential medicines should be dictated by science, not politics.
This decision reaffirms that our access to safe and essential medicines should be dictated by science, not politics.
October 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
BREAKING: A federal court ruled that the FDA's unnecessary restrictions on medication abortion are unlawful and must be reconsidered.
This decision reaffirms that our access to safe and essential medicines should be dictated by science, not politics.
This decision reaffirms that our access to safe and essential medicines should be dictated by science, not politics.
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ICE is using faulty and biased face surveillance technology to go after people they suspect of being undocumented.
This is a direct threat to the fundamental rights of every individual and has no place in our cities.
This is a direct threat to the fundamental rights of every individual and has no place in our cities.
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co
October 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
ICE is using faulty and biased face surveillance technology to go after people they suspect of being undocumented.
This is a direct threat to the fundamental rights of every individual and has no place in our cities.
This is a direct threat to the fundamental rights of every individual and has no place in our cities.
Bayard Rustin was one of the most influential organizers of the civil rights movement, leading key protests like the 1963 March on Washington for racial justice.
Bayard dedicated his life to fighting for equal rights for the Black community, LGBTQ people, and economic justice.
Bayard dedicated his life to fighting for equal rights for the Black community, LGBTQ people, and economic justice.
October 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Bayard Rustin was one of the most influential organizers of the civil rights movement, leading key protests like the 1963 March on Washington for racial justice.
Bayard dedicated his life to fighting for equal rights for the Black community, LGBTQ people, and economic justice.
Bayard dedicated his life to fighting for equal rights for the Black community, LGBTQ people, and economic justice.
This lawsuit aims to stop Quincy’s plan to install two 10-foot-tall statues of saints on a new public safety building.
In Quincy, and everywhere, there must be a separation of church and state.
In Quincy, and everywhere, there must be a separation of church and state.
October 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
This lawsuit aims to stop Quincy’s plan to install two 10-foot-tall statues of saints on a new public safety building.
In Quincy, and everywhere, there must be a separation of church and state.
In Quincy, and everywhere, there must be a separation of church and state.
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Andrea Gibson’s writing centered around gender, queerness, mortality, and social justice. Their talent as a writer and spoken word poet was just one part of their activism.
October 23, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Andrea Gibson’s writing centered around gender, queerness, mortality, and social justice. Their talent as a writer and spoken word poet was just one part of their activism.
Facial recognition technology gives the government unprecedented power to track our every move.
Nine municipalities in Mass have passed local laws protecting privacy and racial justice–but everyone deserves protection.
Tell lawmakers to finish the job: mobilize.aclum.org/a/regulate-f...
Nine municipalities in Mass have passed local laws protecting privacy and racial justice–but everyone deserves protection.
Tell lawmakers to finish the job: mobilize.aclum.org/a/regulate-f...
The City of Boston became the second-largest city in the world to outlaw facial surveillance — banning both the technology itself and any information it produces.
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October 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Facial recognition technology gives the government unprecedented power to track our every move.
Nine municipalities in Mass have passed local laws protecting privacy and racial justice–but everyone deserves protection.
Tell lawmakers to finish the job: mobilize.aclum.org/a/regulate-f...
Nine municipalities in Mass have passed local laws protecting privacy and racial justice–but everyone deserves protection.
Tell lawmakers to finish the job: mobilize.aclum.org/a/regulate-f...
We all want what’s best for our kids.
For parents of trans youth, gender-affirming care is an essential part of keeping their kids happy and healthy.
For parents of trans youth, gender-affirming care is an essential part of keeping their kids happy and healthy.
October 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
We all want what’s best for our kids.
For parents of trans youth, gender-affirming care is an essential part of keeping their kids happy and healthy.
For parents of trans youth, gender-affirming care is an essential part of keeping their kids happy and healthy.
Health care should be between patients and their doctors–not politicians in Washington.
The ACLU of MA applauds AG Campbell for her continued leadership in the fight against this dangerous attack on transgender people. Gender-affirming care is lifesaving care.
The ACLU of MA applauds AG Campbell for her continued leadership in the fight against this dangerous attack on transgender people. Gender-affirming care is lifesaving care.
Donald Trump’s DOJ wants to force Boston Children’s Hospital to turn over sensitive records related to gender-affirming care.
I’m leading a multistate coalition in filing a court brief fighting back against this attempt to bully patients and health care providers.
I’m leading a multistate coalition in filing a court brief fighting back against this attempt to bully patients and health care providers.
October 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Health care should be between patients and their doctors–not politicians in Washington.
The ACLU of MA applauds AG Campbell for her continued leadership in the fight against this dangerous attack on transgender people. Gender-affirming care is lifesaving care.
The ACLU of MA applauds AG Campbell for her continued leadership in the fight against this dangerous attack on transgender people. Gender-affirming care is lifesaving care.
Every year, thousands of Massachusetts voters get left behind because of the ten-day registration deadline. That’s why we support An Act Enacting Same Day Voter Registration.
Join us today and contact your state lawmakers. #ItsTimeForSameDay #SameDayinMA act.commoncause.org/letters/its-...
Join us today and contact your state lawmakers. #ItsTimeForSameDay #SameDayinMA act.commoncause.org/letters/its-...
It's (Still) Time for Same Day Voter Registration!
Thousands of Massachusetts voters are STILL unable to participate in our state elections due to unnecessary barriers to participation, like the arbitrary ten-day voter registration cutoff, becoming...
act.commoncause.org
October 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Every year, thousands of Massachusetts voters get left behind because of the ten-day registration deadline. That’s why we support An Act Enacting Same Day Voter Registration.
Join us today and contact your state lawmakers. #ItsTimeForSameDay #SameDayinMA act.commoncause.org/letters/its-...
Join us today and contact your state lawmakers. #ItsTimeForSameDay #SameDayinMA act.commoncause.org/letters/its-...
Next week, Carol Rose, Executive Director of the ACLU of MA, will deliver a Community Address on "The Role of Law and Lawyers in Defending Democracy" at the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy.
Join us on October 28th at Boston College Law School for this event!
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Join us on October 28th at Boston College Law School for this event!
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October 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Next week, Carol Rose, Executive Director of the ACLU of MA, will deliver a Community Address on "The Role of Law and Lawyers in Defending Democracy" at the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy.
Join us on October 28th at Boston College Law School for this event!
lnkd.in/eiudEand
Join us on October 28th at Boston College Law School for this event!
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The ACLU of MA Action Team is joining millions of Americans speaking out to defend our freedoms from a wannabe king. See you out there, Massachusetts!
📣 NO KINGS 📣
📣 NO KINGS 📣
October 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The ACLU of MA Action Team is joining millions of Americans speaking out to defend our freedoms from a wannabe king. See you out there, Massachusetts!
📣 NO KINGS 📣
📣 NO KINGS 📣
We have a right to dissent, and we will use it.
📍Boston, MA - No Kings Protest
📍Boston, MA - No Kings Protest
October 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
We have a right to dissent, and we will use it.
📍Boston, MA - No Kings Protest
📍Boston, MA - No Kings Protest
We refuse to accept President Trump's rampant abuses of power and disregard for our Constitution.
The power of the people is greater than the people in power.
📍Concord, MA - No Kings Protest
The power of the people is greater than the people in power.
📍Concord, MA - No Kings Protest
October 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
We refuse to accept President Trump's rampant abuses of power and disregard for our Constitution.
The power of the people is greater than the people in power.
📍Concord, MA - No Kings Protest
The power of the people is greater than the people in power.
📍Concord, MA - No Kings Protest
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We refuse to accept President Trump's rampant abuses of power and disregard for our Constitution.
Today, we're showing up for our country en masse. Follow along.
Today, we're showing up for our country en masse. Follow along.
Live Coverage: No Kings National Day of Action
Follow for live coverage of the nationwide peaceful protests to condemn President Trump's escalating abuses of power.
aclu.org
October 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We refuse to accept President Trump's rampant abuses of power and disregard for our Constitution.
Today, we're showing up for our country en masse. Follow along.
Today, we're showing up for our country en masse. Follow along.
If you're taking to the streets to protest today, know your rights.
October 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
If you're taking to the streets to protest today, know your rights.