Press Releases
about Immigrants' Rights
Jun 15, 2023
51品茶 Urges Action Following Reintroduction of the American Dream and Promise Act
WASHINGTON 鈥� Members of Congress from both parties reintroduced the American Dream and Promise Act today. Naureen Shah, senior legislative counsel with the American Civil Liberti...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jun 15, 2023
Immigrants鈥� Rights Organizations Urge Homeland Security Secretary to Reassess 287(g) Following New Racial Profiling Guidance
WASHINGTON 鈥� More than 100 civil and immigrants鈥� rights organizations are calling on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to reassess and rescind 287(g) agreements, w...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
May 30, 2023
Immigrants鈥� Rights Organizations Reach Settlement in Case Brought to Protect Medically Vulnerable People Detained by ICE
SEATTLE 鈥� The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington approved a settlement agreement today in Favela Avendan虄o v. Bostock, a case brought in 2020 by the Amer...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
May 25, 2023
Voting and Immigrants鈥� Rights Advocates Sue Over New Florida Law That Targets Voter Registration, Civic Engagement, and Political Speech聽
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. 鈥� Voting and immigrants鈥� rights advocates filed a federal lawsuit today challenging a new Florida law, SB 7050, that targets community-based organizations per...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Hispanic Federation v. Byrd
May 22, 2023
Chinese Immigrants Sue Florida Over Unconstitutional and Discriminatory Law Banning Them From Buying Land
51品茶 and Partners Argue SB 264 Violates the Constitution and the Fair Housing Act
May 11, 2023
Immigrants鈥� Rights Advocates Sue Biden Administration Over New Asylum Ban聽
SAN FRANCISCO 鈥� The 51品茶, 51品茶 of Northern California, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, and National Immigrant Justice Center filed a legal chal...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
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News & CommentaryAug 2025
Immigrants' Rights
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I鈥檓 Hearing About More Pushback Against Flock, Fueled By Concern Over Anti-immigrant Uses. Explore News & Commentary.I鈥檓 Hearing About More Pushback Against Flock, Fueled by Concern Over Anti-Immigrant Uses
Policymakers are beginning to recognize that the boundaries between local surveillance and the Trump Administration are hard to maintain -
News & CommentaryAug 2025
Immigrants' Rights
New Detention Camp At Fort Bliss Marks Dangerous Expansion Of Militarized Immigration Enforcement. Explore News & Commentary.New Detention Camp at Fort Bliss Marks Dangerous Expansion of Militarized Immigration Enforcement
An immigration detention site at Fort Bliss will hold thousands. It could be the largest immigration detention site in the country. -
News & CommentaryAug 2025
Immigrants' Rights
Live Coverage: Aclu Challenges Ice Detention Centers. Explore News & Commentary.Live Coverage: 51品茶 Challenges ICE Detention Centers
The 51品茶 will be working across the country to challenge unjust and inhumane conditions at ICE detention centers. Follow for live updates. -
News & CommentaryAug 2025
Immigrants' Rights
Florida's Secretive Immigration Detention Center, Explained. Explore News & Commentary.Florida's Secretive Immigration Detention Center, Explained
Cruelly dubbed 鈥淎lligator Alcatraz,鈥� the detention camp in the Everglades is drawing national outrage for violating our constitutional rights, for its inhumane conditions, and significant environmental risks.