Immigrant Rights
The ACLU has been one of the nation's leading advocates for the rights of immigrants, refugees and non-citizens, challenging unconstitutional laws and practices, countering the myths upon which many of these laws are based. The ACLU supports rights for all people within the United States and is committed to expanding and enforcing the civil liberties and civil rights of non-citizens and to combating public and private discrimination against immigrants.
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ACLU Framework for Immigration Reform
January 2013- As President Obama and Congress take up immigration reform, the ACLU urges policymakers to endorse and promote the following priorities for reform.
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National Civil Rights Coalition to Arizona Gov. Brewer: SB 1070 Racial Profiling Provision is Still Enjoined
June 28, 2012- The coalition representing the plaintiffs in the ongoing civil rights legal challenge to SB 1070, Friendly House v. Whiting, sent a letter to counsel for all defendants, including Governor Brewer, explaining that SB1070 's racial profiling provision, Section 2 (B), cannot be implemented unless a federal court dissolves the injunction.
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Over 100 Arizona Organizations and Notables Call on DHS Secretary Napolitano to End Collaboration with the State of Arizona
June 27, 2012- In the wake of the Supreme Court ruling in the Department of Justice SB 1070 case that allowed section 2B, the racial profiling section of the law to move forward, more than one hundred Arizona-based organizations and notable individuals sent a letter calling on the state's former governor, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano, to end DHS' collaboration with Arizona to prevent a pending "humanitarian crisis."
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Supreme Court Reinstates Arizona “Show Me Your Papers” Law, but Strikes Down Three Other Provisions of Anti-Immigrant Measure
June 25, 2012- The U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld a key provision of Arizona’s draconian anti-immigrant law will lead to racial profiling and discrimination, ACLU Executive Director Anthony D. Romero warned today.  
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Supreme Court Issues Ruling on Arizona Anti-Immigrant Law
June 25, 2012- The Supreme Court today issued a decision regarding Arizona’s racial profiling law, SB 1070.  In Arizona v. United States, the Court determined that three of the four provisions currently blocked by the courts are preempted by federal law. The Court reinstated the law’s “show me your papers” provision for the time being, but left open the possibility that the provision could still be found unconstitutional on preemption or other grounds in the future.
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Obama Administration Gives Lifeline to DREAMers
June 15, 2012- This morning the Obama administration announced that it will stop deporting and begin giving work permits to young adults who came to the U.S. as children (often referred to as "Dreamers").
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ACLU Responds to Brewer’s Training Order, Sends Letter to AZ Post Urging Agency to Inform Police about SB 1070 Implementation Delays
June 14, 2012- In a letter sent today to the executive director of the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training (AZPOST) Board, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Arizona urged the statewide agency charged with training police officers to inform police departments across the state that any decision upholding parts of Arizona’s SB1070 law would not take effect immediately.
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ACLU Demands Removal of Detainees from Arizona Immigration Detention Center
June 12, 2012- The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Arizona today demanded that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials remove immigration detainees from the Pinal County Jail (PCJ) or immediately remedy unconstitutional conditions at the facility, where hundreds of detainees are held in unsanitary conditions and subjected to abuse, despite the government’s pledge to create a “truly civil” immigration detention system.
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Border Agents Charged with Abusing U.S. Citizens and Non-Citizens Alike
May 10, 2012- In an alarming number of cases, Customs and Border Protection agents are using excessive force and ignoring due process at ports of entry at the U.S.-Mexico border, charged the ACLU in an administrative complaint sent yesterday to the Department of Homeland Security.  
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