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Trump’s Executive Orders Rolling Back DEI and Accessibility Efforts, Explained
These orders represent a deliberate attempt to undo progress on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility and create new barriers to opportunity.
Trump's Executive Orders Promoting Sex Discrimination, Explained
A new executive order lays out a plan to erase transgender people’s existence under the law
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ACLU-NJ Statement on Passage of Laken Riley Act
The Laken Riley Act will separate people from their families and communities while enriching the private prison industry and laying the groundwork for President Trump’s extreme mass deportation agenda.
ACLU-NJ Statement on NJ Attorney General Filing Suit Defending Birthright Citizenship
New Jersey will not be intimidated by authoritarianism. Instead, our state will lead by example in defending civil rights and liberties for all who call it home.
ACLU-NJ Statement on 2025 Inauguration of Donald Trump
New Jersey will not be intimidated by authoritarianism. Instead, we will continue to lead the nation by example in defending and advancing fundamental freedoms.
