News & Commentary

Despite government attacks against protesters and the press, documenting interactions with law enforcement and federal agents is protected by the First Amendment. ACLU experts break down what you need to know.

ACLU-NJ is launching "Write for Immigrants’ Rights," an initiative to send thousands of postcards to Gov. Sherrill urging her to support and sign critical legislation that will strengthen immigrant protections.

Until all Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers across the country are closed, and every family is reunited, we must continue to advocate for the end of immigration detention.

Turning military bases into massive tent detention sites is not only unnecessary and costly; it’s another dehumanizing spectacle designed to intimidate all of us and deprive those detained of their rights.

The Trump administration is targeting New Jersey for lawfully declining to carry out its anti-immigrant agenda.

President Donald Trump's use of the military domestically is dangerous and deeply misguided.

As she prepares to welcome her first child with husband Mahmoud Khalil, Dr. Noor Abdalla writes to her husband one month after he was unlawfully detained for exercising his free speech rights.

All New Jersey residents, no matter their immigration status or that of their loved ones, deserve to feel safe and secure in the place they call home.

A state’s budget is a list of its most pressing priorities – here’s what the ACLU of New Jersey is urging government leaders to include for FY25.