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Jun 10, 2025

ACLU-NJ Responds to Federal Indictment of Congresswoman LaMonica McIver

The indictment of Congresswoman McIver by the U.S. Department of Justice is an outrageous and unprecedented escalation of the Trump administration’s intimidation campaign against those who refuse to do its bidding.

Issue Areas: Democracy & Civic Engagement, Immigration Enforcement & Detention

May 19, 2025

ACLU and ACLU of New Jersey React to Trump Administration’s Charges Against Congresswoman McIver

The Trump administration’s political charges against Congresswoman McIver is a method more suited for authoritarianism than American democracy.

Issue Areas: Immigration Enforcement & Detention

May 09, 2025

ACLU-NJ Responds to DHS Arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka

The arrest of Mayor Ras Baraka by the Department of Homeland Security is a shameful escalation of the Trump administration’s intimidation campaign against officials who refuse to do their bidding

Issue Areas: Immigration Enforcement & Detention, Immigrants' Rights

Apr 29, 2025

Mahmoud Khalil’s Lawsuit Can Move Forward in Federal Court, Judge Finds

The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey ruled today that Mahmoud Khalil can move forward with his lawsuit claiming the government is unlawfully detaining him for his political views.

Issue Areas: Free Speech & Expression, Immigration Enforcement & Detention, Immigrants' Rights

Apr 22, 2025

ACLU-NJ and Partners File Suit to Safeguard Rights of Rutgers Students Targeted by ICE

The ACLU of New Jersey today filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of six international students attending Rutgers University who have had their student status effectively terminated by ICE.

Issue Areas: Immigration Enforcement & Detention, Immigrants' Rights, Students' & Youth Rights

Feb 27, 2025

ACLU-NJ Statement on ICE Contracting Delaney Hall for Immigration Detention

"“The planned opening of Delaney Hall as a private immigration detention facility presents a serious threat to New Jersey’s immigrant communities and is one of the largest immigration detention contracts our state has ever seen."

Issue Areas: Immigration Enforcement & Detention

Dec 11, 2024

ACLU Tells Governors, State Attorneys General, Legislators, and Mayors: Build a Firewall for Freedom to Protect Our Rights During the Second Trump Administration

The American Civil Liberties Union and dozens of state affiliates around the country are asking state and local officials to build firewalls for freedom that would protect fundamental rights from likely attacks during the second Trump administration.

Issue Areas: Democracy & Civic Engagement, Immigrants' Rights, Immigration Enforcement & Detention, Abortion Access, Gender, Sexuality & Reproductive Freedom, LGBTQ+ Rights

Nov 22, 2024

ACLU FOIA Litigation Reveals New Information Regarding ICE’s Plans to Expand Immigration Detention in New Jersey

New information revealed as immigrants’ rights advocates prepare for potential mass deportation and detention program under the incoming Trump administration

Issue Areas: Immigration Enforcement & Detention, Immigrants' Rights, Prisons & Jails

Sep 26, 2024

Immigrant Rights Advocates Applaud the Introduction of the Immigrant Trust Act

ACLU-NJ, The New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice, and partners celebrate the introduction of the Immigrant Trust Act in the New Jersey Legislature.

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights, Immigration Enforcement & Detention

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