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about National Security
Feb 25, 2020
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, FreedomWorks Launch Multi-State Ad Campaign to Reform Surveillance Laws
Organizations Mobilizing Millions to Call on Congress to Rein in the Surveillance State
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National Security
Feb 07, 2020
NYCLU to Sue DHS for Illegal Suspension of Global Entry Program for New Yorkers
NEW YORK – The New York Civil Liberties Union today announced its intention to file a class-action lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security for its retaliatory suspens...
Feb 06, 2020
NYCLU Statement on the Suspension of Global Entry
NEW YORK - Yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security announced the suspension of Global Entry and other Trusted Traveler Programs as a response to the passage and implementati...
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Immigrants' Rights
National Security
Jan 30, 2020
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ National and ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Puerto Rico Oppose Puerto Rico Internet Voting Bill
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ (ºìÐÓÊÓƵ) and the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Puerto Rico urged Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez in a public letter sent today to veto Senate P...
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Voting Rights
National Security
Jan 21, 2020
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Massachusetts Statement on Iranian Student Removed from U.S.
BOSTON — Shahab Dehghani, a student at Northeastern University, attempted to return to the United States on Sunday. At Boston Logan Airport, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (C...
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Immigrants' Rights
National Security
Jan 03, 2020
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Comment on Baghdad Strike
NEW YORK — In response to a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad that killed a top Iranian military commander and others, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ National Security Project Director H...
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National Security
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Court CaseJan 2025
National Security
Doj Opinions On Domestic Military Deployment Foia. Explore Case.DOJ Opinions on Domestic Military Deployment FOIA
For decades, the Department of Justice has been responsible for advising the President on the use of the military within the United States. By filing a request under the Freedom of Information Act, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ obtained over a dozen DOJ opinions on the domestic use of the military, none which had previously been released to the public. -
News & CommentaryApr 2025
National Security
Trump's Expanded Domestic Military Use Should Worry Us All. Explore News & Commentary.Trump's Expanded Domestic Military Use Should Worry Us All
President Donald Trump's use of the military domestically is dangerous and deeply misguided. -
MaineApr 2025
National Security
Free Speech
Smith V. Trump. Explore Case.Smith v. Trump
On April 11, 2025, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Maine filed a lawsuit on behalf of two human rights advocates who, because of an executive order signed by President Trump, have been forced to stop humanitarian work with the International Criminal Court. -
Washington, D.C.Apr 2025
National Security
Immigrants' Rights
Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center V. Noem. Explore Case.Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center v. Noem
Immigrants’ rights advocates sued the Trump administration on Feb. 12, 2025, for access to immigrants transferred from the United States to detention at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba under President Trump’s recent order.