Press Releases
Mar 02, 2017
ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Calls for Investigation Into Potential Perjury by Sessions
NEW YORK— Following reports that Attorney General Jeff Sessions had contact with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak during the 2016 presidential campaign, the American Civil Liber...
Feb 28, 2017
ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Statement on Trump’s First Congressional Address
WASHINGTON — In response to President Donald Trump’s first address to Congress, ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ National Political Director Faiz Shakir issued the following stat...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Feb 28, 2017
ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Protests Trump Threat to Publicly Release Private Data of Immigrants and Foreign Visitors
ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Letter to All Federal Agencies Warns That Policy Change Implementation Would Be Illegal
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Feb 24, 2017
ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Launches Grassroots Mobilization Platform
Program Aims to Organize Resistance to President Trump
Feb 23, 2017
ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Statement on Trump Reversal of Policy Ending Use of Private Prisons
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration, through a memo from Attorney General Jeff Sessions, withdrew an Obama administration policy to reduce and ultimately end the use of private...
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
Feb 22, 2017
ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Statement on Revoking of Title IX Guidance for Transgender Students & Impact on Gavin Grimm Supreme Court Case
NEW YORK — The Trump administration today informed the Supreme Court that they are revoking guidance from the Departments of Education and Justice that clarified that transgender...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board
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