Press Releases

ACLU Maryland Sues Somerset County School Board for Blocking Access to Public Information

Lawsuit alleges school board is illegally hiding information about book censorship, superintendent's firing, and taxpayer-funded expenditures

Woman Wrongly Jailed for Months Based on Faulty Facial Recognition Technology Demands Apology from Maryland Police Departments

In the letters sent by the ACLU, Kimberlee Williams also lays out the reforms needed to help ensure this never happens to someone else

Ten Years in the Making: Maryland Passes the Community Trust Act

After more than a decade of organizing, advocacy, and relentless action by impacted communities across Maryland, the General Assembly has passed SB 791, the Community Trust Act.

ACLU Maryland, Advocates, Rally and Join State in Calling for Halt to Plans for Inhumane DHS Internment Facility

On Wednesday, April 15, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland will hold a hearing in State of Maryland v. Kristi Noem, a case challenging the United States Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) rushed plan to convert a western Maryland warehouse meant for goods into a massive internment facility and human warehouse.

Transparency Prevails in Defense of Anton’s Law

Court Rejects Police Effort to Block Misconduct Records, Affirming Public’s Right to Transparency Under Anton’s Law

Community Leaders, Elected Officials, and Civil Rights Organizations Challenge DHS’s Secret, Rushed Plan to Convert Hagerstown Warehouse into Mass Immigration Detention Center

Amicus brief warns of serious risks to water supply, public health, emergency services, and the fundamental dignity of those detained, with no meaningful notice or input from local residents

ACLU Maryland, Allies to Testify in Annapolis to Ban Racial Profiling & Limit Federal Abuses by Law Enforcement in Maryland - SB 854/HB 1262

On Tuesday, February 24, advocates will provide testimony on a bill that would ban Marylanders from being racially profiled by law enforcement and limit federal abuses by federal agents escalated by the Trump Administration

ACLU Maryland Statement on Governor Moore Signing Emergency Legislation Banning Formal 287(g) Agreements in Maryland

Today, Maryland’s leaders showed courage. In the face of rising authoritarianism and a national agenda rooted in fear, our state chose values over intimidation and community over cruelty.

Advocates And Community Members Hold Emergency Rally for Immigrant Rights in State Capitol

Emergency rally & vigil urging lawmakers to pass legislation limiting state collaboration with federal immigration enforcement, arguing that increased policing and surveillance make communities less safe.