Oral arguments before United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in challenge to cruel ICE “Bait and Switch” entrapment tactic

As SB245 moves to the floor, Maryland has an opportunity to choose a different path, one that protects public safety, limits costly legal liability for local governments, and ensures that everyone in our state can live without fear that a traffic stop or call for help could lead to detention or deportation.

The ACLU of Maryland is deeply concerned by the federal government’s decision to purchase, at a cost of $102 million, a massive warehouse near Hagerstown, Maryland, to use as a detention facility. The purchase is part of reckless and unconscionable plan to more than double the capacity of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to jail people suspected of immigration violations around the country.

We stand with the people of Minnesota. We stand with families who are grieving. And we stand with communities everywhere who are organizing, speaking out, and insisting that dignity, accountability, and justice are not optional.

Federal lawsuit alleges “lethal pattern of deliberate indifference” and “malign” tactics fueling suicides and punishing people in mental health crisis

These dates honor two of the most consequential moments in American history: the ongoing struggle for civil rights and the emancipation of enslaved people.

Lawsuit challenges DOJ demand for sensitive voter data amid fears of national voter database

A judge found that Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not have a valid removal order and had been holding him without legal authority.

In response to months of public opposition, the Wicomico County Executive and Sheriff abandoned their increasingly unpopular proposal to enter a 287(g) agreement with ICE.