This lawsuit is an attempt to shield federal agents from the same standards we expect of every other officer who serves our communities. We stand with Maryland and local leaders who are working to keep our communities safe, informed, and free from fear.

The preliminary injunction requested in the lawsuit would prohibit ICE from continuing this practice during the litigation. The case is co-counseled by the National Immigration Project, the Amica Center for Immigrant Rights, and the ACLU of Maryland.

We are alarmed by video and eyewitness accounts describing federal agents using excessive force against people engaged in nonviolent protest, and using vehicles as battering rams to disperse community members who had gathered to lawfully observe and document ICE's presence.

Report confirms decades-long pattern of systemic and institutional failures that led to preventable and unnecessarily deadly police encounters.

Local community organizations and officials submitted a formal comment to DHS in response to a “scoping notice” indicating DHS plans to move forward with converting a warehouse meant for cargo into a massive immigrant internment facility and human warehouse in Western Maryland.

The ACLU of Maryland condemns today’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Louisiana v. Callais, which effectively dismantles one of the most critical remaining protections of the Voting Rights 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.

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.

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