News & Commentary

Vargas shares with the ACLU the common misconceptions about immigration and immigrants that he’s encountered through work with his nonprofit, Define America.

Trump has sought every way to terrorize entire communities in a hunt for our immigrant neighbors that will put all of our civil liberties in danger. As the ACLU prepares for the fight ahead, we offer three key areas to watch.

Habeas Corpus has protected our rights since before America’s founding. Today, the Trump administration has threatened to suspend this right to carry out its unlawful immigration agenda.

By allowing state and local law enforcement to collude with ICE, these agreements sow distrust in communities, and rip families apart.

Broaden your perspective on immigration, identity, and belonging with these book suggestions

Maria is a third-generation Latina American who loves her country as much as she loves her husband, Miguel, who is undocumented. In a moment when Donald Trump has threatened to unlawfully deport millions, for Miguel and Maria, the American dream is finding a way to stay together.

The president-elect has said he intends to end birthright citizenship. We break down why that’s clearly unconstitutional.

In our series on how Biden can use the lame duck period to secure civil liberties and civil rights, we examine how Biden can combat President-elect Trump’s plans to execute the largest mass deportation plan in U.S. history.

Ahead of the election, we examined how political ads and news media stories depict the immigration debate as more negative than it may be.