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ACLU Urges Greyhound to Stop Giving Customs and Border Protection Permission to Conduct Bus Raids
March 21, 2018Greyhound buses, once a symbol of travel on America’s vast highways, have become rolling traps where U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents routinely board to unlawfully interrogate, detain and arrest passengers.
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ACLU Asks Federal Judge to Allow LGBT Support Groups to Join Lawsuit in Defense of LGBT-Inclusive School District Policies
March 12, 2018Today the American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Michigan filed a motion in federal court asking to intervene in a lawsuit that was filed against Williamston Community Schools for adopting policies that prohibit discrimination against students for their sexual orientation, gender identity or
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Funeral Home Unlawfully Discriminated Against Its Employee By Firing Her For Being Transgender, A Federal Appeals Court Rules
March 07, 2018DETROIT — Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes unlawfully discriminated against Aimee Stephens when it fired her after she notified her employer that she would begin working openly as female because she is a transgender woman.
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From ICE raids to the State of the Union
January 30, 2018By Britanny Hamama
Tonight, my mom, Nahrain Hamama, is attending the State of the Union in Washington, DC, as a guest of U.S. Congressman Sander Levin.
When my mom told me, I couldn’t believe it. I asked, "The actual State of the Union?”
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ACLU Urges MSP to Investigate Possible Racial Profiling of Black and Latino Motorists, Citing Alarming Statistics
January 18, 2018The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, in a letter sent today, urged the Michigan State Police to do a comprehensive review of whether black and Latino motorists are pulled over by a special MSP security team, while traveling along Interstate 94, at a rate significantly higher than whiRELATED ISSUES
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Federal Judge Grants Iraqi Nationals Release by Feb. 2 Unless Immigration Courts Find Clear and Convincing Evidence of Flight Risk or Public Safety Risk
January 03, 2018A federal court today ruled that nearly 300 Iraqi nationals who have been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will have an opportunity to be released. U.S.
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ICE Continues to Detain Hundreds of Iraqis Despite Lack of Evidence of Flight Risk or Danger
December 20, 2017By: Monica Andrade, Skadden Fellow, and Bonsitu Kitaba-Gaviglio, Staff Attorney, ACLU of Michigan
“What did we do to deserve this?”
“If they’re being deported, why are they still in detention? And how long will they be there?”
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Open Letter to Juggalos: Gang Case Accomplished Many Goals
December 19, 2017The ACLU of Michigan disagrees with the U.S. Court of Appeals decision yesterday dismissing our challenge to the FBI’s designation of Juggalos as a gang. Nonetheless, we are proud of what the case accomplished and we were honored to represent the Juggalo family.
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ACLU Challenges Unjustified Detention of Iraqi Nationals
November 08, 2017The American Civil Liberties Union and partner organizations have filed a brief asking a federal court to order the release of Iraqi nationals who have been detained for months by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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