Press Releases

ACLU and Sugar Law Center Sue University of Michigan to Stop Unconstitutional Banishment of Protestors from Campus

Federal Lawsuit Also Challenges Constitutionality of New Anti-Disruption Policy

February 3, 2025

ACLU Sues Immigration and Customs Enforcement to Obtain Records for Immigrants Being Held in Michigan Jails

DETROIT – The ACLU of Michigan and the national ACLU filed a federal lawsuit today to force U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the county jails it contracts with, to release records about detained immigrants held by ICE in local detention facilities.

January 22, 2025

ACLU Sends Letter to Walgreens Asking for Investigation, Apology and Policy Changes After Harassment of Customer Purchasing Medication for Miscarriage Treatment

DETROIT – The ACLU of Michigan today sent a letter to the Walgreens drugstore chain asking for an investigation, policy changes and an apology to Kristin Tweedale and her partner, Jeffrey Kramer, who was inappropriately questioned and harassed at a Lansing store last September when he attempted to f

January 16, 2025

ACLU Responds to the Michigan House of Representatives Adjourning Without Passing Essential Legislation

DETROIT - As the Michigan House of Representatives has adjourned for the year, we are left reflecting on the stark gap between what could have been and what was delivered. We know the threats looming on the horizon for Michiganders under a weaponized Trump White House: attacks on bodily autonomy, ta

December 19, 2024

State Voting Rights Acts Face Final Days to Pass Before Project 2025 Undermines Voters Nationwide

DETROIT - Today, state and national civil and voting rights experts rang the alarm bells with less than six weeks left until Donald Trump and the Project 2025 agenda takes control. The Legal Defense Fund (LDF), Campaign Legal Center (CLC), ACLU of Michigan, and the New Jersey Institute for Social J

December 12, 2024

ACLU of Michigan Condemns Vandalism

At around 2:00 a.m. on Monday, December 9, University of Michigan Regent Jordan Acker’s home was vandalized when an object was thrown through the front window, breaking it, and a family car was spray-painted with a red upside-down triangle and graffiti that stated, “Divest” and “Free Palestine.” Th

December 10, 2024