Immigrant Rights

The Constitution guarantees basic rights and freedoms to all people in America, not just U.S. citizens. Advocating fair treatment for non-citizens has been an important part of the ACLU’s work since its founding in 1920, when it opposed the summary arrest and deportation of Eastern European immigrants during the Palmer Raids.

Court says government must do more to reunite refugee families

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Habeeb v. Castloo

The U.S. government apologized and provided compensation to Abdulameer Yousef Habeeb, an Iraqi refugee whom federal agents unlawfully stopped, interrogated, arrested, imprisoned, and sought to deport.

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Freedom to Travel

Immigrant Rights

Mass Incarceration

Racial Profiling

Terrorism/Emergency Powers

Gomez v. Coleman

ACLU-WA & NWIRP are representing a man suing Spokane Police Department for 4th Amendment Violations

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Immigrant Rights

Marquez-Reyes v. Garland

First Amendment issue in immigration proceedings

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Immigrant Rights

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