For Reid Solomon-Lane of North Adams, that means the next passport he obtains will list his sex as female even though he has lived his “entire adult life as a man,” he said in a statement released by the ACLU. The new rule, based on a Trump executive order and implemented by the State Department, says that the gender marker on passports and Global Entry cards must be consistent with a person’s sex assigned at birth. The American Civil Liberties Union and three Massachusetts residents sued the Trump administration Friday...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) told federal lawmakers on Friday that Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have seized control over a number of federal computer systems that house data tightly restricted under federal statutes. In some cases, any deviations in the manner in which the data is being used may be not only illegal, the ACLU says, but unconstitutional. DOGE operatives have infiltrated or assumed control over a number of federal agencies that are responsible for managing personnel files on nearly two million federal employees,...

The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit Monday challenging President Donald Trump's executive action suspending asylum in the U.S. prohibits migrants at the southern border to claim asylum, and allows immigration officers to quickly "repel" or "remove" migrants. His order, along with his decision to shut down a mobile app used by asylum seekers to schedule an appointment, pretty much ends all avenues for asylum claims. The , presented in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, alleges Trump's effort to unilaterally ban access to asylum is "unlawful...

Before University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign student Gabi DalSanto was cleared to register for spring classes after being placed on a recent academic hold for defying school policy during a student-led climate march, she filed stacks of paperwork, worked with a case manager and wrote a several-page essay on what she would do differently in the future. “It felt like what you would do in detention — it was crazy,” DalSanto said. “It shows a really big shift in the university’s outlook on expressive action.” DalSanto, a second-year environmental science major...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and two of its chapters are suing to halt President Trump's attempt to expand "fast-track" deportations without a full hearing. Why it matters: The lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., is the latest of many legal challenges against the Trump administration in its first week after the president signed several executive orders on immigration.

The organization is suing over a DHS rule allowing rapid deportation of illegal immigrants who cannot prove two years of continuous presence in the U.S. Guatemalan migrants deported from the United States walk on the tarmac after landing at the Air Force Base in Guatemala City in the first flight of deportees of the year, on Jan. 3, 2024. Guatemalan migrants deported from the United States walk on the tarmac after landing at the Air Force Base in Guatemala City in the first flight of deportees of the year, on...

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) lawyer Chase Strangio appeared to employ a new term for an adult human female Tuesday. The trans rights activist – who is also a transgender man – appeared on the left-wing digital news show "Democracy Now!" to slam President Donald Trump’s executive order on sex and gender. Strangio complained to show host Amy Goodman that Trump "is targeting trans people by focusing on retrenching this notion of a fixed gender binary at the time of conception." While making the case, Strangio referred to biological women...

Michigan free speech advocates filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday arguing some county jails and federal immigration officials are playing a shell game with records in an effort to shield public scrutiny of how people suspected of being in the U.S. illegally are treated while detained. The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement along with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The lawsuit comes as advocates prepare for President Donald Trump to carry out his campaign...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) late Monday launched a suit challenging an executive order from President Trump seeking to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to parents who are not lawfully present. It’s an order that contradicts the Constitution, which bestows citizenship on anyone born in the United State regardless of the status of their parents. “Denying citizenship to U.S.-born children is not only unconstitutional — it’s also a reckless and ruthless repudiation of American values. Birthright citizenship is part of what makes the United States...