Press Releases

ACLU and Partners Urge Diamondback Correctional Facility to Address Abusive and Unlawful Conditions of Confinement in Immigration Detention

Earlier today, immigrants’ rights advocates sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security condemning the deplorable conditions inside Diamondback Correctional Facility.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

ACLU of Oklahoma Responds to Oklahoma City Council's Vote to Renew Flock Contract

In response to today’s Oklahoma City Council’s vote to renew their contract with Flock, which sells AI-powered surveillance cameras to police departments and lawmakers as automatic license plate readers and shares that data widely, the ACLU of Oklahoma issued the following statement.

Federal Appeals Court Rejects ICE’s Policy of Mandatory Detention Without Bond, Orders Release of Longtime U.S. Resident

The appeal, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and two affiliates, follows hundreds of successful challenges to the Trump administration’s punitive policy
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

U.S. District Court Temporarily Blocks Oklahoma’s Unconstitutional Immigration Law

This week, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma issued a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of Oklahoma’s HB 4156.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Federal Court Temporarily Blocks Oklahoma’s Anti-Immigrant HB 4156

A federal court has temporarily blocked Oklahoma’s HB 4156, a harmful and far-reaching law that would have devastating consequences for Oklahoma’s immigrant communities and create a state system to regulate immigration that bypasses and conflicts with federal law.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Civil Rights Groups File Federal Lawsuit to Block Oklahoma’s Unconstitutional HB 4156

Civil rights groups today challenged Oklahoma’s HB 4156, a far-reaching, harmful new law that would create a state system to regulate immigration that completely bypasses and conflicts with federal law and would have dramatic consequences for Oklahoma communities.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

ACLU of Oklahoma Statement on Extreme Anti-Immigrant Law, HB 4156

In response to Governor Stitt signing into law one of the country's most extreme anti-immigrant bills, the ACLU of Oklahoma issued the following statement.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

A joint statement against Texas’ cruelty at the border

ACLU affiliates issue a response to Republican governors’ escalation on immigration enforcement.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights