Press Releases - ACLU of Massachusetts

Sep 28, 2026

Immigrants’ Rights Advocates File Federal Lawsuit Challenging New Trump Birthright Citizenship Executive Order

Trump administration's new push to restrict birthright citizenship comes despite clear defeat at US Supreme Court

Sep 24, 2026

ACLU of Massachusetts Highlights Resources for People Detained During ICE’s Reckless Surge in South Coast

MACI hotline, Legal Representation Fund, and Habeas Project are responding to immediate needs from detained people and their families.

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Sep 9, 2026

Legal Groups That Secured Supreme Court Birthright Victory File New Motions Responding to Latest Executive Order

Filings address the Trump administration's repeated, unlawful attempts to deprive US-born babies of their constitutional rights

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Aug 14, 2026

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Rights of Detained Noncitizens to Bond Hearings

First Circuit is the seventh appellate court to reject Trump administration's novel application of immigration detention statutes

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Court Cases: Guerrero Orellana v. Moniz et al.

Aug 11, 2026

Legal Groups That Secured Supreme Court Birthright Victory Move to Protect Babies From Trump’s Latest Attacks on Citizenship

Plaintiffs ask federal court to make clear that the citizenship of babies covered by class-action lawsuit is protected despite new executive order

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Aug 5, 2026

Immigrant Rights’ Coalition Celebrates Enactment of PROTECT ACT

Law signed by Gov. Healey will curb reckless federal immigration enforcement in Massachusetts

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Jul 29, 2026

Immigrants’ Rights Coalition Applauds Agreement to Advance PROTECT Act

Bill strictly limits local assistance to federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and bars civil immigration arrests at state courthouses

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Jul 29, 2026

ACLU of Massachusetts Sues U.S. Department of Defense for Public Records on Military Officers Assigned to Serve as Temporary Immigration Judges

The apparent deployment of active-duty military as judges with the power to deport and jail civilians raises serious constitutional questions

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights, Government Transparency

Court Cases: ACLU of Massachusetts v. U.S. Department of Defense

Jun 30, 2026

Groups Representing Plaintiffs Respond to Supreme Court Birthright Citizenship Ruling

Decision strikes down President Trump's executive order, which sought to strip citizenship from American babies born to undocumented parents

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

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