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Jul 10, 2025

Federal Court Blocks Trump Birthright Citizenship Order, Certifies Nationwide Class Protecting All Impacted Babies

Yet another court ruling affirms that the U.S. Constitution gives citizenship equally to all babies born in the United States — regardless of their parents’ immigration status.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Jun 27, 2025

Groups File Nationwide Class-Action Lawsuit Over Trump Birthright Citizenship Order

Immigrants rights’ advocates filed a new nationwide class-action lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
May 9, 2025

Rümeysa Öztürk To Be Freed from Detention as Case Proceeds

More than six weeks after the Trump administration arrested and detained her because of an op-ed, a federal court ordered the release of Rümeysa Öztürk.
Issue Areas: Free Speech and Expression, Immigrants' Rights
Court Cases: Öztürk v. Trump
May 1, 2025

Appeals Court to Consider Stay of Rümeysa Öztürk’s Transfer to Vermont

We are ready to argue her case before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and we won’t stop fighting until she is free.
Issue Areas: Free Speech and Expression, Immigrants' Rights
Court Cases: Öztürk v. Trump
Apr 18, 2025

Court Rules Rümeysa Öztürk’s Lawsuit Should Move Forward in Vermont and Orders ICE to Transfer Her Back to New England

With this ruling, a federal court has rightfully reaffirmed that Rümeysa Öztürk’s case belongs in Vermont — significantly closer to her friends, community, and counsel.
Issue Areas: Free Speech and Expression, Immigrants' Rights
Court Cases: Öztürk v. Trump
Apr 4, 2025

Court Rules Rümeysa Öztürk’s Lawsuit Should Move Forward in Vermont

The Court rightfully, and with appropriate urgency, rejected the Trump administration’s attempted manipulation to move Rümeysa Öztürk’s case to Louisiana.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights, Free Speech and Expression
Court Cases: Öztürk v. Trump
Apr 3, 2025

Court hears arguments on the unconstitutional ICE detention of Rümeysa Öztürk

Members of Rümeysa Öztürk’s legal team argued before the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in Boston that Ms. Öztürk’s challenge to her unlawful detention and attempted deportation.
Issue Areas: Free Speech and Expression, Immigrants' Rights
Court Cases: Öztürk v. Trump
Mar 28, 2025

In New Filing, Rümeysa Öztürk Urges Court to Protect Her Rights, Release Her

Grabbing someone off the streets, stripping them of their student visa, and detaining them solely based on political viewpoint is an affront to everyone's constitutional rights.
Issue Areas: Free Speech and Expression, Immigrants' Rights
Court Cases: Öztürk v. Trump
Feb 10, 2025

Federal Court Blocks Trump Birthright Citizenship Executive Order

In an ACLU suit, a federal court blocked President Trump’s executive order that seeks to strip certain babies born in the United States of their U.S. citizenship. 
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights