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Mar 7, 2018

Funeral Home Unlawfully Discriminated Against Its Employee By Firing Her For Being Transgender, A Federal Appeals Court Rules

DETROIT — Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes unlawfully discriminated against Aimee Stephens when it fired her after she notified her...

Jan 30, 2018

From ICE raids to the State of the Union

By Britanny Hamama

Tonight, my mom, Nahrain Hamama, is attending the State of the Union in Washington, DC, as a guest of U.S. Congressman Sander Levin.

When my mom told me...

By Britanny Hamama

Tonight, my mom, Nahrain Hamama, is attending the State of the Union in Washington, DC, as a guest of U.S. Congressman Sander Levin.

When my mom told me...

Portrait of the Hamama Family sitting in a pew in a church

Jan 18, 2018

ACLU Urges MSP to Investigate Possible Racial Profiling of Black and Latino Motorists, Citing Alarming Statistics

The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, in a letter sent today, urged the Michigan State Police to do a comprehensive review of whether black and Latino motorists are...

Jan 3, 2018

Federal Judge Grants Iraqi Nationals Release by Feb. 2 Unless Immigration Courts Find Clear and Convincing Evidence of Flight Risk or Public Safety Risk

A federal court today ruled that nearly 300 Iraqi nationals who have been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will have an opportunity to be released. U.S. District Court Judge Mark...

Nahrain Hamama seated alone in church pew

Dec 20, 2017

ICE Continues to Detain Hundreds of Iraqis Despite Lack of Evidence of Flight Risk or Danger

By: Monica Andrade, Skadden Fellow, and Bonsitu Kitaba-Gaviglio, Staff Attorney, ACLU of Michigan

“What did we do to deserve this?”

“If they’re being deported, why are they...

By: Monica Andrade, Skadden Fellow, and Bonsitu Kitaba-Gaviglio, Staff Attorney, ACLU of Michigan

“What did we do to deserve this?”

“If they’re being deported, why are they...

A crowd of protestors stand in front of the Theodore Levin US Courthouse holding anti-ICE protest signs and red crosses

Dec 19, 2017

Open Letter to Juggalos: Gang Case Accomplished Many Goals

The ACLU of Michigan disagrees with the U.S. Court of Appeals decision yesterday dismissing our challenge to the FBI’s designation of Juggalos as a gang. Nonetheless, we are proud of what the case...