The ACLU of Michigan files lawsuits that impact people’s rights by setting a legal precedent, or affecting the policies and actions of public officials. Our current Fall 2024 Legal Docket details our legal cases and actions taken in 2023-2024.
The use of facial recognition surveillance technology has been shown to be inaccurate, racially biased, and a threat to personal privacy. In...
The ACLU sued ICE in June 2017 on behalf of Iraqi residents and their families in the U.S., after ICE agents arrested more than 100 Iraqi nationals without warning — including many who came to the U.S. as...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) warehouses many immigrants in Michigan jails while seeking to deport them from the country. During a pandemic, this practice was not just inhumane, it...
The ACLU of Michigan took up the case of Jilmar Ramos-Gomez, a United States citizen and Marine Corps veteran who was wrongfully turned over to Immigration and...