🚨 BREAKING: We’ve filed a lawsuit challenging the retaliatory firing of a state employee for exercising her right to free speech on social media.

BREAKING: Gov. DeSantis has left nearly half a million Floridians without a state senator for over six weeks. We’re suing to make sure he fulfills his constitutional obligation to call for a special election. Democracy can’t wait.

When we come together, our voices are heard, our courage deepens, and our power multiplies. Join us on Saturday, Sept 27 in Orlando for our Power & Purpose Training — a free, one-day event to build the confidence and community we need to shape a future where everyone can thrive.

Over 30 years ago, the group 2 Live Crew successfully challenged government attempts to censor their music for obscenity. Censorship is unconstitutional — and the government doesn't get to decide what lyrics musicians use or what jokes comedians tell on TV.

En celebrar la herencia y cultura hispanas, enfrentamos con claridad firme cada intento de borrarnos y perseguirnos. Nuestras raíces son profundas, hechas para resistir. Nuestra herencia no solo se recuerda — se vive, se celebra, y se abraza con orgullo.

The ACLU of Florida condemns all political violence. But dissent, disagreement, and even harsh criticism of public figures are protected speech. Retaliating against those views is unconstitutional. In a true democracy, free speech protects us all — even when we disagree.

70 years of fighting for freedom. 70 years of defending civil liberties. And we’re just getting started. On Friday, September 19, join us in Orlando for our 70th Anniversary Kickoff Celebration.

Every advance in civil rights has been won by people who stepped forward when it mattered most. At the ACLU of Florida, your work will protect people, challenge injustice, and move us closer to true equality. Join the frontline to resistance. Apply today: aclufl.org/careers

Florida’s detention system is in crisis — and human rights are at stake. Join our four-part series, Constitution in Crisis: Inside Florida’s Detention System, and learn how to fight back. Details + RSVP: mobilize.us/aclufl #ConstitutionInCrisis #EndDetention #ACLUFL

Our progress has always been fueled by people who refused to stand on the sidelines. On Sept. 19, Orlando rises to honor the courage of the past — and to power the fight for the future. Join us. Stand Up. Fight Back. RSVP here: bit.ly/ACLUFL70 #ACLUFL70 #TheResistance #CourageAndCommunity

Our progress has always been fueled by people who refused to stand on the sidelines. On Sept. 19, Orlando rises to honor the courage of the past, and the fight for the future. RSVP Here: bit.ly/ACLUFL70 #ACLUFL70 #TheResistance #CourageAndCommunity

Today’s hearing on ICE’s attempt to stall discovery was procedural, but every step matters. We remain committed to holding ICE and Baker County officials accountable for the abuse Guillermo Serrabi endured in solitary confinement.

Every community deserves spaces of remembrance, dignity, and love. Full stop. Taxpayer dollars were used to erase the crosswalk at Pulse — a memorial to the 49 lives stolen and a symbol of resilience. Instead of honoring communities, the state is silencing them.

BREAKING: We’re suing to keep states like Florida from creating their own immigration detention facilities in violation of federal law. See you in court.

Every advance in civil rights has been won by people who stepped forward when it mattered most. This is that moment. At the ACLU of Florida, your work will protect people, challenge injustice, and move us closer to true equality. This is YOUR call to courage.

We were in federal court today challenging the Trump administration's treatment of immigrants held at the cruelly dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz.”

ICE is cutting corners and haphazardly ramping up its detention capacity to meet President Trump's demands, but we're fighting back across the country. Follow along for updates.

BREAKING: The Trump administration began detaining people in tents at Fort Bliss in El Paso, set to become the nation’s largest immigrant detention center. It revives a shameful legacy of racist internment and severe abuse at the site — and will rip more families apart.

Join the freedom frontline and help us advance our mission to defend civil liberties, protect democracy, and promote equality for all Floridians. The time to stand for our rights is now — and we need all hands on deck. Apply today: aclufl.org/jobs

No human being should have to endure such state-sanctioned cruelty.

This facility is just miles away from Baker County Detention Center, a facility infamous for human rights violations, sexual abuse, and repeated lawsuits.   Floridians’ taxpayer dollars shouldn’t fund Trump’s overreaching mass deportation agenda.

The DeSantis administration is making arrangements to hold immigrant detainees at a North Florida prison as a federal judge weighs whether to temporarily shut down Alligator Alcatraz, the makeshift immigration detention camp in the Everglades.

If we want to protect our voting rights, we must get organized. On August 19, join us and the Legal Defense Fund in the City of South Miami to take on threats to our voting rights, make space for our community’s concerns, and chart solutions together.

The work to ensure voting remains free from racial discrimination is under threat. Our right to vote is sacred — and right now, the fight to protect it demands our courage, our vigilance, and our action.

Congress is trying to: ▪️ Restrict access to reproductive health care ▪️ Greenlight discrimination against same-sex couples ▪️ Ban programs supporting DEI And more. Tell your representative that our rights are not negotiable.

Florida may be on the frontlines of cruelty, but we are the resistance. We took the fight to the Everglades, held the line at the Supreme Court against Florida’s anti-immigrant law, and we’re defending the right to speak and be heard. Read the Resistance: www.aclufl.org/publications...

The governor’s latest attempt to steal a judicial election is illegal. We’ll see him in court. ow.ly/CCcQ50WBZnK

60 years after the Voting Rights Act, the fight for voting rights still demands vigilance and action. We will continue to defend the freedom to vote — in courtrooms, in communities, and across the state. Let’s meet this moment with the courage of those who came before us.

On what would have been James Baldwin’s 101st birthday, we honor his legacy of challenging our nation to live up to its promises of liberty and justice for all.

"Gov. Ron DeSantis graduated from law school at Harvard — with honors. So, you would think he would remember the basic principle that every defendant has the right to legal counsel."

We deserve to know who is conducting immigration raids in our communities. Tell Congress: Pass the VISIBLE Act to require ICE agents to wear visible identification.

It should never take a lawsuit, media attention and public outcry just to ensure that people being detained in cages can speak to a lawyer.

We'll see the Trump administration in court.

AI design decisions reinforces historical structural discrimination into the systems used in daily life. Organizations considering using AI must provide transparency and accountability to address these risks.

This facility opens another dark chapter in our nation’s history.

Too many people are suffering in silence, facing horrific conditions, and unable to speak out about the dehumanization they face in ICE detention.

Take Action: Tell Congress to demand access to "Alligator Alcatraz" and stop any federal funds from being used for this inhumane facility until it is shut down.

The U.S. Constitution does not allow the government to simply lock people away without any ability to communicate with counsel or to petition the court for release from custody.

Florida cannot rely on secrecy and cruelty as the foundation for its immigration policies.

Friday in Miami: Join us August 1 at 10 a.m. at the Mexican Consulate in Coral Gables for a Know Your Rights presentation for immigrants. We'll have pastries and coffee while you learn how to respond in different situations with ICE.

The Trump administration is reportedly planning to deploy 2,000 National Guard troops to ICE detention centers nationwide. Demand Congress prevent this dangerous abuse of power now.

What’s happening here is not just a policy failure, it’s a moral one.

Unfortunately, the abuse that Ana endured at Baker reflects a broader and deeply troubling pattern of inhumane conditions in ICE detention centers across Florida.

After 104 days in detention, Mahmoud Khalil is home. On the newest episode of At Liberty, Mahmoud reflects on being detained for his activism, the importance of people continuing to speak out, and how he’s settling back into life in New York.

As the Trump administration continues to attack the press, we investigate how a historic civil rights-era Supreme Court case defended journalistic freedom.

We will use every tool at our disposal to end this cruel experiment and defend the rights of every person trapped inside of this unconstitutional abomination.

We need to make sure that if and when you’re in government custody that you have the right to speak with your attorney.

No matter what, we will continue to use every tool at our disposal to defend trans youth.

NEW: A federal court again found the Trump administration breached our settlement agreement requiring the government to provide critical legal and social services to families it cruelly separated under Trump's first presidency.

The U.S. Constitution does not allow the government to simply lock people away without any ability to communicate with counsel or to petition the court for release from custody.