The Trump administration continues to try to weaponize immigration law against Mahmoud Khalil, so we need them to know that the world is watching. Add your name to our petition to the Board of Immigration Appeals demanding they re-open and terminate the sham immigration case against Mahmoud.

NEW: Mahmoud Khalil’s legal team plans to seek Supreme Court review after the Third Circuit Court of Appeals denied his request for the full court to re-hear his case. Federal courts must be able to step in when the government exploits the immigration system to punish people for their speech.👇

No one should have to face stigma, discrimination, and legal danger just to get the care they need. There are two bills that can help: the Electronic Health Records Privacy Act and the New York Health Information Privacy Act. State lawmakers should pass both - immediately.

Think about what it means for the police to track nearly everywhere you go in your car, even though you aren’t suspected of any crime. That’s what police departments are doing using automatic license plate readers (ALPRs). Fortunately, there's a bill in NY to put guardrails in place ⤵️

BREAKING: Amid a campaign of anti-immigrant cruelty by a massive, militarized, and malicious ICE, Albany just barred most formal types of collusion between local law enforcement and ICE. That's good news, but it is not enough. Here's the latest ⤵️

It’s clear that the purpose of this law is to silence protected speech and to give Nassau police cover to conduct arbitrary and biased arrests. Like we said in court today, unjustified and unnecessary no-speech buffer zones violate people’s rights. Nassau’s law cannot stand.

📍We're in Nassau County rallying ahead of oral arguments in our lawsuit against Nassau’s unlawful no-speech policy. As we said in court today: Nassau’s buffer law is unnecessary, stifles free speech, and violates Nassau County residents’ rights to engage in peaceful political protest.

NEW: Our client, Crystal H., filed a sex and pregnancy discrimination claim after she was drug tested without her consent when giving birth at Garnet Health Medical Center in Middletown, New York - and won. This is a first-of-its-kind victory. But no parent should ever endure what Crystal endured.

Here's an update on where the DACA program currently stands — and what protections its beneficiaries have.

Go to bit.ly/parolejustice to tell your NY state representatives to pass the Fair & Timely Parole and Elder Parole bills! There are only a few weeks left before the session ends, and these bills will save lives.

The Trump administration may be going after the Southern Poverty Law Center now, but make no mistake, this attack affects everyone. The point of prosecuting SPLC or others that make the president angry is to send a message: Fall in line or pay the price.

NEW: Together with students, parents, faith leaders, civil rights advocates and more, we rallied today to celebrate defeating 175-B - and to stand firm against any other dangerous iteration of this no-speech bill. Thank you to everyone who used their voice to stand against censorship.

"Federal agents can no longer make arrests without exceptional circumstances in and around three Manhattan buildings where immigration proceedings occur, a judge ruled. The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by the @nyclu.org, @aclu.org, Make the Road NY and others."

Free speech is our right - and we will fight for it. 📸Scout Tufankjian

The right to read is under attack nationwide - and that includes in NY. ⁠ ⁠ That's why we need the Freedom to Read Act: it would address the crisis of book banning by protecting students’ right to read + ensure that school districts have fair, rigorous protocols for evaluating book banning attempts.

🚨 Reject anti-speech zones in NYC! 🚨 Call City Council now and urge them to oppose any veto override on Intro 175-B. After you fill out your information, a script will pop up on your screen to provide guidance on what to say👇 📞 secure.ngpvan.com/_E6U7RbWZEKh...

New Yorkers 💙 their immigrant family, friends & neighbors. Help us stop the collusion between New York and ICE that is separating so many families. We already have momentum. Let's get the New York for All Act passed in its ENTIRETY! Call & urge your reps to support #NY4All: win.newmode.net/ny4all

NEW: The Governor of Tennessee announced that he has no plans to stop the state from executing Tony Carruthers on Thursday, even though the state still hasn't tested evidence that could prove Tony's innocence. The world is watching. Governor Lee can still intervene until Thursday morning.

🚨 Reject anti-speech zones in NYC! 🚨 Call City Council now and urge them to oppose any veto override on Intro 175-B. After you fill out your information, a script will pop up on your screen to provide guidance on what to say👇 📞 secure.ngpvan.com/_E6U7RbWZEKh...

NEW: A court has granted a stay in our lawsuit challenging ICE’s unlawful courthouse arrests. Now, ICE officers are barred from making civil immigration arrests at 26 Federal Plaza, 201 Varick Street, and 290 Broadway in most cases while our case proceeds.

NEW: Syracuse's ban on biometric surveillance in public accommodations has passed unanimously. Biometric surveillance tools enable the invasive tracking of who we are, where we go, and who we meet. This ban is a win for the privacy rights of New Yorkers.

End ICE Abuse: Tom Morello Joins Immigrant Rights Protest in NYC Democracy Now! https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/15/end_ice_abuse_tom_morello_joins_immigrant

Combating hate requires championing policies that protect free expression and encourage dialogue - not measures that curtail our constitutional freedoms or expand policing and surveillance. @council.nyc.gov, heed the calls of the 100+ orgs that are calling on you to sustain the veto of 175B 👇

Now: About 100 rank and file Legal Aid Society attorneys and allies are rallying outside Brooklyn Criminal Court after a woman was forced to give birth in arraignment. They’re discussing other instances of clients dying in custody & harsher punishments for NYC’s poor.

No one should ever be forced to give birth while shackled or endure labor without any respect for their privacy or basic human dignity. This is a terrible failure by law enforcement and the courts system.

New York's paid medical leave program is woefully outdated. "The result is a system that forces people into impossible choices and financial crises," write @inimai.bsky.social @abetterbalance.org and @garrar26.bsky.social @citizenactionny.org in a new op ed 👇

Immigrant New Yorkers should not have to fear being detained by masked agents when showing up to immigration court. #ICEoutofNY 🚫🧊 https://www.amny.com/news/moia-commissioner-faiza-ali-ice-unsettling/

"...$170 a week amounts to about $4.25 an hour — far below what anyone can live on, let alone live on while managing a serious injury or health condition. For many NYers, it wouldn’t cover groceries for a week, much less rent, utilities or medical expenses." Could you live on that?

Facial recognition technology, and other types of biometric surveillance, are invasive and deeply flawed. “This is not a technology that should be allowed to run wild,” said NYCLU tech privacy expert Daniel Schwarz. Syracuse should pass the biometric surveillance ban for public accommodations.

LOTS going on with the NY Freedom to Read Act. Something needed right now from *librarians and educators who work in NYS only*. Can you fill out this survey for @nyclu.org and share it with other NYS librarians/educators? Sent it to each other please! x5h4gde8rss.typeform.com/to/cRdPf2Gp

In just a few weeks, millions of athletes, journalists, and fans from across the world will come to the U.S. for the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup. We're calling on FIFA to put pressure on the Trump administration to protect immigrants' rights, due process, and a free press. Take action now:

BREAKING: In light of new evidence of misconduct by the Trump administration, Mahmoud Khalil’s legal team is asking the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) to re-open his immigration case and terminate proceedings.

In an effort to meet Trump’s sky-high immigration quotas, immigration agents are illegally stopping and arresting people based on the language they speak and the color of their skin. These illegal arrests terrorize communities and tear families apart – and we’re suing to stop them.

Over 1,700 state and local law enforcement agencies have 287(g) agreements, which invite ICE into our communities and lend support to their lawless anti-immigrant crusade. ICE's abuses wreak havoc wherever they go. Participating in the 287(g) program is a grave mistake.

If lawmakers truly cared about safer communities and saving taxpayer dollars, we’d invest in the community-based programs that are best equipped to support young people. Tell elected officials to fund the Youth Justice Innovation Fund: bit.ly/YouthJusticeTakeAction

$1.2 billion promised. $372 million spent. $0 to NYC. New York has the resources to invest in young people. The Youth Justice Innovation Fund would finally put $50M where it belongs—into the community programs that actually work. Tell your lawmakers: it's time. bit.ly/YouthJustice...

📣 Mayor Mamdani vetoed 175B, a “buffer zone” bill, because it would restrict lawful protest across vast areas of the NYC + undermine our free speech rights. Unions, civil liberties advocates, and New Yorkers who believe in their right to dissent all agree: City Council must not override this veto.

Before Raise the Age, NY prosecuted all 16 & 17-year-olds as adults, no matter their charge. That's what happened to Patrick, who was sent to Rikers Island when he was just 17. ⁠ Young people deserve to be treated as young people, with the support and services that allow them to grow and thrive.

For some people with disabilities, accessing reproductive health care through telehealth is not merely important — it is the difference between life and death. Our access to this essential medication for abortion and miscarriage care must be protected.

Thank you as well to Lanessa Owens-Chaplin, the Director of the NYCLU’s Racial Justice Project, for amplifying the ongoing lead water crisis happening in Syracuse through the conversation as well as how this preventable disease disproportionately affects Black and Brown New Yorkers.

We're thrilled to have Shannon Burkett featured by the NYCLU, sharing her family's story of experiencing childhood lead poisoning and the important work of preventing this from happening to others. Listen, learn more and get involved at endleadpoisoning.com.

1/ After Mayor Mamdani rightly vetoed a bill that would have created no-speech zones outside of every educational facility in the five boroughs - a designation broad enough to include schools, universities, hospitals, libraries and more - the City Council is threatening to override his veto.⁠

New York shouldn't be in the business of stifling free speech. Yet that's exactly what the so-called "buffer zone" bills up for consideration in Albany would do. Add your name below to tell lawmakers not to be part of the effort to outlaw protest on countless blocks – or even whole neighborhoods 👇

This is a political witchhunt targeting transgender youth, their families, and their medical providers. These private health care decisions should be left to families and their doctors, not politicians.

Mayor Mamdani was right to veto 175b, a bill that would create no-speech zones around public or private “educational facilities” in NYC - effectively banning protests across tens of thousands of city blocks. But protest is in the DNA of NYC. Add your name to tell council members to hold the line:

The lengths to which the Trump administration will go to attack trans youth is abhorrent and disturbing. This glaring overreach is all the more reason why New York lawmakers must pass legislation to help protect our sensitive health data in key ways.

BREAKING: Our client Joel, a teen with protected status who was nevertheless arrested and detained during a routine immigration check-in, is free and can remain with his family. While this is a relief, his arrest and detention was in clear violation of the law, and never should have happened.

Thousands of lives are impacted by lead poisoning, but lawmakers aren’t doing nearly enough to combat it. On Rights This Way, we're joined by NYCLU's Lanessa Owens-Chaplin & Shannon Burkett, Award-winning actor, writer, producer, and nurse, to talk about how we can prevent lead poisoning in NY.

Last month, Mayor Mamdani vetoed a bill that would create no-speech zones around any public or private “educational facility” in NYC. That veto was the right move for free speech. But the City Council is threatening to override Mamdani’s veto. Tell your reps to hold the line 👇

SCOTUS has temporarily preserved telehealth access to mifepristone, but this prolongs uncertainty for patients & providers. States must defend against this & future attacks by shielding providers, protecting patient data, & ensuring affordable abortion care. buff.ly/jgNYULp