Did you know that privacy is actually the gateway for the rest of our rights? In our new series, ACLU expert @chadmarlow.bsky.social breaks down all the ways the government is spying on us and why it's so vital that we keep fighting for our right to privacy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5vJ...

The part where they threatened to break a judge’s car windows should be a bigger story … they feel comfortable treating judges this way, which means they are being told that they can do literally anything to nearly everyone

This is a very good essay from the @ACLU’s Brett Kaufman making the case that Trump’s boat strikes should be viewed as the logical end point of legal arguments normalized by OLC lawyers during the war on terror. Highly recommend. www.justsecurity.org/124776/secre...

Congress is debating a provision in the Intelligence Authorization Act that would get rid of the confirmation process for senior positions at CIA and other spy agencies. Tell your Senators to reject this harmful proposal. The last thing we need is less public oversight of intelligence agencies. 

This is the 16th strike of its kind this year — and at least 66 people are dead because of the government’s rash actions. These extrajudicial strikes are illegal under both international and domestic law.

BREAKING: An appeals court denied the Trump administration's latest effort to deploy National Guard troops in the Chicago area. This ruling is more confirmation that President Trump's attempts to send troops into our communities are unjustified and cannot continue.

BREAKING: Late last night, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from deploying any out-of-state federalized National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon. This is a win for the rule of law.

🚨"Mario's detention is a true five-alarm fire for press freedom in this country, particularly for noncitizen journalists, but also for any journalist who covers law enforcement activity." Everyone who spoke up for Kimmel, needs to be just as loud for Mario. www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...

Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc

"Bottom line: you know your chain of command would hold you accountable if anything went wrong. Make sure you have the wherewithal to hold it accountable as well." www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/0...

The Trump administration is reportedly planning to create a new task force of National Guard troops that it could quickly send to quell protests across the country. If President Trump carries out this gross abuse of power, we're ready to protect our rights guaranteed under the Constitution.

$297,880 of your taxpayer dollars on the vehicles alone. Here are the purchase orders.

“I have received some guidance to avoid terms, like ‘camps,’ that can be twisted and used against the president, yes. Apparently some people think it makes us look like Nazis.”

Trump's raids on DC's homeless encampments are starting tonight, although most of these people have nowhere else to go. “In DC, there are, right now, 30 open shelter beds for men and 30 open shelter beds for women… So for all intents and purposes, there’s nowhere else for people to go.”

Taking photos and video of law enforcement officers performing their duties in public is our constitutional right. This includes police, FBI, National Guard troops, ICE agents, and other government officials.

Last month, we reported that the IRS was preparing a system that would share millions of taxpayers' data with ICE. Now we can confirm data was officially transferred ⤵️

Last night, I saw 3 NYPD officers arresting a man. I asked if he had been read his Miranda rights. After ignoring me, a cop finally said "those are just for tv." Bizarre how once I mentioned i work at ACLU and started reciting the rights, @nypd.bsky.social suddenly remembered they exist.

Good. Trump deploying the National Guard to NYC would be a blatant abuse of power. Engineering falsehoods that New York City is in turmoil and sending in military troops is fascism in action.

In a powerful first-person account, Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up for the first time about her shocking arrest and 45 days in an ICE detention center. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/r...

"Among us was a singer with almost a million followers, a talented violinist, a Pilates instructor, a visual arts teacher, a devoted mom, a loving grandmother, and a woman with a passion for arranging flowers... And me, a confused international doctoral student." www.vanityfair.com/news/story/r...

If you read one thing today, make it Rümeysa Öztürk's first essay since being released from ICE detention for co-authoring an op-ed in her college newspaper. It will break your heart and stitch it back together again. www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2025...

NEW: An appeals court rejected the Trump administration's desperate ploy to re-detain Georgetown scholar Dr. Badar Khan Suri. Today's decision marks another loss for the government's crackdown on immigrants speaking out on Palestine.

We’re at “criming babies” levels of absurd now

Trying to figure out if I just got hit by a truck or the Supreme Court

Update on Ernesto, an 18-year-old in Bowling Green, KY who was taken by ICE: “The Department of Homeland Security has blocked the release of Ernesto Manuel-Andres, despite a federal immigration judge ordering that he be released on bond, according to the nonprofit working with him.”

"A crime or part of a federal raid" - if you're not notifying local law enforcement of your operations (especially after the fact), then it's both.

Mahmoud Khalil emerges from airport security with his wife Noor and newborn, legal team and Rep. AOC.

“You don’t have the authority to arrest US citizens asking to see a judicial warrant” —Brad Lander just now as he is being handcuffed by ICE.

NYC Comptroller Brad Lander was just arrested by Trump’s ICE agents because he asked to see a judicial warrant. This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice. Release him now.

i mean, you can still follow them and there are still dudes with guns and handcuffs walking around or whatever so you should definitely avoid them

Montana became the first state to pass the Fourth Amendment is Not For Sale Act, which requires the government to get a warrant before buying our data from data brokers. This is a huge win for our right to privacy and we're urging Congress to follow Montana's lead.

Mahmoud Khalil's attorney was not allowed to bring her laptop into his most recent hearing. Louisiana immigration Judge Jamee Comans deferred to private prison company GEO Group on the issue - even though DOJ policy says attorneys are allowed to have electronics in court

Rep. @frankpallone.govpeeps.us outlines why the House's efforts to torpedo state regulations of AI are so harmful: it will pave the way for AI to be used to decide who gets a loan, gets into schools, or gets a job with zero safeguards. www.youtube.com/live/_2DKqtr...

BREAKING: ICE and private prison contractor GEO Group are refusing to allow Mahmoud Khalil to hold his newborn son for the first time, even after his wife flew them over 1,000 miles to visit. We just asked a federal court to order ICE to grant Mahmoud's request for a contact visit with his family.

When he showed up to an immigration meeting in Memphis, Kasper Eriksen thought he was on the verge of becoming a citizen. Then ICE arrested the Mississippi father of four, not even giving him a chance to say goodbye to his wife, whisking him away to a prison. @nickjudin.bsky.social reports:

Mahmoud Khalil's legal team keeps sending Judge Farbiarz order after order from judges finding in favor of other international students targeted for deportation by the Trump admin. Maybe one day he'll issue his own! storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Rümeysa Öztürk, welcome home.

I thought I knew how unfair our immigration courts were. What the past few weeks working on Mahmoud's case have shown me is that I had no idea how cruel they really were. From banning public access to taking away lawyers' laptops, democracy really does die in darkness. www.wired.com/story/comput...

Our client Mohsen Mahdawi was detained by ICE at his citizenship interview in retaliation for his advocacy in support of the Palestinian people. In his first piece since he was released, Mohsen stands firm in his commitment to free speech, human rights, and justice for all.

This is the N.D. Texas Alien Enemies Act habeas case. Also: To be clear, the ACLU is recommending such a move in their filings. It's good they're asking for it, and good judges are doing it.

This is what leadership looks like. Thank you to @markey.senate.gov, @pressley.house.gov and @repmcgovern.bsky.social for demanding the release of Rümeysa Öztürk. Her ongoing unlawful detention is a retaliatory attack on her First Amendment rights. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/22/n...

UPDATE: ACLU not kidding.

BREAKING: A court ruled that our case challenging Rümeysa Öztürk's unlawful detention should move forward in Vermont, instead of Louisiana, and that ICE must transfer her there. Nobody should be shipped to a detention facility halfway across the country for writing an op-ed.

🚨UPDATE: Rümeysa Öztürk has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in DHS custody. She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care. This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.

Nobody should be disappeared from the streets of Somerville – or anywhere in America. Everyone should be alarmed by the video of Rumesya Ozturk being handcuffed and taken away by agents. The government must immediately release her. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/26/m...

If the government is allowed to detain a lawful permanent resident like Mahmoud Khalil for his advocacy in support of Palestinian rights, all of our free speech rights are at risk. Read Mahmoud's message to the country, in his own words.

BREAKING: We and @nyclu.org are joining Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil's legal team after ICE unlawfully arrested and detained him in retaliation for his political views. We will see the Trump administration in court.

The government has increasingly invoked an overly broad law known as the Foreign Agents Registration Act to stigmatize, stifle, and sanction viewpoints it doesn’t like. We're asking the court to ensure FARA isn't used to violate the First Amendment.

NEW: WIRED got IP blocked by the Social Security Administration, among other outlets covering Musk's takeover. Federal workers are now "prohibited" from accessing our reporting on "government-furnished equipment." WaPo, NYT, and MSNBC are likewise banned, sources confirm.

DC Democrats do not understand how badly they're jeopardizing their own jobs. If they keep this up, politicians who haven't caught a credible primary challenger in years are about to get walloped in the '26 cycle.