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LWV intervenes to protect more than 120,000 voters in Texas drive-thru polling
HOUSTON – Late Sunday the League of Women Voters of Texas joined ACLU Texas to file a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit aimed at invalidating more than 120,000 drive-thru votes cast for Tuesday’s election. -
Class-action filed on behalf of material witnesses detained for months without due process
LAREDO — The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas and the law firm of Gibbs & Bruns LLP recently filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of nearly 150 people detained as potential witnesses for federal prosecutions at La Salle County Regional Detention Center near Laredo. -
ACLU sues seven Texas cities over anti-abortion ordinances
HOUSTON – The ACLU of Texas and ACLU National today filed a lawsuit to challenge the ordinances in seven cities in east Texas that prohibit abortion providers and advocates from operating within their city limits. -
ICE refuses to disclose immigration raid documents, ACLU of Texas files lawsuit
DALLAS – The ACLU of Texas today filed a lawsuit against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for failing to produce the search warrants used to raid a workplace in Allen, Texas in April 2019. -
Federal court orders Galveston County to provide counsel at bail hearings in historic ruling
GALVESTON – On Sept. 11 a federal court ordered Galveston County to provide counsel at initial bail hearings for people arrested for felonies, the first federal court in the country to conclude that the Sixth Amendment requires it. -
ACLU of Texas opposes election security bill
AUSTIN – The Texas Senate's approval April 15 of legislation intended to protect election integrity has drawn opposition from the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas. -
Federal court orders Dallas County to stop unconstitutional bail practices
DALLAS — On Sept. 20, a federal judge in Dallas ordered Dallas County to stop its practice of automatically using money bail to detain people arrested for misdemeanors and felonies, a press release states. -
Black Lives Matter, other groups seek removal of Harris County judge over Houston Chronicle comments
HOUSTON – Blacks Lives Matter: Houston and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas, along with six other organizations, have called for the suspension and removal of the 209th District Criminal Court Judge Michael McSpadden for comments made in a Feb. 23 Houston Chronicle report the groups claim show racial bias. -
Civil rights groups deliver 50,000 signatures to Abbott, other lawmakers over 'anti-LGBTQ bills'
AUSTIN – A list of more than 50,000 signatures from Texans who oppose legislation described as discriminatory has been delivered to key figures in the state. -
Texas ACLU demands communications between Paxton and Trump on DACA
HOUSTON — On Aug. 7, the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, along with affiliates in 9 other states and the national ACLU, filed open records requests demanding copies of any communications between the Texas Office of the Attorney General and the federal government regarding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. -
ACLU files for injunction against Senate Bill 4
SAN ANTONIO – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Texas has filed for a preliminary injunction in an effort to block Texas Senate Bill 4. -
ACLU of Texas files suit against city of Houston over ban to stop homeless tents, panhandling
HOUSTON – The ACLU of Texas announced on May 15 that it has sued the city of Houston over its encampment and panhandling ordinances. -
Texas ACLU sends letters to 13 counties regarding its concerns with potential ICE agreement
HOUSTON – The Texas American Civil Liberties Union sent letters to 13 Texas counties warning them against agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), it said would compromise public safety; and in a separate move filed a lawsuit against the federal government demanding access to records showing how airports are handling President Donald Trump’s travel ban. -
DOJ reverses position on Texas voter ID law
HOUSTON – The U.S. Department of Justice has confirmed that it will withdraw its claim that a Texas’ voter-ID law was implemented with discriminatory intent. -
ACLU leading a fight against Trump travel ban
HOUSTON – American Civil Liberties Union senior staffers are aggressively monitoring the Trump administration’s stated intention of reenacting a form of the travel ban recently struck down in federal court as unconstitutional in charting the organization’s next course of action in the ongoing saga. -
ACLU of Texas educates against anti-Muslim sentiments
HOUSTON – With anti-Muslim sentiment on the rise, the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas has created a policy to defend against anti-Muslim discrimination. -
Texas AFT president: Patrick 'waging a war on kids' with bathroom bill
AUSTIN – A new bill has been introduced to the Texas Legislature that would ban transgender students from using the bathroom of their choice in Texas schools. -
Texas lawmakers to consider 'bathroom bill' in upcoming session
HOUSTON — On Jan. 5, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham) announced the filing of Senate Bill 6, the Privacy Protection Act, aimed at stopping transgender people from using the bathroom of their choice. -
U.S. settles with ACLU Client in suit over alleged CBP officer abuse
HOUSTON – The U.S. Government has agreed to pay $85,000 to a U.S. citizen with a physical disability, who was allegedly abused by a Customs and Border Protection agent at the Brownsville Port of Entry while trying to watch the search of her purse. -
Texas ACLU battles Santa Fe to eliminate jail time for not paying fines
SANTA FE – The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas has filed a lawsuit against the city of Santa Fe to protect individuals from being jailed for low-level offenses because they can’t afford to pay the fines associated with these small crimes.