ACLU-NJ Statement on the Election of Mikie Sherrill as the Next Governor of New Jersey - ACLU of New Jersey “In this moment of deep political division across the country, New Jersey voters showed the nation that our state is ready to push back against authoritarianism."

Congratulations to Mikie Sherrill on her election as our next governor! New Jersey voters have shown the nation that our state is ready to push back against authoritarianism.

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ACLU-NJ Celebrates James Comer’s Release After His Groundbreaking Cases Transformed Extreme Life Sentences for Children - ACLU of New Jersey After being sentenced to 75 years in prison in 2003 when he was 17 years old, James Comer was released today following his landmark appeals that ultimately eliminated de facto life sentences for child...

James Comer was released from prison today after challenging the 75-year sentence he received when he was just 17 years old.

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Amol Sinha, a member of Mahmoud Khalil's legal team joined us following Khalil's release from ICE custody in Louisiana: "The government should not be the arbiter of who gets to speak and who doesn't. Because if it's happening to Mahmoud today, it could happen to any one of us tomorrow."

The ACLU-NJ logo appears in the upper left and lower right corners. Text is written in a white box on a red background that reads: Congresswoman McIver was at Delaney Hall carrying out an oversight visit of an immigration detention center, as members of Congress have broad authority to do. This indictment is an outrageous and unprecedented escalation of the Trump administration’s intimidation campaign against those who refuse to do its bidding.

The indictment of Congresswoman McIver by the U.S. Department of Justice is an outrageous and unprecedented escalation of the Trump administration’s intimidation campaign against those who refuse to do its bidding.

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This is yet another intimidation tactic escalating Trump's extreme mass deportation agenda.

Cities, counties & states have the right to enact policies that serve their residents. Doing otherwise would violate core principles of our democracy.

Trump administration threatens to arrest House Democrats over ICE facility incident "There will likely be more arrests coming," a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said.

The Trump administration is threatening to arrest Congress members who were performing their oversight duties. Targeting elected officials for opposing the president's agenda is straight out of authoritarian playbooks.

We won't allow Trump and DHS to intimidate us into submission.

ACLU: The Rule of Law Is Non-Negotiable | Opinion If the nation's most powerful law firms and civil society organizations don't stand up for our rights and our democracy, who will?

Our rights, values, and communities are under attack by the Trump administration.

But we have a reminder: the rule of law is non-negotiable.

Read more from @amolsinha.bsky.social in Newsweek: www.newsweek.com/aclu-rule-la...

BREAKING: today, we filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of six international students attending Rutgers University who have had their student status effectively terminated by ICE.

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Trump's Expanded Domestic Military Use Should Worry Us All Make no mistake: If Trump invokes the Insurrection Act to activate federalized troops for mass deportation—whether at the border or somewhere else in the country—it would be unprecedented,

President Trump’s expanding use of the military domestically is dangerous and deeply misguided.

Here’s what you need to know: www.aclu-nj.org/en/news/trum...

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.

BREAKING: A federal court ordered Mahmoud Khalil's lawsuit should proceed in New Jersey instead of Louisiana, 1,500 miles from his family.

This is an important step towards justice.

Being from New Jersey means causing “Good Trouble”
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Thank you @booker.senate.gov for fighting for all of us.

🚨🚨 @booker.senate.gov has been on the Senate floor for 13+ hours, lifting up the voices of Americans who are being harmed by the Trump admin in this moment of crisis.

Thank you, Senator Booker for your principled advocacy, and for fighting for all of us.

So proud to be a New Jerseyan. Thank you @corybooker.com.

Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker

Our Senator, @booker.senate.gov, is speaking for as long as he’s able about the Trump administration’s attacks on Constitutional rights, the rule of law, and the most vulnerable among us. Proud to be a New Jerseyan. Tune in: www.youtube.com/live/v2utlMx...

A Guide to the New Jersey Sunshine Law Your right to attend public meetings is protected.The “Sunshine Law,” otherwise known as the Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA), gives the public the right to be present at meetings of public bodies and

☀️☀️ It's #SunshineWeek, a week to celebrate the pivotal role transparency plays in government and democracy! ☀️☀️

Read our guide and #KnowYourRights when it comes to the Sunshine Law and attending public meetings.

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MUST-WATCH: This is the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil from the perspective of his wife, who is 8 months pregnant.

This is federal agents in plain clothes dragging a man from his home as punishment for his speech.

@nyclu.org @ccrjustice.org @theimeu.bsky.social

Important point made by @jameeljaffer.bsky.social. Our government is trying to deport someone for constitutionally protected political speech.

Free Mahmoud Khalil The Trump administration has illegally arrested and detained Mahmoud Khalil in direct retaliation for his advocacy in support of Palestinian rights. This egregious, unprecedented, and illegal abuse of...

ICE illegally arrested and detained Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent resident, for his political advocacy.

Take action to free Mahmoud NOW.

ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests, his lawyer says A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead last spring's protests at Columbia University has been arrested by federal immigration agents.

The Trump administration’s detention of Mahmoud Khalil — a green card holder studying in this country legally — is targeted, retaliatory, and an extreme attack on his First Amendment rights.
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Here's what NJ is already experiencing from the Project 2025 playbook NorthJersey.com spoke to some experts about how anti-immigration measures proposed in Project 2025 affect various immigrant communities in the state.

Trump won't stop taking cues from Project 2025.

As a diverse state with one of the largest populations of immigrants in the country, NJ must protect its immigrant community.

Read more in @northjerseynews.bsky.social:

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One month into the second Trump presidency, we've already taken action to protect:

✅ birthright citizenship
✅ due process for immigrants
✅ the right to asylum
✅ gender-affirming care
✅ passport access for trans people
✅ data privacy

And we’re just getting started.

Can’t believe we have to say this, but here we are: Informing people of their constitutional rights is not a crime.

ACLU–NJ’s Director Talks Trump, ICE and Montclair The ACLU, which sued President Donald Trump’s first administration 400 times, is ramping up its efforts during Trump’s second term in office, ACLU–NJ Executive Director Amol Sinha said in an interview...

The ACLU, which sued President Donald Trump’s first administration 400 times, is ramping up its efforts during Trump’s second term in office, ACLU–New Jersey Executive Director Amol Sinha told Montclair Local.

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BREAKING: We’re suing the Trump administration for refusing to issue passports with accurate sex designations for transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people.

This action violates the Constitution.

ACLU sues Trump administration over asylum ban The lawsuit alleges Trump's actions go against protections provided by Congress and backed by the courts.

Shutting down asylum at the border is a flagrantly illegal power grab that puts countless lives in danger — so we're suing.

Proud to have @davidlitt.bsky.social join our board!

N.J. advocates slam ICE raids, say Trump vilifies immigrants “A real push to detain as many people as possible, without regard to who is actually deportable …”

Trump wants “to paint a picture that every immigrant in the U.S. is doing something wrong,” @amolsinha.bsky.social told @nj.com.

Let's be clear: Immigrants are vital to the Garden State. We must ensure NJ is fair & welcoming for all who call it home.

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New platform, same us. We're on the front lines of freedom every day in the Garden State. 🗽🗳️👩‍⚖️📜📢

Learn more about what we do at aclu-nj.org and stay tuned for more!