Press Releases

ACLU of Florida Statement on Arrival of Migrants at the Florida Keys

All people should be treated with dignity and respect, including children and families seeking asylum. We should be uniting and caring for people, not dividing, traumatizing, and placing them at risk.

Overly Broad and Vague Rules Proposed by the Department of Management Services Will Chill Speech at the State Capitol

ACLU of Florida warns the proposed rules would empower law enforcement to remove individuals exercising their First Amendment Rights at the State Capitol.

Civil Rights Groups File an Appeal in a First Amendment Case Involving the City of Miami Beach for Censoring Black Curators and Artists

The appeal comes in response to the court decision that favored City of Miami Beach officials after they removed a portrait of Raymond Herisse, a Haitian-American man who was fatally shot by City police.

Legal Organizations Sue ICE for Illegally Preventing Attorneys from Communicating with Detained Immigrants in Four States

Several legal services organizations filed a lawsuit today against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for unlawfully preventing attorneys from communicating with immigrants detained in four detention facilities in Florida, Louisiana, Texas, and Arizona.

Court Blocks Racially Gerrymandered Jacksonville City Council Maps for 2023 Elections

Today, through a preliminary injunction, a court blocked Jacksonville City Council and School Board maps that pack together Black communities and deny them a fair voice in government.

ACLU of Florida Sues Sheriff’s Office for Denying Immigrants Right to Counsel

The lawsuit targets the Baker County Sheriff’s Office, which operates an infamous detention center with a long history of human rights violations

Multiple Organizations File Federal Complaint Against ICE Detention Center for Abuses and Medical Neglect

The complaint cites new and extensive evidence of medical neglect and first-hand accounts of abuse from people detained at the Baker County Detention Center

Florida University Law Clinics and the ACLU of Florida Launch New Immigration Legal Representation Program at ICE Detention Center

Law Clinics from the University of Miami, University of Florida, and Florida State University, along with the ACLU of Florida, created the Baker Legal Assistance Program.