Press Releases

ACLU Report Reveals Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) May Have Targeted Dozens–If Not Hundreds–of U.S. Citizens in Miami in the Last Two Years

Based on Miami-Dade County records, the report finds widespread errors by ICE that resulted in illegal detentions of U.S. citizens.

ACLU of Florida Statement on House Bill Restricting Amendment 4

This legislation will maintain vestiges of Florida's Jim Crow history and undermine the will of Florida's electorate that voted for second chances.

ACLU of Florida responds to the verdict against Nouman Raja in Corey Jones Shooting

Today, a jury found Nouman Raja, a former police officer, guilty of manslaughter and attempted first-degree murder for fatally shooting Corey Jones, a Black musician, in West Palm Beach in 2015.

Florida Campaign for Criminal Justice Reform Responds to Senate Criminal Justice Committee’s Vote to pass the Florida First Step Act

Advocates say the Florida First Step Act doesn’t address racial disparities in our criminal justice system

ACLU of Florida Statement on Senate Bill 624

The Senate Criminal Justice Committee today voted to pass Senate Bill 624, which would generally prohibit placing youth in solitary confinement.

Advocates Across Florida Speak Out Against DeSantis for Supporting SB 168

The newly elected governor announced his support of the highly damaging Bill, which undermines local law enforcement and erodes public security

Civil Rights and Immigrants' Rights Organizations Denounce Passage of Anti-Immigrant Bill

The Senate Judiciary Committee today voted to pass Senate Bill 168. Despite today’s vote, Senators still have an opportunity to defeat this bill by rejecting to hear it in any further committees.

ACLU of Florida Statement on Federal Court Ruling to Terminate the Pottinger Agreement

Civil rights group says the agreement, which protected fundamental rights of people experiencing homelessness, is needed now more than ever