Americans for Immigrant Justice, the Florida Immigrant Coalition Community Justice Project, Catholic Legal Services, WeCount!, and the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, announce the creation of the Florida Rapid Response Alliance for Immigrant Safety and Empowerment.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP filed a federal lawsuit challenging Florida Senate Bill 266 (S.B. 266), a law passed in 2023 that curtails academic freedom.

The governor’s inaction leaves hundreds of thousands without representation, prompting a lawsuit to ensure timely democratic participation.

A federal district court judge has rejected a preliminary injunction request, allowing enforcement of a new FDC policy aimed at withholding gender-affirming medical care to those diagnosed with gender dysphoria and forcing transgender women into their male gender assigned at birth.

A new report documents the alarming and egregious conditions individuals face in ICE detention centers in Florida, including Baker County and Glades Detention Centers.

Guillermo Antonio Leon Serrabi, a Salvadoran national who suffered permanent injuries while detained in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) at the Baker County Detention Center, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

The whistleblower, a former medical practitioner at the Baker County Detention Center, confirms reports of sexual and racial abuse at the facility.

We will say this plainly: Over the next four years, we will face the greatest fight for civil rights and civil liberties of our generation. We should fully expect a second Trump presidency to endanger the integrity of our institutions and democratic norms.

Today, the majority of Floridians voted for Amendment 4 to end the state’s abortion ban, but the total fell short of the extraordinary 60% threshold required to amend the Florida Constitution.