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Deborah Archer becomes first Black person elected to be ACLU’s president

By Associated Press

What landmark Supreme Court ruling means for LGBTQ rights

The Supreme Court announced a milestone decision Monday, ruling that job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or transgender identity is illegal. What is the significance of this decision for LGBTQ rights, even beyond the realm of employment? Judy…

Salvadoran migrant Epigmenio Centeno holds the hand of his three-year old son Steven Atonay outside the shelter House of the Migrant, after he has decided to stay with his children in Mexico due to U.S. President Donald Trump's child separation policy, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico June 19, 2018. Photo by Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters

Tally of children split at border tops 5,400 in new count

U.S. immigration authorities separated more than 1,500 children from their parents at the Mexico border early in the Trump administration, the American Civil Liberties Union said Thursday, bringing the total number of children separated since July 2017 to more than…

By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press

Nely, a Honduran migrant seeking asylum with her family, receives a medical evaluation from a U.S. Border Patrol agent trained as an emergency medical technician (EMT) after illegally crossing the Rio Grande and turning herself in to law enforcement in Hidalgo, Texas, U.S., August 23, 2019. Picture taken August 23, 2019. Photo by Loren Elliott/Reuters

Groups sue Trump administration over immigrant medical care

The Trump administration has ended a program that allows foreign nationals to work legally and receive health benefits for up to two years while they or their family members receive medical treatment.

By Associated Press

A Honduran migrant with her child are stopped by members of the Mexican National Guard in Anapra, on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on June 28, 2019. Photo by Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters

ACLU seeks to block Trump asylum rule

Civil liberties groups are asking for a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration's effort to effectively end asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border.

By Colleen Long, Associated Press

Judge blocks Trump’s policy requiring asylum seekers to wait in Mexico

By Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press

The judge held off on enforcing his decision until Friday to give the government a chance to ask an appeals court for a review.

Deported father agonizes over getting his 6-year-old daughter back

In rural Honduras, a separated family is desperate for answers about their little girl. After crossing illegally into the U.S. in June, 6-year-old Marianita was sent to a children's shelter as her father was deported without his daughter. More than…

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U.S., ACLU divide on how to reunify separated families

By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press

The Trump administration and the American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday revealed widely divergent plans on how to reunite hundreds of immigrant children with parents who have been deported since the families were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.