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Chicago Advocates Condemn Trump Administration Move to Block Release of Hundreds Unlawfully Arrested by ICE

Seventh Circuit Stay of ICE Detention Releases under Castañon Nava Consent Decree Prolongs Detention and Family Separation for Hundreds of Chicagoans

November 20, 2025

Transgender Federal Worker Sues Trump-Vance Administration Over Federal Bathroom Ban

A civilian employee of the Illinois National Guard filed a class action lawsuit in federal court

November 20, 2025

Legal Team Issues Statement After Visit to Broadview ICE Facility

Members of the legal team in Moreno Gonzalez v. Noem completed a tour of the operations at the Broadview ICE Facility.

November 13, 2025

ACLU and Partners Urge Supreme Court to Maintain Block on Trump’s Deployment of Military Troops to Chicago

Free speech organizations filed a friend-of-the-court brief today in the Supreme Court in Trump v. Illinois, the state’s lawsuit challenging President Trump’s attempt to federalize National Guard troops and deploy them into Chicago and surrounding counties.

November 10, 2025

ACLU of Illinois Sounds Alarm About Risk to the Public After Another Example of Federal Agent Pointing a Weapon at Residents in Evanston

A photograph published in the November 1 Chicago Tribune shows a federal immigration officer pointing a gun at a crowd of onlookers in Evanston watching the enforcement activities.

November 2, 2025

Illinois General Assembly passes Medical Aid in Dying Legislation

This measure allows mentally capable, terminally ill adults with a prognosis of six months or less to live the option of obtaining a prescription medication that they can decide to take so that they can die peacefully and end their suffering.

October 31, 2025