Voter Engagement Lead, Karelin Torres, Receives John Lewis Youth Leadership Award

Karelin led efforts to recruit bilingual poll workers and increase voter accessibility for Spanish-speaking Delawareans during the 2022 Midterm elections.

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New Resource: Votamos Launches a Latinx/Hispanic Civic Engagement Website!

The Votamos, We Vote Coalition, Delaware’s first statewide coalition of advocates working toward advancement of our Latinx/Hispanic communities, has launched a public education website aimed at voter and civic engagement in the First State’s Latinx/Hispanic communities.

Screenshot of the Votamos We Vote website's homepage.

Sussex Series: Making Waves

Join the ACLU in Sussex county for a series of events on enacting change!

By Morgan R. Kelly

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New Castle County: "Safe and Inclusive Community"

New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer signed an executive order preventing the questioning, search, or arrest of anyone due to immigration status.

By Mindy Bogue

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Can Faith Groups Offer Immigrants Sanctuary?

Under federal law, it is a felony to harbor undocumented immigrants. However, whether the statute applies to the services offered by a faith group depends on a number of additional factual circumstances. Read more here.

By Richard Morse

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Immigration Rally: Comments From ACLU-DE Executive Director Kathleen MacRae

We gather here today to say NO to the fear, the hate, the white nationalism, and the xenophobia so prevalent in America today. We will all stand together and say with one voice that Delaware protects our own and will not give in to fear and hate.

By Mindy Bogue

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Questions to ask at Town Halls

Are you going to a Town Hall meeting? Here are some talking points and questions you may want to address. We also have a pdf version for you to view and print.

By Mindy Bogue

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Update on Immigration in Delaware

On February 10, Staff Attorney Ryan Tack-Hooper joined members of the Islamic Society of Delaware and the staff of Jewish Family Services (JFS) at the airport to welcome Delaware’s first Syrian refugee family—a couple and their infant daughter.

By Mindy Bogue

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The Sessions Hearing for Attorney General

On Tuesday, January 10th, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a confirmation hearing for the position of U.S. Attorney General. Committee members should leave no stone unturned when questioning Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III of Alabama, President-elect Trump's nominee for the position of attorney general.

By Kathleen MacRae

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