News & Commentary

This post is part of our Summer 2017 issue of Connection, our quarterly newsletter. To read the whole newsletter, click here.

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

Read Kamilla London's guest blog about being an incarcerated transgender woman.

A report was released today by Color of Change and the ACLU Campaign for Smart Justice that outlined the ways in which cash bail and the bail bonds industry deprives people of their constitutional rights.

Legalization is the next step when it comes to marijuana policy in Delaware. Read 5 reasons why it should be done.

Many ordinary people are engaging in activism in Delaware! Read their profiles here.

Official ACLU-DE members have the opportunity to elect five new members to our board of directors. Only your current ACLU membership is required; no additional donation is necessary.

The ACLU is helping Gavin Grimm fight discriminatory policies against transgender people in Virginia. This comes after the U.S. Department of Justice said public schools are no longer obligated to allow transgender students to use the restroom that fits their gender identity.

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.