Press Releases

Federal Court Blocks Trump Birthright Citizenship Order, Certifies Nationwide Class Protecting All Impacted Babies

The federal court in NH agreed once again that President Trump's executive order to restrict birthright citizenship is a blatant violation of the U.S. Constitution.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Groups File Nationwide Class-Action Lawsuit Over Trump Birthright Citizenship Order

New lawsuit comes in response to today’s Supreme Court ruling
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

NH federal court grants preliminary injunction to restore legal status of university student in New Hampshire  

Court Victory: A federal judge in Concord granted a preliminary injunction restoring our client's F-1 legal status and allowing him to continue his studies. 
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

ACLU-NH Statement on Announcement of SEVIS Record Reactivations

Many questions remain, including the criteria that will be used for these reactivations and whether this will apply to students who did not file lawsuits.  
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

ACLU files class action lawsuit challenging terminated student status of students in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island, and Puerto Rico

No administration should be allowed to circumvent the law to unilaterally strip students of status, disrupt their studies, and put them at risk of deportation.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

NH federal court temporarily restores terminated student status of Dartmouth College student

The federal court in New Hampshire said during an emergency hearing today that it would temporarily restore the F-1 student immigration status of a Dartmouth College student.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

ACLU of NH files suit on terminated student status of Dartmouth College student 

The lawsuit asks the court to reinstate this student’s F-1 student status, which would allow him to continue his studies. 
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

ACLU-NH confirms FCI Berlin already jailing ICE detainees

Just weeks after leaked plans showed that FCI Berlin would soon jail immigrants detained by ICE, the ACLU of New Hampshire confirmed that it is already doing so - despite the federal government never confirming the plans.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

NH immigration advocates denounce leaked plans to use FCI Berlin for immigration detention; ACLU-NH files FOIA request for expansion plans

This proposal means that immigrants facing civil - not criminal - charges would be sent to a medium-security federal prison in one of the northernmost cities in the entire state, isolated from their family, advocates, and potential legal services.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights