Press Releases

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

Agreement Temporarily Halts Enforcement of Department of Education’s Unlawful Directive

The parties have reached an agreement that blocks the department from taking any enforcement action under either directive until at least April 24, 2025.

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 Statement on Bail Rollback Bill

Make no mistake: this bill is anti-liberty, anti-due process, and will result in thousands of non-dangerous Granite Staters being jailed - all at high taxpayer expense and despite being presumed innocent in the eyes of the law.
Issue Areas: Smart Justice

ACLU-NH Statement on Bail Reform Passage in NH House

Make no mistake: this anti-liberty and anti-due process bill will harm Granite Staters. The courts should have the power to determine our freedom - not police or politicians.
Issue Areas: Smart Justice

ACLU-NH denounces Gov. Ayotte calling bail reform system a “failed social experiment”

From the perspective of freedom, justice, and due process, we are extremely alarmed by Governor Ayotte’s inaccurate and misleading statements on bail reform and her expressed desire to take away the freedom of thousands of Granite Staters who are presumed innocent in the eyes of the law.
Issue Areas: Smart Justice

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 advocates raise alarm on bail reform rollback plans

Warns politicians intent on rolling back New Hampshire’s bail system that their plans would lead to the needless and harmful incarceration of thousands of Granite Staters – disproportionately people of color – at enormous taxpayer expense.