Press Releases

ACLU-NH Statement on House Vote to Remove $1.4M Border Budget Proposal

Policy would have harmed immigrant communities and been a massive expansion of policing and government surveillance
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

ACLU-NH releases documents indicating state officials have no data to support claims of increased unauthorized border crossings

The ACLU of New Hampshire in March filed right-to-know requests with Governor Sununu’s Office and the N.H. Department of Safety and found that neither office could provide any data to support their claims of increased unauthorized border crossings along New Hampshire’s northern border.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Court decision: ACLU-NH wrongful deportation immigration lawsuit to continue

The ACLU of New Hampshire and Preti Flaherty LLP can continue with their lawsuit after a federal court yesterday rejected the government’s motion to dismiss the suit. 
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Statement from BLM-Manchester and ACLU-NH on Release of Police Supervisor Names in Manchester Racist Meme Case

Black Lives Matter Manchester and the ACLU of New Hampshire gave a statement after the names of two police supervisors were released and unredacted in an investigatory report.
Issue Areas: Racial Justice

ACLU-NH Files Petition in Laurie List Disclosure Appeals Cases

The ACLU of NH filed a petition at the NH Supreme Court seeking to make public the court documents of lawsuits from individual police officers who are seeking removal from the state’s “Laurie List.”
Issue Areas: Smart Justice

Superior Court decision: Police supervisor names to be released in Manchester racist meme case

The Hillsborough Superior Court issued a decision that the public has a right to the names of two MPD supervisors that received a racist "meme" picturing George Floyd.
Issue Areas: Racial Justice

ACLU-NH Files Amicus Briefing in Gerrymandering Lawsuit

The ACLU of New Hampshire filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the partisan gerrymandering lawsuit, Miles Brown, et al v. Secretary of State, sending the court its previously-commissioned analysis.
Issue Areas: Voting Rights

ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging Manchester Eviction

The ACLU of New Hampshire and New Hampshire Legal Assistance filed a lawsuit against the City of Manchester to postpone the planned eviction of unhoused individuals at the encampment at Pine and Manchester Streets.
Issue Areas: Smart Justice

Federal Court rules “banned concepts” lawsuit can continue

The U.S. District Court its latest decision in the lawsuit challenging New Hampshire’s “banned concepts” law, allowing the challenge against the law to proceed.