Press Releases

Committee Votes to Move Forward with Implementing Racial Impact Statements

After receiving overwhelming public support, LD 2 – a bill that creates a mechanism to implement the use of racial impact statements during the legislative process – is moving forward in the Legislature.
Issue Areas: Racial Justice

ACLU of Maine Statement on Piscataquis County Commissioners' Deliberate Violation of Maine's Open Meeting Law

Piscataquis County Commissioners violated Maine's open meeting law when they wrote and adopted a resolution in secret, and went on to silence critical voices and block remote attendees from hearing the commissioners' meeting.

ACLU of Maine Urges Mills Administration to Prioritize COVID-19 Vaccine for Incarcerated People

The ACLU of Maine is urging the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to prioritize prisons, jails and detention facilities in its COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan.

Lawsuit Seeks to Compel USCIS to Release Documents about Asylum Process

The lawsuit seeks information from the USCIS Boston and Newark offices after a marked decrease in asylum approvals
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

ACLU of Maine Statement Supporting Recommendations of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous and Maine Tribal Populations

We applaud the work of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous and Maine Tribal Populations, which applied a racial equity lens to 454 bills in the 129th Legislative Session, and selected 46 bills that center addressing racial disparities.

ACLU Affiliates in New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont File Lawsuit Challenging Border Patrol Checkpoints

ACLU affiliates in New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont today filed a federal lawsuit challenging the use of unconstitutional border patrol checkpoints that frequently occur on I-93 in Woodstock, New Hampshire and elsewhere in northern New England.

Court of Appeals Finds Cape Elizabeth High School Student Engaged in Constitutionally Protected Speech

Court of Appeals affirms lower court’s preliminary injunction, blocking the student’s suspension. Writing for the Court, Judge Lynch found, the school, “is not permitted to punish a student merely because her speech causes argument on a controversial topic.”