Press Releases

Immigrant Rights Groups Sue ICE for Information about Detention Activities in Maine

The ACLU of Maine, Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project (ILAP) and the Refugee and Human Rights Clinic (RHRC) at the University of Maine School of Law are suing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for information about its detention activities in Maine.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

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.