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2025 Key Virginia Races

This November, every Virginia House race is a frontline in the fight for our civil rights. The ACLU of Virginia does not endorse or oppose candidates, but we want voters to make an informed decision about the candidates they elect.
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Seven reasons to organize with the ACLU of Virginia right now

Are you looking for a way to stand up for civil liberties in Virginia? Build people power with our Organizing team.
Know Your Rights
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Know Your Rights: Immigrants Stopped By Police or ICE

Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Help make sure everyone knows their rights.
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We fight every day in the courts, in the legislature, and in our communities to create a Virginia for all. But we can’t do it alone.

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Oct 15, 2025

President Trump's proposed compact is an attempt to buy UVA's compliance

“Neither speech, nor protest, nor identity are for sale. We urge the University of Virginia to reject the anti-civil rights agenda the Trump administration is trying to force upon its faculty and students,” said ACLU-VA Executive Director Mary Bauer.

Oct 02, 2025

ICE is unlawfully detaining people who came to the US as unaccompanied minors who were abused, neglected or abandoned

“Our clients are following the rules they’ve been given to obtain citizenship. Unfortunately, ICE is not,” said ACLU-VA Senior Immigrants’ Rights Attorney Sophia Gregg.

Oct 01, 2025

ACLU, ACLU of Virginia, ACLU of North Carolina sue ICE for records regarding potential expansion of immigration detention in Virginia

“ICE's solution to the dangerous, rapidly degenerating conditions in its existing facilities can’t be to replicate those conditions in new facilities that it builds in secret,” said ACLU-VA Senior Immigrants' Rights Attorney Sophia Gregg

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Criminal Legal Reform First Amendment Rights Immigrants' Rights LGBTQ+ Rights Reproductive Rights Voting Rights View All Issues

Know Your Rights: Demonstrations and Protests

Are you protesting? Remember: You have the right to express yourself, gather peacefully, and ask your government to address your concerns. Know your rights when demonstrating or protesting!
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Featured Case

We are taking legal action to defend immigrants' rights, protect transgender people from discrimination, fight back against censorship efforts, and do so much more to defend civil rights and civil liberties across the Commonwealth.
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Sarmiento et al. v. Perry et al.

The ACLU of Virginia filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of four young people and a class of those in similar circumstances who Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are unlawfully holding in Virginia detention centers, flagrantly ignoring federal laws that give these young immigrants a legal right to be in the United States.