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“The Youngkin administration’s proposal to force Virginia police to do the federal government’s job at Virginians’ expense doesn’t stand a chance," said ACLU-VA Senior Immigrants' Rights Attorney Sophia Gregg.
"Not even a federal judge ruling in her favor was enough to protect her from such serious ongoing harassment and concerns about her safety that Janie was forced to withdraw from Hanover County Public Schools," said ACLU-VA Senior Transgender Rights Attorney Wyatt Rolla.
“Enshrining our civil rights and civil liberties in Virginia’s constitution would mean no matter what happens at the federal level, Virginians’ rights would be as secure as possible," said ACLU-VA Executive Director Mary Bauer. "We’ll be working to do just that with three constitutional amendments."
“It is appalling that anyone would invoke the trauma and cruelty of this country’s history of slavery to level racist threats of violence at Black Virginians," said ACLU of Virginia Executive Director Mary Bauer. "Hate has no place in our communities. We are committed to fighting it in every form."
“The results of yesterday’s election are clear, and so is the threat to our democracy that a second Trump presidential term represents," said ACLU of Virginia Executive Director Mary Bauer. "We’re ready to fight any attack on these rights with the full force of the ACLU of Virginia."
The ACLU of Virginia and the Washington-Baltimore News Guild Local 32035 ratified their inaugural collective bargaining agreement, marking the first union contract for ACLU of Virginia employees in a major reaffirmation of the people-first values that guide the ACLU of Virginia.