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BIG NEWS: ALL three constitutional amendments have passed the full Virginia General Assembly! These amendments would protect our right to: 🏳️‍🌈 marry the person we love 🏥 make our own private decisions about our reproductive health 🗳️ and have a say in our democracy

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BREAKING: We filed an emergency motion to stop the Trump admin's deportation of a Georgetown scholar for exercising his free speech. We're fighting to stop Trump admin's egregious, unprecedented, and illegal abuse of power. Our statement: acluva.org/en/press-relea…

UPDATE: In response to Dr. Suri's emergency filings, a federal judge ordered that he can't be removed from the country, pending the outcome of our lawsuit. This is a critical first step. We'll continue to work to ensure Dr. Suri is returned to Virginia & released to his family.

"He has a right to speak about political change," said ACLU-VA's Sophia Gregg. Political speech may never be the basis for punishment, including deportation. We won't let the Trump admin's egregious, unprecedented, and illegal abuse of power go unchecked. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/s…

Gov. Youngkin vetoed this bipartisan bill led by Del. Tran and Sen. Favola, which passed the #valeg with bipartisan support (39-0 in the Senate!). A very disappointing day for the intellectual/dev disability community in Virginia, who deserve much better than this.

“Political speech—however controversial some may find it—may never be the basis for punishment, including deportation,” said Mary Bauer, ACLU-VA's Executive Director. We will not let this egregious, unprecedented, and illegal abuse of power go unchecked. wusa9.com/article/news/l…

INBOX: Jason Miyares leads #scotus amici supporting Trump’s “actions to curb the threat of transnational drug gangs [Tren de Aragua],” Alien Enemies Act. #valeg Brief👉 oag.state.va.us/files/20250331… Comes after ACLU questions system used to prove gang 🔗 👉 reuters.com/world/americas…

“Political speech—however controversial some may find it—may never be the basis for punishment, including deportation,” said ACLU-VA's Mary Bauer. That's why we're going to court on May 1 to try to return Dr. Khan Suri to Virginia to be released on bond. wusa9.com/article/news/c…

Some of the Fourth Circuit judges expressed frustration with the en banc panel's unwillingness to address whether accessing location history through Google violates a person's right to privacy. Joe Dodson courthousenews.com/fourth-circuit…

After Trump announced his lawless executive order banning trans athletes from playing sports, the Virginia High School League abandoned its inclusive policy to replace it with a discriminatory ban targeting trans girls and women in their sports league. nwlc.org/press-release/…

BREAKING: A federal court just ruled against the Trump administration to keep Dr. Badar Khan Suri's case in Virginia, close to his family. This is good news as we keep fighting to bring our client home.

BREAKING: Federal judge ordered the immediate release of our client Dr. Badar Khan Suri from Prairieland Detention Center in Texas. We are in Texas with The CCR is on bsky (@ccrjustice.org) and supporters, ready to welcome our client and bring him home to his family in Virginia.