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Know Your Rights
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Know Your Rights: Voting in Virginia

Voting is our right and our civic responsibility. Our democracy is stronger when everyone participates. Know your voting rights and make a plan to vote as early as possible.
News & Commentary
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Immigrant Voices: Freedom to be Pastor Manuel and Pastor Laura

Pastor Manuel and his wife, Pastor Laura, lead a church in Newport News. As Trump unleashes ICE, they find themselves not only providing spiritual support to their members, but also helping them navigate detention, deportation, and family separation. Here’s their story.
Know Your Rights
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Know Your Rights: Interacting with ICE in the DMV

Make an emergency plan to protect you and your family in the event of a fire, natural disaster, or an encounter with ICE.
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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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Vote YES on All Amendments

Virginians can vote on THREE ballot amendments this fall to protect our freedoms in the Commonwealth – no matter who’s in office.
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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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Z.J.W. v. King George County School Board

The ACLU of Virginia and Potomac Law Group filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of two students who were denied the opportunity to form a Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) at King George Middle School (KGMS) even as other noncurricular student groups were allowed to operate.