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The Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition, the National Immigration Project, and the ACLU of Virginia are suing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which is arbitrarily detaining people in...
King v. Youngkin claims that Virginia is in violation of the 150-year-old federal law that established the terms of Virginia’s readmission to representation in the United States Congress after the Civil War...
The Virginia Department of Corrections denies equal services to people who are blind or visually impaired. So we sued.
The ACLU of Virginia filed an amicus brief in support of Connor Bleakley and Sami Alsawaf seeking to allow Brandon Bleakley to perform the rites of their wedding ceremony, arguing that the Virginia code...
The ACLU of Virginia filed Prease v. Clarke in the Virginia Supreme Court, challenging the continued incarceration of Steven Prease and demanding his immediate release from Virginia Department of...
The ACLU of Virginia filed Anderson v. Clarke in the Albemarle County Circuit Court, challenging the continued incarceration of Antoine Anderson and demanding his immediate release from Virginia Department...