Press Releases

ACLU-VA Strongly Opposes Caroline County Entering Agreement for Detention Facility

The ACLU of Virginia strongly objects to the Caroline County Board of Supervisors’ recent decision to enter into a contract agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to use a former county facility to hold immigrant detainees.

ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Muslim Ban Ruling

“This ruling will go down in history as one of the Supreme Court’s great failures. It repeats the mistakes of the Korematsu decision upholding Japanese-American imprisonment and swallows wholesale government lawyers’ flimsy national security excuse for the ban..."

Virginia Health Care Providers File New Lawsuit Challenging Longstanding Abortion Restrictions

Lawsuit brought by health care providers challenges abortion restrictions in the Commonwealth of Virginia — some of which have been on the books for over 40 years.
Issue Areas: Reproductive Rights

ACLU-VA Urged Governor Northam to Bring Transparency to Executions in Virginia

Today, the ACLU of Virginia sent a letter to Governor of Virginia Ralph Northam urging him to act with dispatch to ensure that Virginia’s protocols for administering the death penalty exemplify the highest standards of transparency and accountability.
Issue Areas: Criminal Legal Reform