WASHINGTON, D.C.—On March 24, the Acacia Center for Justice (Acacia), Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR), and ACLU of Louisiana (ACLU-LA) published a new guide that trains attorneys, advocates, and grassroots organizations how to provide legal services in immigration detention.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, voting rights advocates argued before the Supreme Court in Louisiana v. Callais that a congressional map that was in place during the 2024 election cycle should remain because it satisfies both the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendmen

NEW ORLEANS—The ACLU of Louisiana strongly condemns the Public Service Commissions (PSC) decision to schedule a vote on whether Commissioner Davante Lewis can continue in his duly elected leadership role.

NEW ORLEANS – Together with the Southern Poverty Law Center, the ACLU of Louisiana is preparing for a fairness hearing regarding the settlement agreement in its Heredia Mons class action lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

NEW ORLEANS—The ACLU of Louisiana has joined the ACLU, the ACLU of Texas, the ACLU of Mississippi and the Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) to file an amicus brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in support of Darryl George.

NEW ORLEANS— The ACLU of Louisiana has issued the following statement in response to U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan’s ruling to initiate the sustainment period for the New Orleans Police Department’s (NOPD) consent decree.

NEW ORLEANS – Oral argument concluded today at the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in a case that will determine the future of Louisiana’s state legislative maps, Nairne v. Landry. Last year, a group of Black voters and advocacy organizations won their lawsuit in the Middle District of Loui

NEW ORLEANS – In a letter sent today to public school districts across Louisiana, four civil rights organizations–the ACLU of Louisiana, ACLU, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and the Freedom From Religion Foundation–warned superintendents about misleading guidance issued last we