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COVID-19 Stimulus Shortchanges D.C. by $750 Million

The stimulus package forces the District to share $3 billion with five U.S. territories. D.C. will receive approximately $500 million, while all the states are set to receive $1.25 billion each.

March 27, 2020

ACLU Statement on D.C. Statehood Markup

The House Oversight Committee voted the D.C. Statehood bill out of committee. The bill now goes for a full vote in the House.

February 11, 2020

ACLU-DC Sues D.C. Police Officer for Sexually Abusive Search

This is the fourth lawsuit the ACLU-DC has brought in recent years that involves an individual MPD officer conducting a sexually invasive search.

January 13, 2020

ACLU Files Lawsuit Against Programs that Rush Migrants Through Asylum Screenings Without Access to Attorneys in Border Patrol Facilities

The new programs make it impossible for migrants in CBP custody to obtain legal assistance for asylum hearings.

December 6, 2019

Trump Administration Drops Unconstitutional Anti-Protest Proposal

The ACLU and ACLU-DC had led a months-long campaign against the unconstitutional proposal.

October 28, 2019

Civil Rights Groups Sue District for Weeks-Long Water Crisis at St. Elizabeths

The lawsuit charges patients were exposed to filthy conditions and denied physical and mental health care during the water outage.

October 23, 2019