News and Commentary

As the leading civil rights organization in the Lone Star State, we at the ACLU of Texas believe it is our duty to keep the public informed about the state of their civil liberties. The work we do at the legislature, in the courts, and in our communities is important, but there is no better defender of civil rights than a public that is informed and engaged.

Filter News

May 17, 2016

CBP Called Her “A whore”: How Border Officers Violate Rights and Strip People of Dignity at Ports of Entry

“You’re a whore.”

That’s what a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer told 51-year-old grandmother Amanda Rodríguez, as she passed through the Ysleta port of entry in El Paso, TX for her...

“You’re a whore.”

That’s what a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer told 51-year-old grandmother Amanda Rodríguez, as she passed through the Ysleta port of entry in El Paso, TX for her...

Photo: A Customs and Border Protection patch is worn on a green uniform. The CBP officer's arm takes us most of the photo, a fence and another CBP officer stand in the background.

May 13, 2016

Will we be checking everyone’s genitals at the bathroom door?

Attorney General Loretta Lynch took to the podium on Monday to...

May 3, 2016

Reproductive Freedom in Action

Walking into the UNT Law School conference room for the ACLU of Texas’s first Reproductive Freedom in Action conference, I was excited and almost in disbelief that such an event was taking place in my home...

By Leslie Johnson

May 2, 2016

Watching Out

“Look, but do not stare,” I tell myself, as our group was walked into a circle of hell.

There were about forty of us, advocates in different ways for the immigrants who have made their way to our...

“Look, but do not stare,” I tell myself, as our group was walked into a circle of hell.

There were about forty of us, advocates in different ways for the immigrants who have made their way to our...

Apr 28, 2016

Victoria answers the questions you've been Googling about transgender people

Ever wonder why someone is trans? You are not alone: It’s one of the most googled questions about transgender people.

Apr 21, 2016

Civil gang injunctions: What you need to know

Update: On June 6, Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan and District Attorney Devon Anderson agreed to drop the gang injunction lawsuit. "The lawsuit is being dismissed to allow time to...