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ACLU Comment on State Rep. Bonnen’s Demand for Federal ‘Reimbursement’ for State Border Security Spending
AUSTIN — Today, Texas State Representative Steve Bonnen (R-Angleton) took to the House floor to demand the Obama administration pay $2.8 billion as a “reimbursement” for Texas’ unilateral funding of border enforcement initiatives.
ACLU of Texas Comment on Filing of Anti-Transgender Bill SB6
HOUSTON— Today Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and State Senator Lois Kolkhorst announced the filing of SB6, a North Carolina-style anti-transgender bill that targets vulnerable Texans for continued discrimination and humiliation.
ACLU of Texas Comment on Fort Worth Woman's Arrest Video
HOUSTON – A video circulating on social media shows a Fort Worth woman th
ACLU of Texas Expresses Free Speech Concerns to Incoming HPD Chief Acevedo
HOUSTON – In a letter issued today to incoming Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo, the ACLU of Texas expressed its concerns over reports it has received of some HPD officers’ tactics in their inte
U.S. Government Settles Lawsuit with ACLU Client Over CBP Officer Abuse
HOUSTON – Today, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas, the University of Texas Civil Rights Clinic, and the Law Office of Gilberto Hinojosa & Associates announced a settlement in which the U.S. Government paid $85,000 to a U.S.