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ACLU and TCRP Respond to Texas Attorney General’s Letter on Vote by Mail Laws

AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today issued a letter with his own opinion on Texas’ vote by mail laws.

May 1, 2020

ACLU of Texas Files Class Action to Release Medically Vulnerable People from ICE Detention during COVID-19

HOUSTON – Attorneys representing a woman recently released from an immigration detention facility in Houston by a federal court in April have moved to convert the case into a class action to protect other medically-vulnerable people from COVID-19.

April 30, 2020

Data Model Shows Texas COVID-19 Death Toll at 2,000 More People Than Current Projections

HOUSTON— COVID-19 could claim the lives of approximately 2,030 more people in Texas than current projections specify if jail populations are not dramatically and immediately reduced, according to a new epidemiological

April 23, 2020

New ACLU Report: Black People Still Almost Three Times More Likely to Get Arrested for Marijuana in Texas

HOUSTON — The American Civil Liberties Union today released a new report that showed Black people are 2.6 times more likely than white people t

April 19, 2020

Court Orders Release of Individual From Immigration Detention Due to COVID-19 Concerns

HOUSTON – A United States District Court today granted the ACLU of Texas’ request to release a person who is highly vulnerable to serious illness and death from novel coronavirus, held at the Montgomery Processing Center in Conroe, Texas.

April 17, 2020

Texas Court Allows Broad Vote by Mail During COVID-19 Pandemic

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas court today ruled that all registered voters qualify for a mail-in ballot as a result of the COVID-19 public health crisis. The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Texas, and Texas Civil Rights Project were in court today asking the judge to grant the request.

April 15, 2020