Research & Publications

Deputized for Disaster, details how the Trump administration is drastically expanding the federal 287(g) program to transform state and local law enforcement into a national deportation policing force — fueling racial profiling, civil rights violations, and widespread fear in communities across the country.

The ACLU’s 2024 annual report highlights how the organization worked around the clock this year to safeguard voting rights ahead of the November elections, protect bodily autonomy, defend free speech, and much more.

The brief highlights emerging evidence on the effects of several types of anti-transgender laws, including those targeting health care, education and public facilities.

This report reveals that unique intersections of gender, sexuality, race, and socioeconomic status are associated with different experiences with and attitudes toward law enforcement.

The ACLU’s 2023 annual report outlines how the organization worked around the clock this year to defend democracy, protect bodily autonomy, advance racial justice, and much more.

The ACLU’s new report found that child welfare systems too often take away children instead of providing support to keep families together.

Using State Constitutions and Statutes to Advance Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

This ACLU research report, A Tale of Two Countries: Racially Targeted Arrests in the Era of Marijuana Reform, details marijuana arrests from 2010 to 2018 and examines racial disparities at the national, state, and county levels.

In 2020, we learned more about the student debt crisis. Take a look at this recent report by TICAS.