ACLU of Wisconsin

06/23/2026

Yesterday marked 27 years since the Supreme Court's Olmstead v. L.C. ruling, when Lois Curtis secured disabled people's right to live free from institutionalization.

The DOJ is going against the ADA and they even admit this is "out of step" with longstanding precedent. This is regressive and wrong.

WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) has issued a memorandum that incorrectly purports that neither federal...

06/22/2026

Learn how to protect yourself and your community from invasive surveillance by law enforcement, Flock cameras, and more at our testimony training on Monday, June 29 at 6pm.

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Learn how to use your power as a community member and constituent to lobby elected officials.

06/21/2026

President Trump's travel bans and extreme immigration crackdown have turned the World Cup into a spotlight on his administration's policies sowing fear and chaos.

The World Cup should be a celebration of unity, camaraderie, and sportsmanship. Learn more about your rights: https://www.aclu.org/campaigns-initiatives/the-2026-fifa-mens-world-cup-know-your-rights-know-your-risks

06/20/2026

We're hiring a Senior Supervising Attorney to lead our impact litigation in First Amendment rights, criminal legal reform, LGBTQ+ rights and bodily autonomy, immigrant rights, and/or voting rights.

The position may be based anywhere in Wisconsin in a hybrid work environment (in-person and work from home).

Learn more: https://www.aclu-wi.org/jobs/senior-supervising-attorney/

06/19/2026

Two months after the Civil War officially ended, historians tell us Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, on June 19, 1865, to tell more than 250,000 enslaved people that they were free.

Each year, we celebrate Juneteenth to commemorate the 1865 emancipation of enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas.

We honor Juneteenth by continuing to fight for racial justice.

06/18/2026

A legal resident of the United States for more than three decades, Salah Sarsour, a Palestinian and Muslim community leader from Milwaukee, was held for more than 80 days in immigration custody as part of the Trump Administration’s attack on free speech.

06/18/2026

The deadline for sheriffs to participate in the SCAAP program with ICE this year is June 30. Now is the time to call your sheriff and say you don't want them to share information with ICE about immigrants in your community.

Learn more about SCAAP at https://www.aclu-wi.org/publications/deportreport/.

06/17/2026

Pride is Still Protest: In the last part of our Q***r Surveillance series, Jon McCray Jones details state sanctioned repression of Q***r nightlife, and how Q***r people came together and fought back.

Pride is Still Protest: In the last part of our Q***r Surveillance series, Jon McCray Jones details state sanctioned repression of Q***r nightlife, and how Q***r people came together and fought back.

06/16/2026

Now is the time to tell your local sheriff that you do not want them to sell data about immigrants in your community to ICE.

Dane and Milwaukee counties do not participate, but many, many others do. Recent participating counties include: Barron, Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Door, Eau Claire, Fond du Lac, Grant, Jefferson, Kenosha, La Crosse, Lafayette, Marathon, Outagamie, Portage, Racine, Rock, Rusk, Sauk, Shawano, Sheboygan, Trempealeau, Walworth, Washington, Waushara, and Winnebago.

Learn more about SCAAP at https://www.aclu-wi.org/publications/deportreport/.