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RSVP: Virtual Know Your Rights Trainings on April 29 @5pm MT

Join the ACLU for a Know Your Rights training ahead of May Day to prepare yourself, your friends, and your community. Whether you're planning to protest, support from the sidelines, or just want to stay informed—this training is for you.
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Lawsuit Challenges Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for Violating Rights of International Students in Utah

The ACLU of Utah argues that DHS violated the students’ Fifth Amendment due process rights.
Issue Areas: Deportation and Due Process, Immigrants' Rights, Student & Youth Rights
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Veto Letter to Governor Cox on HB226

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights, State Advocacy
Court Case
Apr 22, 2025

Doe et. al. v. Bondi et. al.

The lawsuit asks the U.S. District Court to allow the plaintiffs to continue their studies by reinstating them in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVIS) registry.
Court Case
Sep 30, 2020

Yanez v. AP&P (2020)

This case involved a lawsuit filed against agents and officials from the Utah Division of Adult Probation & Parole (AP&P) and the Utah Department of Corrections over actions taken during a violent raid against a Salt Lake City family in August 2018.
Court Case
Feb 27, 2018

Ramirez v. Reddish (2018)

On Tuesday, February 27, 2018, the ACLU of Utah Foundation, Inc. announced a new lawsuit filed against United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S Marshals over two SWAT-style, home raids on a Utah family living in Heber City in April 2017.
Court Case
Aug 05, 2014

Uroza v. Salt Lake County (2014)

On August 5, 2011, the ACLU of Utah with cooperating attorney B. Kent Morgan of The Dyer Law Group filed a complaint in federal district court on behalf of 22-year-old college student Enrique Uroza.