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ACLU-MN Responds to Personal COVID Information Requests

The ACLU-MN released a statement in response to law enforcement associations calling on the Minnesota Department of Health Commissioner to release the addresses of people with COVID-19.

April 6, 2020

ACLU-MN asks Sixth District Court to release people from correctional facilities in response to COVID-19

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, at the request of local public defenders, the ACLU of Minnesota sent a letter to the Sixth Judicial District Chief Judge Sally Tarnowski Tuesday afternoon asking the Court to release more people from our prisons or jails.

April 1, 2020

ACLU-MN Statement regarding the Governor’s Stay-at-Home Hotline for Violations

The ACLU of Minnesota understands the need to emphasize the seriousness of the Governor’s Stay-at-Home Order.

April 1, 2020

ACLU-MN Recommendations Regarding Stay-at-Home Order

The ACLU of Minnesota understands and supports the need to protect public health, while also preserving and defending our precious civil liberties. We are monitoring this and any forthcoming orders and enforcement related to COVID-19 for potential civil liberties violations.

March 27, 2020

ACLU-MN Sues DOJ, Homeland Security, ICE for Unlawfully Detaining U.S. Citizen

The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota Thursday sued the federal government for unlawfully holding an American citizen in ICE custody for 11 months, even though he repeatedly told them he was a citizen.

March 26, 2020

ACLU-MN Urges Officials to Protect Vulnerable Populations Against COVID-19

The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota Tuesday afternoon released a letter urging officials to take creative and thoughtful action in responding to the Coronavirus crisis to avoid exacerbating long-standing race-based and wealth-based inequalities in our state.

March 18, 2020