Press Releases

ACLU of Wisconsin Denounces Marathon County Sheriff Department for Pending Participation in 287(g) Program

The Marathon Sheriff’s Department would be the fifteenth Wisconsin law enforcement agency with an active 287(g) agreement.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Advocacy Groups Respond to new Lincoln Hills/Copper Lake Monitor Report

Community-based alternatives to incarceration remain the best solutions, organizations say
Issue Areas: Criminal Legal Reform

ACLU of Wisconsin Condemns Palmyra Police Department’s Participation in “Task Force Model” 287(g) Program, Authorizing Officers to Make Immigration Arrests

Palmyra is set to become the first Police Department in Wisconsin with a 287(g) agreement and the state's lone law enforcement agency to participate in the Task Force Model program.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

ACLU of Wisconsin Files Original Action With Wisconsin Supreme Court on Behalf of Voces de la Frontera to Terminate ICE Detainers in County Jails

The ACLU of Wisconsin filed a petition on behalf of Voces de la Frontera to the Wisconsin Supreme Court to declare that honoring ICE detainers are illegal.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

ACLU of Wisconsin Uncovers Fourth County Paid for Immigration Detention

Records reveal an active contract between Douglas County Jail and ICE to hold detainees for a daily rate of $75 per person.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

ACLU of Wisconsin Immigration Report Shows Wisconsin Sheriffs’ Offices are Profiting Off Deportation

We released a report showing just how closely local law enforcement and ICE are working – and how sheriffs are feeding the deportation machine to make money.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

ACLU of Wisconsin Raises Alarm on ICE Detention By Wisconsin Counties

Our open records requests have revealed that Ozaukee, Brown, and Sauk county sheriffs have made recent deals with ICE to house and transport detained immigrants.

ACLU of Wisconsin Files Brief in Case Advocating For the Rights of Students During School Interrogations

We filed an amicus brief asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to protect students' constitutional rights when police question them at school. 
Issue Areas: Criminal Legal Reform

ACLU of Wisconsin Applauds State Supreme Court Decision Striking Down 1849 Abortion Ban

In a victory for reproductive freedom, the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a 4-3 ruling declaring the 1849 abortion ban to be unenforceable.