Press Releases

ACLU Amicus Brief Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Indian Child Welfare Act

Congress passed ICWA in 1978 to address a nationwide crisis of child welfare agencies forcibly removing Indigenous children from their homes and placing them into non-Native homes at disproportionate rates.

New Lawsuit Seeks Records on Nebraska Immigration Raid

Four years after the raid, work to bring accountability continues.

Advocates Launch Website Committed to Protecting Abortion Access in Nebraska

The website marks an evolution of the groups’ ongoing partnership to protect abortion access in Nebraska.

Native Residents Appeal Lincoln Development Plan with Big Fire & ACLU Support

The appeal asks the board to reverse earlier approval of the project.

Media Statement on Amicus Brief in Ballot Qualification Case

No matter what county we live in, our signatures on a petition should carry equal weight.

Prison Overcrowding Emergency Enters Another Year

The continued failure should motivate Nebraskans to demand that state senators act on the issue in the coming year.

ACLU of Nebraska Sees Abortion Decision Spark Weekend of Action

Outraged Nebraskans are demanding state senators keep abortion legal.

Advocates Committed to Protecting Abortion Access in Nebraska After Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade

Advocates helped defeat a total ban earlier this year and they are ready to do so again.