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08/06/2026

Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) are tracking us each day across Illinois, taking images of license plates of ordinary community residents—likely including you. HB 5151: the ALPR Act, creates statewide, common sense standards and regulations for when and how law enforcement agencies and government entities can use ALPRs. We are pleased to work alongside chief sponsor Nicolle Grasse on this measure to fight unchecked, mass surveillance in Illinois.

08/03/2026

Now granted class certification, Wilkins v. Chicago seeks to bring to an end CPD’s discriminatory mass traffic stop policy. That policy includes flooding Black and Latino neighborhoods with pretextual traffic stops, establishing quotas to increase traffic stop numbers, and disproportionately stopping minority drivers in white neighborhoods.

08/02/2026

Join the ACLU of Illinois, ACLU of Illinois Greater Barrington Community Group, and indivisiblebarrington on Saturday, August 8, 2026 from 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM at the Barrington Area Library for a community town hall focused on voting rights and the upcoming 2026 Midterm election. Following the program will be a resource fair featuring local organizations to connect with neighbors and advocates, and discover meaningful ways to get involved. Find out more and sign up to join us in our bio link.

08/01/2026

United States v. Matthews was filed after the Illinois State Board of Elections refused to turn over its unredacted voter registration file, a file that contains sensitive personal data about millions of Illinois residents including each individual’s full name, date of birth, address, driver’s license number and partial Social Security number. We must continue to fight the Administration’s lies about supposed voter fraud, and its attempt to suppress voting by sowing doubt and confusion about our elections. This case is one part of that fight.

07/31/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our annual Supreme Court Term in Review on Wednesday with the Chicago Lawyer Chapter - American Constitution Society and Mayer Brown. Together with our panelists, we reviewed the recent U.S. Supreme Court term decisions on voting rights, birthright citizenship, executive power, LGBTQ+ rights, immigrants’ rights, and more. If you missed the event, you can watch the full recording on our YouTube page.

07/30/2026

No one – not even ICE officers under this Administration – has the right to recklessly and violently careen through our neighborhoods and act with impunity toward people – no matter their immigration status. Across the country, ACLU affiliates are fighting back against the Trump administration’s illegal conduct by filing claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), one of the few legal tools available to seek financial compensation for wrongdoing by federal government employees. Through this coordinated effort, ACLU affiliates represent dozens of people and families who are seeking justice for the harm they experienced at the hands of federal immigration agents.

07/14/2026

In this latest edition of our newsletter we give an update on our work across the state to protect rights and civil liberties. Read the full newsletter to catch up on our work in our bio link.

07/13/2026

The SECURE Act is signed into law. All youth – who remain under the care of our state – deserve the protections against discrimination enshrined in Illinois law, even if they are placed outside of Illinois. Thank you for signing this important legislation and and for your leadership in moving HB 4966 forward.

07/04/2026

For 250 years, we have been working to make our union more perfect. We will keep fighting to ensure that “we the people”means all of us.

07/01/2026

Join the ACLU of Illinois, (aclu Chicago lawyers), and Mayer Brown on Wednesday, July 29 at 12 PM for our annual Supreme Court Term in Review. Hear directly from legal experts about important civil liberties cases from the U.S. Supreme Court’s latest term – including voting rights, birthright citizenship, executive power, LGBTQ+ rights, immigrants’ rights, and more. The event will be streamed virtually. Sign up to attend in our bio link.

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