ACLU of Iowa

03/11/2025

Iowa high school students: Apply to the ACLU National Advocacy Institute!

Our summer program in D.C. aims to empower the next generation of social justice advocates.

Our civil rights and liberties are under attack. While we don’t endorse or oppose candidates for elected office, we recognize that Trump’s re-election will have immense implications for the future of our democratic norms, institutions, and processes. Faced with policies that threaten immigrant f...

03/11/2025

We should have access to menstrual products in public restrooms, just like toilet paper and paper towels.

03/11/2025

🗣️ Free Mahmoud Khalil.

03/10/2025

Ripping a student from their home, challenging their immigration status, and detaining them solely based on political viewpoint will chill student speech and advocacy across campuses nationwide.

Political speech should never be a basis of punishment or lead to deportation.

Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.

03/09/2025

Trans people in Iowa deserve to live authentically and freely—without attacks from politicians.

03/09/2025

Happy International Women's Day!

03/07/2025

NEW: The Black Hawk County sheriff had people agree to pay fees before being released from jail — with no due process. Then spent the money on a shooting range and an ice cream machine.

Now we’re filing an appeal in our lawsuit against him.

03/07/2025

The ACLU sent an open letter to universities across the country, urging them to reject pressure from the Trump administration to punish international students and faculty for exercising their First Amendment rights.

03/06/2025

We should have access to menstrual products in public restrooms, just like toilet paper and paper towels.

A House bill would require schools to stock bathrooms with feminine hygiene products for students.

03/06/2025

Trans people belong everywhere, including Iowa.

03/06/2025

03/04/2025

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03/04/2025

President Trump's orders and rhetoric are intended to chill dissent and censor views he dislikes.

Let's be clear: the government can't threaten funding to universities for simply doing their job to foster an environment of free speech and free inquiry.

Donald Trump is threatening schools that allow “illegal protests”—whatever that is.

03/03/2025

The ACLU is suing the Trump administration to stop the transfer of migrants to Guantánamo Bay.