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Justice-Impacted Voices: Freedom to be Paulettra

Paulettra James is married to Jerry James, who is incarcerated. She co-founded Sistas in Prison Reform to bring her husband home from prison. Here's her story.
Know Your Rights
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Know Your Rights: Immigrants Stopped By Police or ICE

Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Help make sure everyone knows their rights.
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ACLU of Virginia's 2025 Annual Report

Check out how YOU helped us fight back against the Trump administration this year – and what’s ahead for 2026.
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Press Releases

Dec 31, 2025

Emergency Motion to Defend In-State Tuition for Immigrant Students Filed by the Legal Aid Justice Center, ACLU of Virginia, and Dream Project

"Attorney General Jason Miyares has sided with the Department of Justice—intentionally working in secrecy and over a holiday weekend—to manufacture a predetermined outcome to deprive Virginian students of not only their futures but their day in court," said ACLU-VA Senior Immigrants’ Rights Attorney Sophia Gregg.

Dec 18, 2025

HHS and CMS’ proposed rules don’t change the fact that gender-affirming care is still legal in Virginia

"Today’s proposed rules don’t change the fact that gender-affirming care is still legal in the Commonwealth, but they do threaten hospitals that provide it," said ACLU-VA Senior Transgender Rights Attorney Wyatt Rolla.

Nov 12, 2025

ICE ordered to release another young immigrant who was an unaccompanied minor and abused, abandoned or neglected

"Our clients are following the rules they’ve been given to obtain citizenship. For the second time this week, we now have confirmation that ICE is not,” said ACLU-VA Senior Immigrants’ Rights Attorney Sophia Gregg.

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Criminal Legal Reform First Amendment Rights Immigrants' Rights LGBTQ+ Rights Reproductive Rights Voting Rights View All Issues

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We are taking legal action to defend immigrants' rights, protect transgender people from discrimination, fight back against censorship efforts, and do so much more to defend civil rights and civil liberties across the Commonwealth.
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Sarmiento et al. v. Perry et al.

The ACLU of Virginia filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of four young people and a class of those in similar circumstances who Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are unlawfully holding in Virginia detention centers, flagrantly ignoring federal laws that give these young immigrants a legal right to be in the United States.