ACLU of Texas resources offer information for students, policy experts, and everyone in between. We’ll walk you through your rights in school, show you which books were banned in Texas public schools, and make sure you know the law when interacting with police. Whether you’re an attorney or just doing research for a school paper, there’s an ACLU of Texas guide for you.
"Death, Damage, and Failure: Past, Present, and Future Impacts of Walls on the U.S.-Mexico Border – 2019 Update" is an update to a 2018 report analyzing the destructive impacts of border barrier construction with new information about additional border barrier funding and future construction plan
December 2, 2019
The U.S. has turned away from addressing the complex causes of immigration and smuggling, and a careful consideration of the most effective ways to respond to these issues, and instead has focused myopically on enforcement and militarizing our borders.
September 12, 2018
Like most states, Texas’ prison population has exploded in recent decades, growing more than fivefold between 1980 and 2016.
September 7, 2018
A traffic ticket should sting. The fine should be enough to make you think twice before doing something like speeding again. But a traffic ticket shouldn’t derail your life—cost your job, make it impossible to pay your bills and feed your family, or deprive you of your freedom.
November 3, 2016
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) confines 4.4 percent of its prison population in solitary confinement. Texas locks more people in solitary-confinement cells than twelve states house in their entire prison system.
February 5, 2015
Warehoused and Forgotten: Immigrants Trapped in Our Shadow Private Prison System (June 2014) documents our multi-year investigation into five Criminal Alien Requirement (CAR) pr
December 1, 2015
A new report from the ACLU shows that marijuana is the drug of choice for police departments nationwide—with serious consequences for Texas and our communities of color.
June 1, 2013
Texas police have a drug problem -- and black Texans are paying for it.
June 6, 2013
Houston is where George Floyd was raised and where he was laid to rest. While he did not take his final breaths here, his legacy is tied to ours and how we respond to this national reckoning with policing and police violence targeting Black people.
July 17, 2020
A Message from Terri Burke, Executive Director
December 31, 2019
The right to free expression includes the freedom to read whatever we choose. Yet state governments and local school districts have attempted to ban the books included in this report.
October 4, 2019 The right to free expression includes the freedom to read whatever we choose. Yet state governments and local school districts have attempted to ban the books included in this report.
November 29, 2018
Please view our Annual Report below. You can also download the report from the yellow box below.
August 27, 2018
The right to free expression includes the freedom to read whatever we choose. We've fought censorship for nearly 100 years — because a government that polices what we read, polices our thought.
September 27, 2017