Press Releases

ACLU of Kansas launches “Opportunity Forward”, new campaign for immigrants’ rights in the Free State

The ACLU of Kansas is launching “Opportunity Forward,” a new campaign focused on protecting immigrants’ rights in the state that will prioritize rolling back or preventing 287(g) agreements on the local level, protecting in-state tuition for students, and pushing back against the use of ICE detainers to hold people in local county jails.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

On Aug. 26, Johnson County voters to celebrate those who “almost voted”

On the anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment and days before the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, many voters still need places to vote
Issue Areas: Voting Rights

ACLU Foundation of Kansas gathering information from unaffiliated and third-party voters

The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Kansas is calling for voters unaffiliated with one of the two major political parties to share their experiences voting in the August 4 primary election. This includes unaffiliated voters or voters who were affiliated with the Libertarian party, Kansas United, or No Labels.
Issue Areas: Voting Rights

ACLU of Kansas announces record number of volunteers trained for Election Protection in the August 2026 Primary

As early voting continues leading up to the August 4 primary election, the ACLU of Kansas is announcing a record number of volunteers trained for its nonpartisan, voter assistance Election Protection program.
Issue Areas: Voting Rights

ACLU of Kansas Sends Letter to Kansas Secretary of State over Kansas’ Potential Non-Compliance with the NVRA

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and the ACLU sent a notice letter Wednesday to Secretary of State Scott Schwab regarding various provisions House Bill 2437’s potential noncompliance with the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA).
Issue Areas: Voting Rights

MALDEF Seeks to Intervene on Behalf of Students to Defend Kansas Tuition Policy

A Latino civil rights organization filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit seeking to eliminate regular tuition for students without lawful immigration status in Kansas, according to papers filed in federal court Wednesday.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

In New Report, ACLU of Kansas Urges Election Officials to Step Up and Combat Attacks

All Democracy is Local 2026 finds that Kansas voters’ ease of casting a ballot depends and varies widely on their local county’s policies and practices
Issue Areas: Voting Rights

ACLU of Kansas Launches Week for Democracy, Counting Down to America’s 250th Birthday

The organization will take a new action every day this week, starting with the launch of the Election Protection program

ACLU of Kansas Statement Responding to AG Kobach and DOJ Attack on Undocumented Kansas Students

“Attorney General Kobach is so determined to collude with the Trump-Vance administration that he will misuse our courts to attack the laws of the very state he serves. He does not, in fact, get to single-handedly decide who is a Kansan. Attorney General Kobach may refuse to defend all Kansas students, but the ACLU of Kansas stands firmly with them.”
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights