Issues

A 287(g) agreement gives local police the power to enforce federal immigration law—something they normally cannot do. These agreements turn local officers into Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, fueling deportations, racial profiling, and fear in immigrant communities.

A Right To Understand: Language Access In Utah. Language access is essential to our rights. Everyone deserves dignity, respect, and equitable treatment, regardless of their ability to speak, read, write, or understand English.

On August 1, 2024, the Utah Supreme Court rejected Utah’s request to overturn the preliminary injunction blocking SB 174, the state’s abortion Trigger ban, from taking effect. This decision means that abortion care continues to remain legal in Utah up to 18 weeks of pregnancy.

The ACLU works to expand the right to privacy, increase the control individuals have over their personal information, and ensure civil liberties are enhanced rather than compromised by technological innovation. Technological innovation has outpaced our privacy protections. As a result, our digital footprint can be tracked by the government and corporations in ways that were once unthinkable. This digital footprint is constantly growing, containing more and more data about the most intimate aspects of our lives. This includes our communications, whereabouts, online searches, purchases, and even our bodies. When the government has easy access to this information, we lose more than just privacy and control over our information. Free speech, security, and equality also suffer. People in Utah should not have to choose between using new technologies and protecting their civil liberties. We work to ensure a future in which the Fourth Amendment ban on unreasonable searches extends to digital property and your data is your own.

Everyone in America, no matter their immigration status, has the right to due process. Learn more.

Executive orders may originate from the President of the United States or the governor’s office, but their impact often reaches Utahns directly, shaping policies that affect civil rights, access to healthcare, immigrant rights, and freedom of speech.