American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia
Coverage of American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia in the Nexus archive.
- Fourth Circuit defines anti-cop license plate as protected private speech
The Fourth Circuit ruled that a Virginia driver's anti-government license plate, 'FTP&ATF,' is protected private speech under the First Amendment. The court found personalized license plates are not government speech and rejected the DMV's claim that the plate was offensive and violative of its content guidelines.
- ICE Tried to Deport an Asylum-Seeker. Now He’s Being Denied Care for a Growing Tumor in a Private Prison.
Aliaksei Shcharbachenia, a Belarusian asylum-seeker detained at Farmville Detention Center, reports medical neglect as a tumor grows on his arm despite requests for specialist care. The U.S. government attempted to deport him, and advocates criticize expanding immigration detention under the Trump administration and Congress, with private prison contractor CoreCivic owning the facility.