ACLU of Texas

📢 KNOW YOUR RIGHTS WHILE PROTESTING: a thread 📢

The Texas State Board of Education has revised its high school curriculum in ways that are blatantly hostile toward Muslim students. No student should feel targeted or unwelcome at school because of their religious, cultural, or ethnic background.

📢 We're hiring! Apply to join our team of passionate advocates as we work toward a freer and fairer Texas. Learn more about the job descriptions and salaries at aclutx.org/jobs.

TEXANS: October 24-25 is the ONLY WEEKEND we have to vote early in this year's midterm elections. Don't wait until the last minute. Vote early — now through Friday, October 30 — or on Election Day, Tuesday, November 3. Learn more at aclutx.org/vote.

Ready, set, VOTE 🏃💨 From DFW to the RGV, we’re partnering with run clubs across the state to make sure eligible Texans have the voting rights information they need. Vote early now until Friday, October 30. Election Day is Tuesday, November 3. Visit aclutx.org/vote to learn more.

Our final In The Margins book club gathering of 2026 is coming up. 👀 Join us and @acluwa.bsky.social virtually on Saturday, November 21 at noon CT. Our discussion will center Indigenous Justice and the award-winning novel "There There" by Tommy Orange. Sign up: secure.ngpvan.com/ZbppJdzAaUOb...

🚨 REMINDER: Did you register to vote but you're not showing up on the voter rolls? You may be eligible to vote a provisional ballot. 📢 You can vote early now through Friday, October 30, or on Election Day, Tuesday, November 3. Know your rights and share this widely: aclutx.org/vote

TEXANS: Protect our right to vote by becoming a poll monitor. Poll monitors are trained volunteers who observe, report, and help address problems at polling locations over a 3-hour shift. Join us for a virtual training session TONIGHT. Spanish interpretation is available.

Another Texas man has died in ICE detention. Emiliano Andrade-Covarrubias lived in Dallas for decades and worked as a contractor painting homes. He had a heart condition, diabetes, and high blood pressure. His daughter said he was denied medications while in detention and found dead in his cell.

NEW: We’re urging a federal judge to end ICE’s continued abuses at Camp East Montana. For over a year, people have endured unhygienic conditions, medical neglect, guard violence, and degrading treatment at this detention camp located on the Fort Bliss military base.

Grand Prairie ISD has a problem with actors gender-bending roles in a play about... *checks notes* ...a giant plant that can talk and craves human blood. Got it, got it. Cancelling a play because you don’t want a girl to play the lead is unconstitutional. Period.

An ICE vehicle hit a Houston man over the weekend. Investigators believe it may have been intentional. Miguel Parra-Hernandez was just working his construction job and is now hospitalized with two broken legs. Get ICE out of our cities!

The Supreme Court has denied another challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act — a victory for tribal sovereignty. The ICWA upholds Native families' right to stay together and confronts the history of forcibly removing Native children. Indigenous families deserve to live with dignity.

“The Voices” is the final drawing by Artist-in-Residence Vincent Valdez in his residency with us. The drawing of Oni K. Blair, executive director of the ACLU of Texas, was unveiled at the Rothko Chapel in Houston as part of his series "The New Americans." Explore: aclutx.org/newamericans

On Sept. 11, a Rio Grande Valley teen was arrested after filming a viral video of an ICE raid. ICE agents also pepper-sprayed him and assaulted his friend. On Sept. 21, ICE arrested and deported his mother. We refuse to become numb to this violence.

The ICE agent who shot and killed Houston resident Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was identified last week. Accountability starts now. ICE must: ⚫️ Disclose the names of ALL officers involved. ⚫️ Cooperate with local investigators and public information requests. ⚫️ Return his wallet and phone to his family.

All young people have a First Amendment right to learn — free from government censorship.

Texas — let's make our voices heard at the polls in the general election. ➡️ Are you registered to vote? ➡️ Need to check your status or register for the first time? Get the info you need at our Election Hub at aclutx.org/vote 🗳

BREAKING: A majority of Texas border residents say immigration enforcement has made life harder without making communities safer, according to our new poll. ⚠️ 63% believe ICE has gone too far.

Texas’ maternal health report was set to release on Sept. 1. Instead, the state is delaying the release — until after midterm elections. Delaying our access to information — which includes the consequences of Texas’ abortion ban — puts pregnant people at risk and leaves voters in the dark.

VICTORY: Nearly every single person arrested and facing jail time in Travis County has been represented by a lawyer at their very first appearance before a judge. No one should face a judge alone when their freedom is at stake.

📢READERS: Our next virtual book club is Saturday, Oct. 17, at noon CT. Hear from KB Brookins (they/them), author of “Pretty” and 2025-2026 ACLU of TX artist-in-residence. Brookins’ book explores their experiences as a Black and transmasculine Texan. Sign up: secure.ngpvan.com/ZC2TVNhaUkmT...

📢TEXANS: Join us for our free virtual Know Your Rights series held weekly in October. Learn more at at aclutx.org/events.

Texas lawmakers across the political spectrum have rightfully condemned Railroad Commissioner candidate Bo French’s racist attacks on UT Austin students — the latest in a long pattern of bigotry. This hate is not only wrong, it’s dangerous. And it doesn’t represent who Texans are.

Visit the link in our bio for more information on how to check your voter registration and make sure you're ready to vote this upcoming Texas election. 🗳 https://www.votetexas.gov/

Ectopic pregnancy deaths have surged since Roe v. Wade was overturned. In Texas, where abortion is banned, it can be a struggle to receive the proper care to treat ectopic pregnancy. Our state is punishing pregnant people — while also delaying the release of a maternal mortality report.

VICTORY: Emma Doe, a trans teen, found out her rural Texas school district had introduced a dress code policy that unjustly targeted trans and nonbinary students. So she organized to change it — and won. 🗣️ No student should be punished for being who they are.

TONIGHT: Join us virtually at 6 p.m. CT to learn more about your rights as a protester — like what to do if approached by law enforcement. 📢 The right to assemble and express your views through protest is critical to a functioning democracy.