The ACLU of Wyoming's Communications Director would love to speak with you. Janna Farley handles queries from reporters on local, state, and national civil liberties issues. ACLU of Wyoming team members can provide information and assist journalists by lending important perspectives on issues such as LGBTQ advocacy, abortion rights, criminal justice reform, and more.
Local law enforcement officials have no obligation to participate in federal immigration enforcement through 287(g) agreements and ICE detainer requests. Doing so could harm public safety, lead to serious legal liabilities and impose heavy financial burdens on their counties.
Fueled by President Donald Trump’s discriminatory actions, a powerful anti-immigrant movement is seeking to curtail the rights of many people living in the United States. That’s why the ACLU has developed and is distributing materials to ensure that immigrants throughout the state know their rights.
While not banning abortion, these bills are intended to reduce and limit people’s access to abortion in Wyoming. The regulations that would be imposed by these bills won't make anyone safer.
Like other “anti-sanctuary city” bills around the country, House Bill 133 would force local law enforcement to act like federal immigration agents, and it would punish towns and cities that choose not to do so by withholding all state and state-administered federal funds.
Invalidating out-of-state driver’s licenses for undocumented residents, as House Bill 116 would do, won’t make Wyoming’s roads any safer, but it will make the state more inhospitable to immigrants.
Regardless of immigration status, everyone has basic rights that are protected by the U.S. Constitution and civil rights laws – especially when it comes to interacting with law enforcement and ICE officials.