Three years of the Trump administration, ACLU Supporter.

We told President Trump that if he acted on any of us his unconstitutional campaign promises, we would see him in court. And we did – filing 140 lawsuits and 100+ other legal actions. We've won many of them, but the fight is ongoing.

In fact, next year may be the toughest yet. Trump is doubling down on his agenda, abusing power, and behaving more erratically in hopes of winning reelection.

But what we've accomplished together in these three years gives me hope. Here are just a few reasons why:

• Separating families seeking asylum is perhaps the cruelest out of all of Trump's anti-immigrant policies. So we sued and got a court ruling barring the practice. We've helped reunite more than 2,000 families since then. The legal fight continues as we press the administration to reunite the thousands of others that remain separated. We won't rest until we've reunited them all.
• As a candidate, Trump promised to overturn Roe v. Wade, and in response, seven states have enacted laws banning abortion. We've challenged five of these bans, and got injunctions on every single one. Thanks to our collective action, abortion remains legal in all 50 states. We anticipate more state bans in the year to come, and we'll be ready.
• The president tried to rig the census by adding a question about citizenship to intimidate immigrant participation. The impact would have been dire: By deterring tens of thousands of immigrants from filling out the form, the question would have resulted in congressional underrepresentation and less federal support for districts where immigrants live. But we fought the administration all the way to the Supreme Court, and won. Together, we preserved the integrity of our democracy.

Wins like these are powerful. But what gives me the most hope are the people behind this work: our relentless team of lawyers, organizers, policy analysts, and our supporters – you're a big part of this.

ACLU Supporter, you allow all of this to happen – whether you've made a donation or a phone call to Congress, showed up at a rally, or spread the word about the most pressing civil rights battles we face.

So when Trump doubles down on his attacks in the coming year, we have the team ready to fight back – to defend our right to abortion, seek asylum, vote, or exercise any of our constitutional rights and liberties. We will continue to secure our freedoms and advance equality.

I look forward to continuing the work with you in the year to come.

Thanks for your support,

David Cole
ACLU Legal Director

P.S. It's tough to capture all that we've done together in the past three years, but I attempt to in this piece I wrote. Give it a read and learn more about how we fought the Trump administration together.