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This decision grants welcomed relief to our clients — but so many other Texas families remain terrified of being investigated by the state. We, along with @ACLUTx and @LambdaLegal, will continue to defend the rights of trans youth. Today and everyday. — PolitiTweet.org

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The lawsuit was filed on behalf of an employee of DFPS with a transgender child, her husband, and the teen herself. This family has already had an investigator arrive at their house in response to Abbott's directive. — PolitiTweet.org

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This temporary restraining order is not enough — families not named in our lawsuit could still be investigated by DFPS. Families in Texas, and everywhere, should never have to fear separation because we are supporting our children. — PolitiTweet.org

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BREAKING: The Travis County District Court has temporarily blocked the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services from investigating our clients for providing medically necessary treatment to their transgender youth. — PolitiTweet.org

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Our client Ana came to the US seeking asylum because they feared violence in their home country. Our government expelled her and her family to Mexico, forcing them to wait for 16 months in poverty while their case was decided. https://t.co/VOptOTBMoB — PolitiTweet.org

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Abortion funds are an essential part of our ability to overcome the barriers that have been put in place to access the care we need. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ACLU_NorCal: Victory! When Mayor Breed tried to gut SF’s surveillance oversight law, we and our partners mobilized to stop her. We foug… — PolitiTweet.org

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If Biden is serious about doing right by immigrants, he should finally get moving to push Congress hard on citizenship AND: ➖ End Title 42 ➖ Shut down the ICE detention machine — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden's investment in community-based violence prevention is a welcome move. But these programs are also proof that his insistence on higher police spending isn’t the only or best path to safety. Public safety is not just the territory of police and the criminal legal system. — PolitiTweet.org

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Texas politicians are part of a coordinated effort to shame, dehumanize, and attack trans kids. The end result won’t be that fewer kids grow up to be trans, it will be that fewer kids grow up. https://t.co/pOQXNu35jZ — PolitiTweet.org

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"This care saves lives. It saved my life." We won't allow Governor Abbott to attack and criminalize healthcare for trans youth. Trans people of Texas — and everywhere — we are with you. https://t.co/YQnf80Xdy9 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ACLUTx: Grassroots organizers in Austin organized a youth protest on the steps of the State Capitol today. We won't stop staying it: #… — PolitiTweet.org

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BREAKING: We're suing ICE on behalf of medically vulnerable people currently detained who have requested and been denied COVID-19 booster shots. This is our second lawsuit against ICE over their cruel and unconstitutional failure to provide this necessary and basic care. — PolitiTweet.org

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“Understanding this country starts with the South.” Listen in to our discussion with author, professor, and Birmingham native Imani Perry on this episode of At Liberty. https://t.co/BKh8JAa2MQ https://t.co/F7nmBntfSX — PolitiTweet.org

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We will keep fighting for trans youth everywhere. If you are outraged by what’s happening in Texas, take that fury and share it with lawmakers in every state that is trying to make it harder for trans youth to survive. — PolitiTweet.org

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These efforts to cut off and criminalize necessary health care for trans youth are in direct conflict with the recommendations of medical professionals and have nothing to do with what’s best for these young people. They're not new and they're not unique to Texas. — PolitiTweet.org

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Any investigations happening as a result of the directive are in violation of the Texas Administrative Procedures Act and the Texas Constitution. They are also violating the rights of transgender youth and their parents. — PolitiTweet.org

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This directive is a transparently political attack that is beyond the Governor’s legal authority. But we understand why families are terrified. At least one family has already had an investigator show up at their door. We’re asking a court to stop this NOW. — PolitiTweet.org

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Our lawsuit with @ACLUTx and @LambdaLegal is in response to Governor Abbott's recent directive that providing gender-affirming care should be considered child abuse and parents should be prosecuted. — PolitiTweet.org

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BREAKING: We're suing to block the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services from implementing lawless and dangerous new directives from Governor Abbott to investigate parents who work with doctors to provide their kids with medically necessary, gender-affirming care. — PolitiTweet.org

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We will continue to fight these maps that deny Black voters an opportunity to elect representatives who will fight for them in these critical statehouse deliberations. Voters should choose their politicians — not the other way around. — PolitiTweet.org

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That’s why our legal challenge won’t stop here. We demonstrated that the General Assembly’s maps likely violate the Voting Rights Act and we’ll prove it at trial. State legislatures are responsible for laws and policies that profoundly impact our daily lives. — PolitiTweet.org

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The Georgia General Assembly should have drawn at least a half-dozen additional new Black-majority districts in light of the tremendous growth of the state’s Black population in recent decades but failed to do so. — PolitiTweet.org

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BREAKING: Following our lawsuit, a federal court has ruled that Georgia’s newly drawn state House and Senate maps likely violate the Voting Rights Act, but are allowed to take effect for the upcoming 2022 elections as the lawsuit proceeds. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ACLUIndiana: 🎉BREAKING: HB 1134 is dead! Senators missed today’s deadline to advance this classroom censorship bill that would have li… — PolitiTweet.org

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Today marks 6 months since Texas’ extreme abortion ban SB8 went into effect. 6 months of politicians forcing pregnancy on Texans. 6 months of Texans having to drive hours — if they’re able — to access services. We all deserve to access the abortion care we need. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @PatrickCToomey: Today at 3pm ET: I’ll be joining @AAAJ_AAJC for a briefing on the Biden administration’s decision to end the discrimina… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @lewisconwayjr: As Democracy faces existential threats, there are people like us that are ready, willing, and able to lead and shoulder… — PolitiTweet.org

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“I definitely didn’t know that I was being sent to a crisis pregnancy center." When looking for abortion care, Maleeha was instead faced with false information from a crisis pregnancy center intended to scare and shame her out of having an abortion. No one deserves this. https://t.co/9ufPhSq1Do — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ACLU_MD: Thank you @BaltCoExec for supporting a Baltimore County Council redistricting plan that aligns with the #VotingRightsAct!! 🎉… — PolitiTweet.org