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5 election stories and issues we're watching this fall
We've broken down the top five election stories and issues we're watching this fall in Alaska so that voters can stay aware and engaged.
Sent Away and Silenced: The Human Toll of ICE’s Unprecedented Transfers to the Anchorage Correctional Complex
In June 2025, ICE transferred a group of forty-one immigrants from the Lower 48 to Alaska to be held at the Anchorage Correctional Complex, a criminal jail, under federal civil immigration authority. As documented through ACLU of Alaska interviews and sworn declarations from the impacted immigrants and their attorneys, as well as information obtained through public record requests, the experience of these individuals in ICE custody at ACC shows what happens when a civil legal process is routed through a punitive, opaque, and dangerous carceral system.
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Sep 14, 2026
Lu-Anne Haukaas Lopez named next Executive Director for the ACLU of Alaska
Organizational executive, restorative justice expert, and community leader to guide ACLU of Alaska's statewide civil rights and liberties work
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