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Jae Lee v. U.S.: Noncitizens face a devastating threat when caught in the criminal justice system
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Advancing Justice Conference
2019 Advancing Justice Conference
The 2019 conference was held and hosted in Atlanta, Georgia.
2018 Advancing Justice Conference
Learning Together
The next Advancing Justice Conference will be April 11-13, 2018 at the Hyatt Regency Washington in Washington, D.C.
Equal Protection
Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity
We work to preserve the consideration of race as a factor in admissions in higher education, and to prevent Asian Americans from being used as a wedge group.
Language Access
We advocate for the elimination of language barriers in government services, including improvements in the provision of interpretation services and translated documents for limited English proficient (LEP) individuals.
Court Blocks Proof-of-Citizenship Requirements for Voters in Three States
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WASHINGTON, DC – A federal appeals court has blocked Kansas, Alabama, and Georgia from adding proof-of-citizenship requirements to the federal mail voter registration form. Advancing Justice | AAJC and sixteen other civil rights and voting groups filed an amicus brief, explaining how the challenged requirements disenfranchise voters.
Racial Justice
Moving Forward, Together
The United States has reached a new phase in our long struggle for equal rights and social justice for all members of the American community. We have spent the last few years watching police brutality against communities of color, targeting and surveillance of black and brown communities, and the vilification of immigrants.
Who We Are
Our mission
Rooted in the dreams of immigrants and inspired by the promise of opportunity, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC (Advancing Justice | AAJC) advocates for an America in which all Americans can benefit equally from, and contribute to, the American dream. Our mission is to advance the civil and human rights of Asian Americans and to build and promote a fair and equitable society for all. Advancing Justice | AAJC is a national 501 (c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1991 in Washington, D.C.
Clerkships and Internships
In 2026, Advancing Justice | AAJC is only accepting applications from students seeking academic externship credit.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, based in Washington, DC, works to advance human and civil rights for Asian Americans, and to build and promote a fair and equitable society for all. We’re a leading national expert on issues important to the Asian American community, including the Census, immigration and immigrants’ rights, media diversity, anti-profiling, and voting rights.
As of today, whether a person is eligible to vote or not, they are counted when district lines are drawn for determining representation in their state legislature. This case could change that so that not everyone is counted, but instead, only registered or eligible voters.
Read our fact sheet on how race conscious admissions policies benefit Asian Americans. In June 2016, The U.S. Supreme Court narrowly affirmed the University of Texas’s holistic admission program by a vote of 4–3. Read more on our blog.