Immigration and Immigrant Rights
National Immigrant Rights Organizations Urge Supreme Court to Protect Green Card Holders’ Right to Travel
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New York, NY – LatinoJustice PRLDEF, alongside the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, and Immigrant Defense Project, filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Bondi v.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC and Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago React to the Firing of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem
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Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC and Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago issue the following statement about the firing of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem:
“Everyone, regardless of where they come from, deserves the chance to live in safety and have the opportunity to succeed. Immigration policies must reflect a commitment to fairness, due process, and the protection of human rights.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Applauds Court Ruling: Third Country Deportation Policy Is Illegal
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Asian Americans Advancing Justice – the nation’s largest affiliation of independent Asian American civil rights organizations – welcomes U.S. District Court Judge Brian Murphy’s ruling that the government’s third-county deportation policy is unlawful. In his ruling, Judge Murphy condemned the U.S.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC Horrified by Death of Visually Impaired Refugee After CBP Abandonment
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – On February 25, Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a Rohingya refugee from Myanmar, was found dead in Buffalo, N.Y after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents abandoned him at a coffee shop with no shoes as snow and freezing rain blanketed Buffalo. Shah Alam spoke no English and was visually impaired. CBP officers did not notify Shah Alam’s family of his release, and his body was found five days after being abandoned.
Immigrant Advocacy Groups File Amicus Brief in Landmark Supreme Court Case Challenging Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, a group of national immigrant rights’ organizations - including the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP), We Are CASA, Make the Road New York (MRNY), LULAC , and OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates (OCA) - filed an amicus curiae brief urging the United States Supreme Court to strike down President Trump’s Executive Order limiting birthright citizenship, which purports to end the constitutional right of birthright citizenship for children born on U.S. soil provided for in the U.S. Constitution.
National AANHPI Community Organizations Weigh In on the State of the Union
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As President Trump shares a version of America that is thriving, we simply ask: How strong is a union when it is more divided than ever? Is a country truly strong when the richest few gain, while the rest of its people struggle?
State of the Union Speech: A 2-Hour Disgraceful and Dehumanizing Display of Hate
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last night, President Trump delivered a State of the Union address to a nation deeply divided by his actions and relentless hate speech. His remarks leaned on the hateful, inflammatory rhetoric that has become a signature of the Trump administration.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC (Advancing Justice – AAJC) issues the following statement in response:
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - AAJC Condemns Fatal ICE Shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis
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"Everyone, regardless of what they look like or where they come from, deserves to be safe in their community.
Under this administration, we have seen an escalation of violence by ICE agents who have terrorized immigrant communities without regard for the Constitution, American values, or simple human decency.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Statement On DHS Funding Negotiations
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Asian Americans Advancing Justice, a national affiliation of four independent civil rights organizations, issues the following statement:
“We commend the Senate for not allowing the original Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding package to move forward as planned. However, it should not take multiple deaths on our streets at the hands of federal immigration enforcement officers to convince elected officials to rein in our unchecked immigration enforcement agencies.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Affiliation Decries Hateful and Unwarranted Immigrant Visa Pause
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January 16, 2026 – On January 14, the U.S. Department of State announced the indefinite pause on the issuance of immigrant visas for the nationals of 75 countries, including numerous Asian nations. The move is an unprecedented and cruel attack on the immigration pathways established by Congress.