Immigration and Immigrant Rights
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Affiliation Condemns Discriminatory Travel Ban Targeting Immigrant Families
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DECEMBER 18, 2025 – Asian Americans Advancing Justice, a national affiliation of four independent Asian American civil rights organizations, strongly condemns the Trump administration’s expanded travel ban, which now targets immigrants and people of color from 39 countries and those traveling on Palestinian Authority-issued travel documents, under the false pretense of national security.
Rep. Chu, Sen. Hirono Reintroduce Bill to Reunite and Protect Immigrant Families
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep Judy Chu (CA-28), Senator Mazie Hirono (HI) reintroduced the Reuniting Families Act of 2025. This legislation would strengthen protections for immigrant families and address long-standing problems in a family immigration system that hasn’t seen meaningful reform in more than three decades.
Letter from 130 Organizations Calling to Restore Humanitarian Protections and a Fair, Humane Immigration Program
Dear President Trump,
Martin Kim, Director of Immigration Advocacy at Advancing Justice | AAJC, underscored the importance of the bill for Asian American and Pacific Islander youth. More than 14,000 AAPI young people have benefited from DACA since its inception, and an estimated 100,000 more were eligible but never received it. “These integral members of our community have been denied permanent relief for far too long,” he said. “The Dream Act would provide the permanency that these communities demand and deserve.”
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC Denounces Travel Ban Expansion and Cruel Attacks on Immigrant Communities
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Washington, D.C. — This week, the Trump administration released plans to immediately pause all reviews of immigration benefits for nationals of the 19 countries targeted in the June 2025 travel ban following the shooting of National Guard soldiers last week — the list includes several Asian countries.
Children’s Advocates Applaud Reintroduction of the Dream Act to Provide Pathway to Citizenship for Young Immigrants
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Washington, DC, December 4, 2025—Today, Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced the bipartisan Dream Act of 2025, a bill that would provide a pathway to citizenship for people who came to the United States with their families as children.
Comment from Asian Americans Advancing Justice Affiliation on Interim Final Rule “Removal of the Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents"
The Asian Americans Advancing Justice affiliation (Advancing Justice) writes in opposition to the October 30, 2025 Interim Final Rule (IFR) eliminating automatic extensions of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs). This IFR reverses longstanding policy, downplays ongoing adjudication delays, and ignores the substantial harm this rule will inflict on workers, employers, and communities.
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Asian Americans Advancing Justice Condemns DC Attack, Decries Suspension Of Afghan Immigration, And Denounces Islamophobia
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Washington, D.C. — This week, a shooting in Washington, D.C. claimed the life of a National Guard member and left another critically injured. In response, the Trump administration announced a blanket suspension of all immigration requests from Afghan nationals.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice, a network of four independent Asian American civil rights organizations, issues the following statement:
At Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, we work to promote educational equity for the nation’s diverse Asian American communities and to protect the civil and human rights of all students and families. Strong, fully funded public schools play a vital role in promoting equity for children and equipping them to grow into future leaders.
At Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, we work to promote educational equity for the nation’s diverse Asian American communities and to protect the civil and human rights of all students and families.
Recently, there have been renewed threats to strip undocumented children’s right to access K-12 public education. This would directly impact an estimated 181,200 Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) K-12 students.