Immigration and Immigrant Rights
Organizations Call for Designation of Temporary Protected Status and Special Student Relief for the Democratic Republic of Congo
Under the leadership of Congolese community leaders, the undersigned 115 civil rights, immigrant rights, human rights, faith, educational and grassroots organizations write to urge Secretary Mayorkas to review country conditions and designate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Special Student Relief (SSR) for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Ongoing armed conflict and an escalating humanitarian crisis have garnered the world’s attention as reports of brutal violence grow each day.
No Muslim Ban Ever Campaign Coalition Sends Letter to Biden Administration Calling for Relief to Those Impacted by Muslim and African Bans
Immigrants' rights, civil rights and civil liberties, and community-based organizations are committed to protecting the rights of all people, including Muslim, African, Arab, Iranian, Middle Eastern, and South Asian communities. We urge President Biden to provide relief to all who have been impacted by Trump's Muslim and African Bans which were rescinded on January 20, 2021. Following the United States District Court, Northern District of California, Aug. 1, 2022 order in the Pars Equality Center et al. v.
Advancing Justice - AAJC Denounces Any Plans to Reinstate Cruel Practice of Family Detention
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Washington, D.C. — March 8, 2023 — Yesterday, reports emerged that the Biden Administration is considering the reinstatement of family detention, a practice that holds children and parents in immigration detention facilities where families may be locked up in inhumane conditions and for long periods of time that far exceed the 20-day limit set by the Flores court settlement.
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Asian Americans Advancing Justice Condemns Attacks on Asylum and Refugees as Biden Doubles Down on Trump-Era Harmful Asylum Policy
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Washington, D.C. — The Biden Administration announced a proposed rule that takes after a Trump-era asylum ban and unconscionably blocks most people seeking asylum at the U.S. southern border from finding safety and refuge.
John C. Yang Statement about President Biden’s State of the Union
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Washington, DC — Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC’s President and Executive Director, John C. Yang, issues the following statement about President Biden’s State of the Union address:
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The undersigned 292 civil, human rights, and immigrant rights groups write to express our tremendous alarm and condemnation of your administration’s recent announcement of your plan to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to resurrect Trump-era asylum bans. This announcement marks a full-throated embrace of policies initiated by the prior administration, which by your own description “contravened our values and caused needless human suffering.” We call on you not to break your campaign promise to end restrictions on asylum seekers traveling through other countries.
Biden Talks Values of Immigration While Failing Asylum Seekers
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We, the undersigned organizations serving and advocating for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders, write to urge you to implement policies to urgently alleviate the processing backlog for TPS applicants. Any delay in adjudication eats into an already short grant period, leaving applicants at risk of deportation and without permission to work, even while qualifying for those benefits.
Organizations Call for the Extension and Redesignation of Temporary Protected Status for Somalia
We, the undersigned organizations committed to civil rights, immigrant rights, human rights, educational, and grassroots organizations write to urge Secretary Mayorkas to extend and redesignate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somalia for 18 months. The designation for Somalia expires on March 17, 2023, with a decision date coming up on January 16, 2023. Somalia is facing a humanitarian crisis exacerbated by a protracted armed conflict that has lasted over three decades.