Immigration and Immigrant Rights
We, the undersigned organizations urge an 18-month extension and redesignation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Yemen. Yemen’s TPS designation is set to expire March 3, 2023, while Yemen continues to experience armed conflict and extraordinary conditions that make safe return to Yemen impossible for Yemenis present in the United States.
Haitian Bridge Alliance and the undersigned 422 immigration, human rights, faith-based, and civil rights
organizations write to request that your Administration extend and redesignate Haiti for Temporary Protected
Status (TPS) in light of Haiti's deteriorating security, governance, and humanitarian crises. Recently, sixteen
U.S. senators agreed and released a letter calling for the same.
We urge you to support the closure of Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention sites, prevent the development of new detention sites or expansion of existing ones, and seek reduced funding for immigration detention from Congress. Now is the time for principled leadership following the long-awaited court ruling lifting the Title 42 public health expulsion order. As your administration stands up processing of individuals, we urge you to not fall back on harmful, arbitrary, and unnecessary detention in response to people seeking protection.
Organizations Call for Review of Country Conditions and Designation of Temporary Protected Status for Pakistan
An ongoing humanitarian and climate crisis in Pakistan makes the return of its nationals dangerous and inconceivable. Catastrophic flooding has left one-third of Pakistan underwater, and devastated the country’s healthcare, education, and agricultural infrastructure. 1 It has resulted in the displacement of 7.9 million people, impacted more than 33 million people, and caused the death of at least 1600 people and counting.
The undersigned 101 organizations, which include 34 direct service providers along the US- Mexico border, urge Congress to increase Fiscal Year 2023 funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) to $200,000,000 to meet the needs of local communities providing critical services for families and individuals encountered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The experience of being detained is incredibly damaging to the mental and physical health of those in ICE detention. Visitation can help ease the adverse effect on detained individuals' mental health and also plays a key role in the monitoring of human rights violations, as many individuals in ICE detention do not feel comfortable disclosing sensitive or confidential information over the phone or through the mail.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Denounces Congress’ Failure to Reach a DACA Deal
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the end of the year approaches, Congress has failed to come to a deal on citizenship for immigrant youth, Temporary Protected Status recipients, and other immigrants. While DACA hangs on by a thread, this failure further threatens the future of undocumented youth and their families in the country they call home.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice, an affiliation of five independent civil rights organizations, responds with the following statement:
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Condemn the Removal of Family-Sponsored Immigration Reform in Budget Deal
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, a budget deal was published that failed to include crucial, immigration-related provisions.
Asian American Civil Rights Groups Applaud the Court Decision to Block Title 42, An Important Step in Restoring and Rebuilding Asylum at the Border
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia vacated and ended the Title 42 policy yesterday, ruling that the government’s decision to implement the policy was “arbitrary and capricious” and not justified by the administration’s health-related rationale. The Title 42 policy resulted in millions of expulsions of asylum seekers fleeing violence and persecution, supposedly in the name of public health.
We, the undersigned organizations committed to the rights of asylum seekers and refugees, write to express our deep disappointment and shock at the announcement that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is expanding the use of Title 42 to expel Venezuelans seeking refuge at the U.S.-Mexico border.