Immigration and Immigrant Rights
Advancing Justice - AAJC Joins 150+ Groups in Urging DHS to Ensure SCOTUS Dobbs Decision Has No Impact on Immigration Enforcement
In light of the Supreme Court’s rights-stripping decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, we, the undersigned organizations, write to urge you to immediately issue clear guidance that DHS shall not use any abortion care-related arrest or conviction as a basis for any immigration enforcement action, nor shall the agency consider it a barrier to any form of immigration relief.
Advancing Justice - AAJC Joins 100+ Organizations Urging Biden Administration to Reaffirm and Implement End to Title 42
The right to seek asylum in the United States is in peril. In spite of conflicting court decisions, the White House and federal agencies maintain vast authority to uphold this fundamental right. We commend the April 2022 decision to lift the Title 42 order and the immediate action taken to appeal the May 20 ruling in Louisiana v. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But you must not stop with these actions alone.
Advancing Justice - AAJC Signs Letter Calling for Protection of Migrants, Asylum Seekers, Refugees at Upcoming Summit of the Americas
As U.S. civil society organizations focused on refugee and migrants’ rights, human rights, humanitarian response, foreign and domestic policy, we write collectively to share our expectations for the upcoming Summit of the Americas. We acknowledge and welcome efforts to address migration and protection at the regional level and expect the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection to promote respect for the rights of migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC Commends Senate for Rejecting Anti-Immigrant Amendments, Passing the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate passed a “clean” version of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 on Sunday, voting down “poison pill” amendments related to immigration during a weekend of debate and votes.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC Urges Senate to Reject Anti-Immigrant Amendments to the Inflation Reduction Act
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Advancing Justice | AAJC Joins 90 Local, State, and National Organizations in Signing Letter to Senate Appropriators
Advancing Justice | AAJC joins the National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA), the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), and 88 local, state, and national organizations, in respectfully requesting that they continue to support naturalization by providing much needed funding to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the USCIS Citizenship and Integration Grant program.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC Commends the Recent Senate Release of Appropriations Bills
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WASHINGTON, DC — Senate Democrats released 12 appropriations bills on Thursday morning. The package includes $1.67 trillion in discretionary spending for fiscal year 2023. The Homeland Security appropriations bill includes robust changes to the immigration system and improvements to immigration enforcement practices.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC issues the following statement:
The Defund Hate Coalition sends letter to congressional appropriators demanding they reject DHS' request to move funds to ICE for more immigration detention and enforcement efforts
Dear Chairwoman Roybal-Allard, Ranking Member Fleischmann, Chairman Murphy, and Ranking Member Moore Capito,
We are right here with you. That is the promise that Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC has kept with the Asian American community for over thirty years now. Three decades ago, we were founded on the need for our community to have a voice at the national level in all branches and offices of our federal government.