Immigration and Immigrant Rights
On November 29, 2021, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC and Asian Americans Advancing Justice - LA submitted a comment in response to Department of Homeland Security’s proposed rulemaking on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. While we express support to commit DACA into regulation, we oppose the decoupling of work permits from deportation protections and urge the expansion of eligibility criteria, among other recommendations. DACA has provided opportunities and immeasurable relief to tens of thousands of Asian American community members.
House Passage of Build Back Better Act Makes Important Strides for Family Immigration System and Asian American Communities
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Legislation would recapture more than half a million “lost” visas and reduce decades-long backlogs that separate families and Congress must deliver on a permanent pathway to citizenship
Advancing Justice - AAJC Urges Biden Administration To Stop Deportations of Haitian Migrants and End Immoral Mistreatment at the Border
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Washington, D.C.—The Biden Administration is sending multiple expulsion flights to Haiti, just one month after a devastating earthquake that resulted in the deaths of more than 2,200 Haitians and displacement of hundreds and thousands of people.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - AAJC issues the following statement:
The Fight is Not Over - Asian Americans Advancing Justice Urges Confidence Despite Parliamentarian's First Ruling on Legalization
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Sunday, the Senate Parliamentarian recommended against including in the FY 22 Budget Reconciliation Package an initial proposal for a roadmap to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders, essential workers, and farmworkers.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Celebrates as House Judiciary Committee Moves Forward on Pathway to Citizenship and Clearing the Family Immigration Backlog
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Washington, D.C.—Sept. 14, 2021—Last night, the House Judiciary Committee passed out of committee the immigration legislation in the FY 22 Budget Reconciliation Package that included a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants and provisions to clear the family and employment-based visa backlogs.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice, an affiliation of five independent civil rights organizations, issues the following statement:
Advancing Justice | AAJC Commends the Biden Administration’s Decision to Extend Temporary Protected Status for Nepal, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Haiti, and Sudan
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC commends the Biden Administration’s decision Friday to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 15 months for all current beneficiaries from Nepal, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Haiti, and Sudan.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC issues the following statement:
Every generation has a moment of awakening. This year provided a few seminal moments that threatened to either rip the Nation apart or bring us together. The Asian American community became the target for those looking to blame COVID-19 on someone. Instantly, our community was dealing with the dual pandemic of the coronavirus and racism. Several politicians stoked those embers of hate with rhetoric that firmly put a bullseye on the back of every Asian American.
Asian American Civil Rights Organizations Calls Passage of Senate Budget Resolution a Historic Step for Immigrant Rights
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Washington, D.C.—August 12, 2020—Yesterday, the Senate budget resolution passed along party lines and included increased funding for education, climate change, healthcare, childcare, economic aid for families, and a pathway to citizenship for millions of immigrants. It now moves to the House to take up the budget resolution.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice, an affiliation of five independent Asian American civil rights organizations, releases the following statement:
Asian American Civil Rights Organizations Condemn Judge’s Decision to End New DACA Applications
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Washington, D.C.—On Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen issued a court order invalidating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The order directed the government to stop processing new DACA applications while allowing the processing of renewals pending appeals.
Today, July 1st, 2021, Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02), Deborah Ross (NC-02), Young Kim (CA-39), and Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) introduced the America’s Cultivation of Hope and Inclusion for Long-Term Dependents Raised and Educated Natively (CHILDREN) Act.