Immigration and Immigrant Rights
Advancing Justice - AAJC Joins 190 Organizations in Calling for Extension and Redesignation of TPS for Venezuela
On June 23, 190 local, state, and national organizations led by the Temporary Status and Deferred Enforced Departure Administrative Advocacy Coalition TPS-DED AAC wrote to President Biden, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken to urge an 18-month extension and redesignation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuela. TPS provides life-saving protection to noncitizens in the United States, including undocumented immigrants, who cannot be safely returned to their home country.
140 Organizations Send Letter Urging Congress to Reject Attempts to Pass Anti-Black, Anti-Immigrant Legislation
We the undersigned 140 organizations stand with Black communities, and all communities of color in America and at our borders, who have been relentlessly targeted in the media, in the halls of Congress, and tragically, by armed white supremacists. From El Paso to Pittsburgh, and across cities and towns in the U.S., the targeted murder of 10 people in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Buffalo is the latest in a series of tragedies directly inspired by white supremacist ideology.
Asian American Civil Rights Groups Commend Decision to End Title 42 Expulsions and Reject Efforts to Restore the Policy
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC and Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Los Angeles support the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for their decision to end the use of Title 42 starting May 23, 2022, and reject efforts to preserve this immigration restriction.
Ahead of the State of the Union, Advancing Justice - AAJC and 25 additional immigrant rights’ organizations released key immigration policy priorities for the Biden-Harris administration, 2022 Immigration Priorities: A Blueprint for the Biden-Harris Administration, detailing actions
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Urges Congress to Commit to a Pathway to Citizenship and Visa Recapture After Parliamentarian Recommendations
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Michelle Boykins, Advancing Justice – AAJC, 202-604-1706
Liza Ameen, Advancing Justice – Los Angeles, 213-977-7500 x258
James Woo, Advancing Justice – Atlanta, 404-585-8446
Niketa Kumar, Advancing Justice – ALC
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.