Immigration and Immigrant Rights
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander and Allied Organizations Urge Biden to Protect Southeast Asians and Halt Deportations
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Washington, D.C. — Today, the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, the Southeast Asian Freedom Network, and the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans sent a letter, signed by 150 organizations, urging President-elect Biden to place a complete moratorium on all deportations immediately upon taking office until Congress can pass robust immigration reform that would repeal sections of the 1996 immigration policies responsible for the United States’ current draconian immigration enforcement system.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC Applauds Diversity of DOJ Nominations
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WASHINGTON, DC — President-elect Joe Biden is expected to announce Judge Merrick Garland for Attorney General, Lisa Monaco for Deputy Attorney General, Vanita Gupta for Associate Attorney General, and Kristen Clarke for Assistant Attorney General at an afternoon press conference.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC President and Executive Director, John C. Yang, issues the following statement to applaud the selection of Gupta and Clarke as part of the proposed new leadership at U.S. Department of Justice.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC Condemns Trump Administration for Intention to Terminate Filipino WWII Veterans Parole Program
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced its intent to terminate the Filipino WWII Veterans Parole program and the Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program by publishing a Federal Register notice on December 28, 2020. There will be a 60-day comment period and the termination of these programs would not become final unless the termination is finalized by the Biden administration.
Advancing Justice – AAJC Applauds Nomination of Alejandro Mayorkas as Department Homeland Security Secretary
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – President-elect Joe Biden on Monday named Alejandro Mayorkas as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. During the Obama Administration, Mayorkas developed and implemented the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA).
Megan Essaheb, Director of Immigration Advocacy, issues the following statement:
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Condemns Move to Nominate Judge Amy Coney Barrett to The U.S. Supreme Court Before the Election
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Circuit Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett was nominated by President Trump this afternoon to the Supreme Court of the United States, intending to fill the vacancy left by the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg one week ago. Asian Americans Advancing Justice opposes this nomination because she has a track record of harmful decisions affecting the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Statement on Appointment of Tony Pham as ICE Director
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Washington, DC — Asian Americans Advancing Justice, an affiliation of five independent Asian American civil rights organizations, issues the following statement today.
Concern for the younger generation: The targeting and profiling of Chinese and Asian Americans and immigrants
Statement For the Record of the Hearing Titled “Oversight of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services”
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC writes to express our strong concern over many of the activities of the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), in particular, the slowdown of processing of adjustment of status applications and naturalization applications; the shift in activities related to immigration enforcement and the misuse of funding resulting in its budget shortfall.
USCIS Finalizes Drastic Fee Increase for Immigrants Wanting to Become U.S. Citizens
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Washington, D.C. — A rule change published in the Federal Register indicates United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will raise the naturalization application fee from $640 to $1,170 effective October 2, 2020. This is the latest anti-immigrant action to be carried out by the Trump Administration. The increase in application costs will be an added burden to immigrants and will deter many from applying to become U.S. citizens.
Download the three-part document for our FOIA request to the Prince George's County Public Schools.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC (“Advancing Justice | AAJC”) submits this request under the Maryland Public Information Act, Title 4 for records pertaining to Countering Violent Extremism (“CVE”) programs implemented in Prince George’s County Public Schools (“PGCPS”).