Immigration and Immigrant Rights
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.
Advancing Justice | AAJC Commends the Biden Administration’s Decision to Redesignate Temporary Protected Status for Haiti
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC commends the Biden Administration’s decision to redesignate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti for 18 months. TPS would allow over 100,000 Haitian nationals, including children, to live and work in the United States.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC issues the following statement:
Testimony on House of Representatives Subcommittee Hearing "'Why Don’t They Just Get in Line?': Barriers to Legal Immigration"
On April 28, President and Executive Director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, John C. Yang, testified before the United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary's subcommittee on immigration and citizenship. The U.S. has not updated the family-based immigration system nor increased the annual number allocation of immigrant visas in over 30 years (since 1990) despite that fact that the U.S. population has increased and is aging.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC Applauds the Maryland Legislature’s Passage of the Dignity Not Detention and Driver Privacy Acts
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Washington, D.C.—After tireless advocacy of immigrant communities in Maryland led by our partners at CASA, the Maryland state legislature passed the Dignity Not Detention Act (SB 478/HB 16) and Maryland Driver Privacy Act (SB 234/HB 23) with veto-proof majorities. The Dignity Not Detention Act will prevent profit-driven expansion of detention in Maryland.
Advancing Justice | AAJC and Advancing Justice | Los Angeles applaud House passage of American Dream and Promise Act
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The House passed the American Dream and Promise Act, HR6, which would provide a path to citizenship for DACA recipients, undocumented youth, the children of certain nonimmigrant visa holders, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) holders. The House also passed the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, HR 1603, a bill that would offer undocumented farmworkers a path to citizenship.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC and Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Los Angeles released the following statement: