Immigration and Immigrant Rights
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Supports Passage of the NO BAN ACT & Access to Counsel Act of 2020
Asian Americans Advancing Justice is a national partnership of five non-profit, non-partisan organizations working to advance the human and civil rights of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) through advocacy, public policy, public education, and litigation. The affiliation’s members are: Advancing Justice | AAJC (Washington, DC), Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus (San Francisco), Advancing Justice – Los Angeles, Advancing Justice – Atlanta, and Advancing Justice | Chicago.
Advancing Justice Rebukes ICE Guidance That Could Force Out Thousands of International Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Supreme Court Stands on Right Side of History to Uphold DACA
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June 18, 2020—Washington, D.C.—Today, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, allowed the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to continue by keeping DACA renewals in place temporarily.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice, an affiliation of five independent civil rights organizations, releases the following statement:
Senate Testimony on “Examining Best Practices for Incarceration and Detention During COVID-19”
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC (Advancing Justice | AAJC) submitted testimony for the record for the public hearing entitled, “Examining Best Practices for Incarceration and Detention During COVID-19” held on June 2, 2020 by the U.S. Senate, Committee on the Judiciary in Washington, D.C.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC Alarmed by Cotton-Blackburn’s New Chinese Exclusion Act
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Washington, DC — May 29, 2020 — In another move to scapegoat both Asians and Asian Americans, Senators Tom Cotton and Marsha Blackburn introduced a new bill that attempts to label all Chinese students as suspicious and prevent them from getting visas for graduate studies or post-grad work in STEM disciplines.
In response to the bill’s introduction, Advancing Justice | AAJC responds with the following statement:
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Supreme Court Ruling In United States v. Sineneng-Smith Leaves Little Decided On Case To Protect First Amendment Rights of Immigrant Rights Advocates and Service Providers
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Washington, D.C.—May 7, 2020—Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in the case of United States v. Sineneng-Smith that was anything but decisive in protecting the First Amendment rights of immigrant rights advocates and service providers. In a unanimous ruling, the Supreme Court said the Ninth Circuit should not have raised the issue of the law being overbroad when the parties did not do so. Thus, the Court has sent the case back down to the Ninth Circuit.
On Wednesday, April 22, 2020, President Trump signed a Presidential Proclamation that bans the processing of most immigrant visas for 60 days. The proclamation could be extended for another 60 days. The ban went into effect at midnight on April 23rd.
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Advancing Justice | AAJC Condemns Senator Cotton’s Anti-Chinese Statements Against Students
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a recent television appearance, Senator Tom Cotton suggested that Chinese students should not be allowed to study in the United States, proposing to remove visa opportunities and limit the fields of study those students can pursue.
John C. Yang, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC president and executive director, issued the following statement in response:
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Condemns New Immigration Ban
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Last night, President Trump signed a presidential proclamation suspending the majority of immigrant visas into the United States for the next 60 days under the guise of protecting American jobs. In particular, family reunification and diversity visas are shut down, and the President has indicated that the ban could be extended.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice, an affiliation of five civil rights organizations, releases the following statement: