Immigration and Immigrant Rights
VOF Statement on Trump Proclamation: Family unity must play a central role in our immigration system
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Los Angeles - On Wednesday evening, Trump signed an executive order to stop issuing most green cards for 60 days. The proclamation would block most family reunification visas including parents of U.S. citizens who are classified as “immediate relatives” and spouses and minor children of lawful permanent residents living outside the country. This action is in line with this administration's ongoing effort to scapegoat & criminalize immigrants.
Advancing Justice | AAJC and ACLU Seeks Records on Federal Investigations, Prosecutions, and Agency Action Against Scientists
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC (Advancing Justice | AAJC) and the American Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (together, the "ACLU") filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for all records from six federal agencies pertaining to the government’s efforts to scrutinize, investigate, and prosecute U.S.-based scientists and researchers perceived to have connections to China.
As census efforts ramp up this spring, outreach organizations fear that Trump administration officials may try to deport the immigrant communities they need to count.
A network of nonprofits, local governments and advocacy groups has fanned out to help the Census Bureau conduct its decennial count of America’s residents. Some advocates worry the administration, after its failed push to add a citizenship question to the census, may continue on-the-ground immigration enforcement efforts in a departure from previous censuses.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Issues Statement on Details of New Public Charge Rule Which Go Into Effect Today
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WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, on February 24, 2020, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) final public charge rule will go into effect nationwide. The new DHS rule made sweeping changes to the previous "public charge" test and will disproportionately block lower-income immigrants of color from obtaining lawful permanent residency, getting a green card.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Written Statement on House Judiciary Markup of the No Ban Act
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC (Washington, DC), Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus (San Francisco), Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Atlanta, and Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Chicago jointly submitted a vote recommendation for the No Ban Act, H.R. 2214, as well as a written statement for the House Judiciary Committee markup of the bill.
On January 23, 2020, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, and the National Women's Law Center were joined by other amici in amicus briefs in three separate cases against the Department of Homeland Security's harmful public charge rule. The cases are as follows:
Amicus Brief Opposing Public Charge Rule - State of California v. Department of Homeland Security
Advancing Justice | AAJC Files Supreme Court Brief Against Statute That Violates First Amendment Rights
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January 22, 2020—Today, Advancing Justice | AAJC (Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC) filed an amicus brief before the Supreme Court in United States v. Sineneng-Smith to urge the Court to strike down a federal statute that makes it a felony to “encourage or induce” individuals to enter or remain in the U.S. unlawfully.
Our amicus brief United States v. Sineneng-Smith was filed to urge the Supreme Court to strike down a federal statute that makes it a felony to “encourage or induce” individuals to enter or remain in the U.S. unlawfully. This statute has the potential to chill the everyday work of immigrants’ rights advocates and service providers who often assist undocumented individuals, their families, and their communities. The brief was joined by 33 community-based, advocacy, and social services organizations.