Immigration and Immigrant Rights
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.
We joined this letter to express our deep concern that the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is trampling on the fundamental human and constitutional rights of freedom of speech and association.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC submitted this comment on the proposed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Fee Schedule, published on November 14, 2019.