Immigration and Immigrant Rights
Inside the Numbers: How Immigration Shapes Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities
Advancing Justice | AAJC (Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC) and Asian Americans Advancing Justice-LA present Inside the Numbers: How Immigration Shapes Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities. The report goes in depth into Asian American and Pacific Islander community demographics, including contributions to the U.S. economy.
U.S. Supreme Court to Take Up DACA Case
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June 28, 2019—Washington, D.C.—The U.S. Supreme Court agreed today to hear three of the Trump Administration’s appeals of decisions that block the Administration from terminating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA). Currently, the federal government is under court order to accept and process renewal applications, but it is not accepting new applications.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice, an affiliation of five civil rights organizations, responds with the following statement:
New Report Goes Behind the Numbers to Convey The Facts About Immigration
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Advancing Justice | AAJC (Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC) and Advancing Justice-LA (Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Los Angeles) release a new report today, Inside the Numbers: How Immigration Shapes Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities, which details the diversity of the immigrant population within the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community, including contributions to the U.S. economy.
Inside the Numbers: How Immigration Shapes Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities
Advancing Justice | AAJC (Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC) and Asian Americans Advancing Justice-LA present Inside the Numbers: How Immigration Shapes Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities The report goes in depth into Asian American and Pacific Islander community demographics, including contributions to the U.S. economy.
Value Our Families Coalition Opposes Cuccinelli Nomination
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Washington, DC – The following is a statement from Value Our Families, in response to the proposed nomination of Ken Cuccinelli for director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
White House Memo Directs Latest Attack on Immigrant Families
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Washington, D.C. - The following is a statement from Value Our Families, in response to a White House memo directing certain federal agencies to issue guidance related to immigrants and mixed-status families accessing public benefits. Details of the impacts of the policies on immigrants who came through our family-based system and their sponsors will be available once the agencies issue their guidance.
Guest host, Anisha Singh, interviews John C. Yang and Lakshmi Sridaran about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, which celebrates the culture, traditions, and history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States.
More than 22 million Asian Americans and nearly 1.6 million Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders live in the U.S. And 92 percent of Asian Americans are immigrants or the children of immigrants and nearly two-thirds of all Asian Americans today are foreign-born.
Testimony to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on “Immigration Detention Centers and Treatment of Immigrants.”
Asian Americans Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice) submitted this testimony for the record for the public briefing “Immigration Detention Centers and Treatment of Immigrants” held on April 12, 2019 by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights in Washington, D.C. In the testimony, we state that immigration detention is cruel and unnecessary to enforce our civil immigration laws. We recommend that the administration exercise greater prosecutorial discretion and withhold from arresting and detaining long-time members of our communities and the family members of U.S.
Value Our Families Responds to Trump’s Immigration Proposal
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Washington, DC – The following is a statement from Value Our Families in response to Trump’s speech announcing the new, Jared Kushner-led immigration proposal:
Civil Rights Organizations Contest Finding of Non-Discrimination in Maryland Census Ruling
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Washington, D.C. – Civil rights groups filed a notice of cross-appeal today in their lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. The filing follows an appeal by the Trump administration of the ruling against the citizenship question.