Immigration and Immigrant Rights
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Opposes the President’s Illegal Vanity Wall
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February 15, 2019—Washington, D.C.—Today, President Trump declared a national emergency to build additional miles of destructive border wall, following Congress’ passage of a bill that allocates an additional $1.375 billion in wall funding.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice, an affiliation of five civil rights organizations, responds with the following statement:
As part of the Defund Hate coalition, we sent a vote recommendation urging members of Congress to vote no on the 2019 Consolidated Appropriations Act and urge them to work together to secure an FY20 DHS bill that decreases the taxpayer dolalrs going to ICE and CBP.
ICYMI: “‘I feel this is my home’: Hundreds protest in Washington to support immigrants with temporary protected status”
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ICYMI: “‘I feel this is my home’: Hundreds protest in Washington to support immigrants with temporary protected status”
#DefundHate Coalition’s Call Remains: Cut Funds to ICE and CBP
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Washington, DC — Last night, details of an agreement by the conference committee emerged that show potential increases to the deportation forces of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including the building of 55 miles of border wall and a massive expansion of immigration detention.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC Responds to the President’s 2019 State of the Union Address
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Washington, D.C. – Last night, President Trump delivered a divisive State of the Union address, falling back on hateful, anti-immigrant rhetoric in his continued bid for a destructive wall along the southern border.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC issues the following response:
Join Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, and OCA - Asian Pacific American Advocates national and DC chapter for a community convening on the census, naturalization, and state and local immigration policies. We will discuss how we can collaborate around each topic and build stronger alliances among Asian American and Muslim, Arab, and South Asian American communities in Maryland.
The Los Angeles City Council and county Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to allow a legal aid fund for immigrants to be used for the defense of migrant children separated from their parents under President Trump’s “zero-tolerance” border policy.
The L.A. Justice Fund, approved in 2017, is a pool of city, county and philanthropic dollars that pays for legal assistance for immigrants facing detention and deportation.
Trial Begins Today in Federal Lawsuit Accusing Trump Administration of Anti-Minority Motive Behind Census Citizenship Question
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Greenbelt, MD—A federal trial begins today in a lawsuit alleging that Trump administration officials and others intentionally conspired to deprive racial minorities of their constitutional rights by adding a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.
WASHINGTON ― More than 180 people, including two Democratic House members, were arrested Wednesday in an act of civil disobedience on the U.S. Capitol steps, while demanding that lawmakers inside the building take swift action to help young undocumented immigrants.
Asian-American and black activists took to Capitol Hill on Wednesday, calling on Congress to move quickly to address immigration reform.
An estimated 150 protesters, led by nonprofit UndocuBlack Network and Asian-American coalition AAPI Immigrant Rights Organizing Table, rallied to ask Congress to pass a clean Dream Act, which would provide a pathway to citizenship for young undocumented immigrants with no strings attached, along with a permanent solution for temporary protected status (TPS) holders.