Immigration and Immigrant Rights
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.
GOP Senators Reintroduce RAISE Act, Threatening Immigrant and Refugee Families
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Washington, DC – Yesterday, Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR), David Perdue (R-GA), and Josh Hawley (R-MO) re-introduced the Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy (RAISE) Act, a bill that threatens family-based immigration and severely limits legal immigration.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Welcomes Legislation to Protect Immigrants
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Washington, D.C.— Today, Senators Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) introduced the 2019 Dream Act, and Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) introduced the 2019 Secure Act – both bills provide support and protection to immigrant communities who have been under constant attack in the last few years.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice, an affiliation of five civil rights organizations, responds to the introduction of the two bills with the following statement:
Trump's 'common-sense compromise' on immigration to end the government shutdown isn't a compromise at all, critics say
President Donald Trump offered up a slew of immigration proposals on Saturday that Democrats immediately shot down as non-starters, in his latest attempt to secure funding for his long-promised border wall.
A government shutdown over the wall funding reached its 29th day on Saturday, and Trump gave a televised address announcing he would exchange temporarily extending protections for "Dreamers" and some other immigrants for $5.7 billion in wall funding.