Immigration and Immigrant Rights
After an announcement that a group of bipartisan senators had struck an immigration deal, Senators Dick Durbin and Lindsey Graham met with the administration to discuss the agreements reached. During that meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, the president made racist comments regarding immigrants from Africa and Haiti while praising those from Norway.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice, an affiliation of five Asian American civil rights organizations, responds with the following statement:
Washington, DC —February 14, 2018 — Today, Republicans offered partisan anti-immigrant proposals for votes. These amendments are nothing more than an immigration reform in disguise while failing to provide a solution for DACA recipients – the real problem that Trump manufactured by ending the program on September 5, 2018.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice, an affiliation of five civil rights organizations, releases the following statement in response to this bill:
Washington, DC — February 15, 2018 — Today, the Senate is expected to vote on a compromise that offers a path to citizenship for a large portion of undocumented youth who would qualify for the DREAM Act, but it comes at too high a cost. The latest amendment offered by Senators Mike Rounds and Angus King ends one category of family-based visas, includes $25 billion for border security, and blocks undocumented youth from sponsoring their parents in the future.
Chinese protest against Trump’s proposed signing of the Ami Public Welfare Promotion Center
亞美公益促進中心（Asian Americans Advancing Justice）近日就特朗普總統提出的移民法改革中，大幅度限制親屬移民發表聲明，表示強烈的反對。 美國各地過去兩周來，也爆發了抗議特朗普移民法改革的示威活動。
亞美公益促進中心指出，家庭是美國社區的基石，家庭使得我們的社會興盛。 然而，特朗普總統在他的國情咨文中將移民和罪犯聯繫起來，而且他用了「沒完沒了的移民」這種極為貶低的詞彙，羞辱我們的移民家庭與社區。
Asian American advocacy groups are blasting FBI Director Chris Wray for telling Congress that Chinese students in the United States may be covertly gathering intelligence for their government back home.
Trump Refuses to Listen to Americans Who Say Border Wall Is Not a Priority
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December 20, 2018—Washington, D.C.— The President refused to listen to the American people by insisting on a border wall. After the Senate did what the President asked and passed a short term funding bill, Trump turned around and told the House to pass a bill with wall funding under threat of a veto.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice, an affiliation of five civil rights organizations, issues the following statement:
In our latest video, educators reveal the growing crisis Trump’s anti-immigrant regime has created in their classrooms.
Thirteen-year-old Fatima Avelica was on her way to school when ICE agents stopped her father’s car and arrested him. In a video that Fatima recorded from the backseat, she can be heard sobbing as her mother tries to comfort her. “No lloras.” Don’t cry, her mother says sadly. “Tenemos que ser fuerte.” We have to be strong.
The biggest Asian American national conference on civil and social justice took place at the nation’s capital recently. It ended with calls for stepped-up efforts on top concerns: the citizenship question in the 2020 Census, immigration, voting rights and the 2018 midterm elections, and health care.
Administration Escalates Attacks on Southeast Asian Families Before the Holidays
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Washington, DC–Elected leaders across the country are joining grassroots and community-led efforts to demand justice publicly for Southeast Asian refugees dealing with the uncertainty and terror of deportations right before the holidays.