Immigration and Immigrant Rights
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Outraged at New Proposal Attacking Immigrant Families
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WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Trump Administration released new proposed rules that would punish immigrants seeking vital healthcare and other services.
Immigrants are already currently barred from utilizing most federal programs during their first five years living in the United States. The proposed regulation greatly expands the federal government’s ability to reject applications for lawful permanent residency, attacking our family-based immigration system through backdoor methods.
With Drastic Cut in Refugee Numbers, Trump Sets in Motion Policies to Rid Country of Refugees, Immigrants, People of Color
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—During the worst refugee crisis in history, the Trump administration is intentionally dismantling the life-saving and bipartisan refugee admissions program. The United States is projected to admit less than half of the number of refugees allowed under the current cap of 45,000 (19,899 refugees as of the end of August, projected to reach a high of 21,708 by the end of the fiscal year on September 30).
Letter to Congressional Leaders Against FY19 Funding for Expanded Immigration Detention
Advancing Justice | AAJC joined other immigration groups in sending a letter to Congressional leadership to freeze the expanded funding for immigration detention and enforcement.
Trump admin intentionally slowing FBI vetting of refugees, ex-officials say
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ICYMI: NBC News: Trump admin intentionally slowing FBI vetting of refugees, ex-officials say
#DefundHate Coalition Slams House Committee For Voting to Tear More Families Apart
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WASHINGTON, DC -- Yesterday, the House Appropriations Committee voted on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)’s Fiscal Year 2019 Bill.
Trump Administration Issues More Racist, Anti-Immigration Policies
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Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released several new policies to attack immigrants and refugees and target naturalized citizens - shifting its tactics to act more like another enforcement arm of DHS.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Condemns Supreme Court Decision on Muslim Ban
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Washington, D.C. – Today the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the Trump Administration’s third iteration of the Muslim Ban in a 5-4 decision. Rather than reinforcing the notion that America welcomes people regardless of where they are born, what they look like, or how they pray, the Supreme Court instead upheld a ban, driven by anti-Muslim sentiment, that devalues equality.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice, an affiliation of five civil rights organizations, releases the following statement:
Value Our Families Coalition Reacts to How Trump Is Changing The Face of Legal Immigration
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From the Value Our Families coalition:
“Donald Trump will do whatever it takes to move forward his anti-immigrant, anti-family agenda and slash immigration in this country, even if it tanks the U.S. economy.
Americans Must Protect Its 50 Year Legacy of Reuniting Immigrant Families in the U.S. Who’ve Made This Country Strong
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Washington, D.C. — This week marks the 50-year anniversary of the implementation of the Immigration & Nationality Act (INA), of which a key provision—family-based immigration—makes the United States a symbol of hope and freedom by welcoming and reuniting immigrant families to build strong communities in our country.
Paul Ryan Gives Stage for More Attacks on Immigrants and Family Reunification with Floor Vote, Didn’t Care If He Had the Votes to Pass It Or Not
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The only consensus Speaker Paul Ryan got with his immigration bill today was to let anti-immigrant politicians openly attack and scapegoat immigrants and their families on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.