Immigration and Immigrant Rights
Activists of color rallied in Washington on Wednesday to condemn President Donald Trump reportedly labeling Haiti and African nations as “shithole countries.”
President Donald Trump offered a plan to grant United States citizenship to almost two million illegal immigrants, the vast majority of whom are Latin Americans, but far from celebrating, the undocumented are furious. "To this proposal of white supremacy we say: No," said Greisa Martinez Rosas, who crossed the Rio Grande with her parents when she was seven years old and today is an activist in United We Dream, the largest immigrant youth network in the United States.
Washington, UNITED STATES. "To this proposal of white supremacy we say: No," says Greisa Martinez Rosas, a Mexican who crossed the Rio Grande with her parents when she was seven years old and today is an activist in United We Dream, the largest network of young migrants in the United States. .
"We reject this proposal and urge others to do so," says Jonathan Jayes-Green, an Afro-Panamanian co-founder of the black undocumented group UndocuBlack Network.
The first time Anh met her father, she was 17 and standing inside Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport, envious of a nearby couple happily waiting for someone with gifts in their hands.
Rep. Chu Introduces Reuniting Families Act To Improve And Strengthen Family Reunification Laws
Washington, D.C.- Today, Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27), introduced H.R. 4944, the Reuniting Families Act, to fix the current backlog in the family immigration system. Currently, it can take decades for a U.S. citizen to be reunited with even one family member. The Reuniting Families Act, cosponsored by 45 Members of Congress, would make a number of changes to expedite and increase family reunification. Rep. Chu released the following statement:
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Opposes Funding Bill that Leaves Undocumented Youth Behind
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Tonight, Congress is expected to vote on a budget to avoid another government shutdown. Once again, Congress is debating over a spending bill but has yet to bring any legislative solutions to a vote for DACA recipients.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice, an affiliation of five civil rights organizations, issues the following statement on the latest debate in Congress:
There’s a term being used frequently by the White House and others that is both incorrect terminology and outright derogatory. Likely you will hear the term “chain migration” when President Trump delivers his State of the Union speech.
In an open letter to the news media, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC is asking them to please refrain from using this term in their news segments about immigration reform. You can download a copy of the full letter below.
Racist President Doubles Down on White Nationalist Agenda
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Racist President Doubles Down on White Nationalist Agenda
Civil Rights Groups Respond to White House's Racist and Xenophobic Immigration Framework
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Deeply Saddened By Senate Failure to Defend Undocumented Youth
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Washington, DC — Today, the Senate voted unanimously to reopen the government through February 8 without a solution for the 800,000 DACA recipients. Their refusal to resolve the DACA crisis that the Trump administration created ignores the will of the American people, 87 percent of whom are in favor of providing a pathway to citizenship for our immigrant youth.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice, an affiliation of five civil rights organizations and collective vocal advocates for DACA recipients, issues the following statement: