Contact

Washington, D.C. — October 9, 2017 — On Sunday, the Trump administration released a list of reprehensible immigration policy demands that threaten pending legislation in Congress to offer a path to citizenship to over a million undocumented immigrants who entered the U.S. as children.

The Asian Americans Advancing Justice affiliation, a group of five civil rights organizations, issue the following statement today:

Contact

Washington, D.C. — Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC will celebrate its 2017 American Courage Awards, an opportunity to recognize and celebrate individuals, groups, and corporations for their commitment and contributions to civil rights, on October 5, 2017. Among this year’s honorees are the Starbucks Coffee Company, former Congressman Mike Honda, prominent Supreme Court attorney Neal K. Katyal, and co-founder of the Women’s March – Linda Sarsour, were announced today as the honorees for the Advancing Justice | AAJC’s annual American Courage Awards event.

Contact

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – This evening, the Trump Administration announced its new, discriminatory Muslim and Refugee Ban to include North Korea, Venezuela, and Muslim-majority Chad, and continues to include Iran, Libya, Syria, and Yemen. The degree of immigration restriction varies by individual country, including a complete ban. This move by the Administration represents an attempt to sanitize a discriminatory and illegal policy before it is reviewed by the Supreme Court on October 10th.

Contact

WASHINGTON, D.C.  — Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC (Advancing Justice | AAJC) welcomes today a new National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Law Foundation (NLF) Community Law Fellow, Hannah Woerner.

It's Time for Congress to Pass the Dream Act

Tell Congress to act now. We must work together to urge Congress to pass a clean DREAM Act and provide relief for DACA recipients who are now at risk of being deported once the program ends.  Help us protect immigrant youth.

Contact

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Supreme Court announced that it would grant a stay of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decision to allow refugees with formal ties to resettlement agencies to come to the country. In opposition of the stay, Zahra Billoo, CAIR Representative, Elica Vafaie, a staff attorney at Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus, and Justin Cox, Staff Attorney to the National Immigration Law Center, released the following statement:

Days after Homeland Security cancels “Operation Mega,” a nationwide crackdown and round up of undocumented immigrants, some are worried it’s only a matter of time before they’re booted out of the country.

Immigrants rights advocates from across Maryland took their frustration and fear to the streets Tuesday at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office in Baltimore.

Asian-American activists are standing firmly against the recently introduced bill to curb legal immigration. 

Advocacy groups have been speaking out against the Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy Act (RAISE), an immigration bill President Donald Trump endorsed on Wednesday. In addition to discontinuing the visa

Contact

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Four organizations of the Asian Americans Advancing Justice affiliation are calling upon Congress to make DREAM must-pass legislation in the next 90 days as House and Senate members consider essential legislation.

The Asian Americans Advancing Justice organizations in Washington, D.C., Chicago, Atlanta, and Los Angeles issued the following statement today: