Immigration and Immigrant Rights
Advancing Justice Condemns Minnesota Mosque Bombing As Hate Attack
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Washington, D.C. — On August 5, 2017, a bomb was detonated at the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, an incident that was declared “an act of terrorism” by Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton. No one was hurt in the blast, and the FBI is determining whether the attack was a hate crime. The bombing took place on the fifth anniversary of the Oak Creek Massacre, an attack on a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin in which a shooter killed six community members and wounded four others.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Strongly Opposes Anti-Immigrant Bill to Slash Greencards and End Family Immigration
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, President Trump announced support for Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Senator David Perdue’s (R-GA) updated restrictionist anti-immigrant bill, the RAISE Act, that would upend the immigration system to further a white nationalist agenda and move the country in the wrong direction.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice issued the following statement in response to this harmful proposal:
Backdoor Betrayal on Border Wall Funding
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Washington, D.C. – Late last night the House of Representatives approved $1.6 billion to begin building a border wall, part of the administration’s anti-immigrant agenda. In an effort to avoid debate on the wall, the money was slipped into an unrelated defense spending package.
Advancing Justice, an affiliation of five civil rights organizations, said the following in a statement released today:
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Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC Urges Representatives to Defund Hate Agenda and Denounce DHS Bill
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Washington, D.C. — Today the House Appropriations Committee is set to vote on a proposed bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security next fiscal year. The bill includes an extraordinary $2 billion increase for immigration enforcement — which would fund a hateful agenda of mass deportations and anti-immigrant sentiment.
Congress Legislated Hate
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Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed two bills (HR 3003 and HR 3004) that would undermine the public safety of all Americans and further the Trump Administration’s anti-immigrant agenda by criminalizing immigrant communities.
Five Civil Rights Organizations Oppose Latest Immigration Actions in the House
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Washington, D.C. — Representative Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) introduced a set of anti-immigrant bills that are scheduled for a vote later this week. These are the latest in a line of bills that outline a clear anti-immigrant strategy by House leadership and this administration.
Trump's Travel Ban, SCOTUS Decision Are 'Government-Sanctioned Discrimination,' Muslim-American Leaders and Allies Say
Muslim-American leaders and allies came together on Tuesday to urge the Supreme Court to rule this fall against President Donald Trump’s travel ban.
The court announced on Monday that it would take the case. It also reinstated part of Trump’s order in the interim, barring travelers from six Muslim-majority countries—Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen—who do not have a “bona fide” connection to the United States from entering the country.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Disappointed in Supreme Court Decision to Reinstate Portions of Muslim Ban
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Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will hear the government's appeal of the lower court rulings blocking the Muslim ban. The court also reinstated part of the administration's Muslim ban, restricting some travelers from six Muslim-majority countries. It allows foreign nationals with close familial relationships with someone in the U.S. to live with or visit the United States.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC Applauds Supreme Court Decision in Lee v. U.S.
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Washington, DC — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Lee v. United States, reinforcing protections for legal permanent residents in criminal proceedings. This decision has the potential to save thousands of legal permanent residents who received erroneous advice about immigration consequences from counsel, and as a result, faced mandatory deportation following plea bargains.