Immigration and Immigrant Rights
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Condemns Invocation of Japanese American Incarceration As Precedent for a Proposed Muslim Registry
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WASHINGTON – Asian Americans Advancing Justice, an affiliation of five civil rights organizations, called for swift condemnation of prominent Trump supporter Carl Higbie’s statements on Wednesday night suggesting that the internment of nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II could serve as precedent for the proposed registry of immigrants from Muslim and Arab countries.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Condemns Comments Justifying Internment Camps
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WASHINGTON - As Asian American civil rights organizations, we condemn the statement of Mayor David Bowers of Roanoke, Virginia, in which he cites the mass incarceration of “Japanese nationals” during World War II as rationale for his decision to bar Syrian refugees from Roanoke.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Condemns President-elect’s Choice of Steve Bannon as Senior Advisor and Demands Bannon Be Replaced
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WASHINGTON – As a national civil rights organization, Asian Americans Advancing Justice condemns the President-elect’s choice of Steve Bannon as his chief strategist. His potential appointment gives tacit approval to Bannon’s known agenda against racial minorities, women, immigrants, Muslims, and the LGBT communities.
Statement: Advancing Justice | AAJC President Calls for President-elect Trump to Reverse Aggressive and Hateful Rhetoric
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WASHINGTON – Mee Moua, president and executive director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, issued the following statement:
MMTC v. FCC: Multilingual Emergency Alerts Are Necessary for Limited English Proficient Communities
Advancing Justice | AAJC Welcomes New Assistant Director of Immigration and Immigrants’ Rights
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WASHINGTON, DC – Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC announces that Megan Horn Essaheb has joined the organization as the new Assistant Director of Immigration and Immigrants’ Rights. Essaheb will help lead the program which works to achieve fair and just immigration reform that protects family unity, provides a path to citizenship, and prevents discrimination in enforcement, as well as supporting programs that assist the newest Americans as they integrate into American society.
Bank of America Corp. v. City of Miami: Preserving cities' ability to enforce the Fair Housing Act
Voices of Democracy: Asian Americans and Language Access During the 2012 Elections
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Voting, a fundamental right guaranteed to American citizens, is one of the foundations of our society. It is an important tool we have to influence government policies that affect every aspect of our lives—from taxes, to education, to health care. Voting creates change and holds the government accountable to its people. Voting is power.
This handbook is intended to be an advocacy tool that provides an introduction to language voting assistance and to the role you can play to ensure that Section 203-covered jurisdictions are complying with the law so that Asian American citizens can freely exercise their right to vote. The handbook will discuss how to determine whether your community qualified for language voting assistance under Section 203, how to obtain such assistance, and the types of assistance you can expect to receive.