Immigration and Immigrant Rights
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Asian Americans Advancing Justice Encourages Expanded Migration and Resettlement Pathways, But Cautions Against Restricting Asylum
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Washington, D.C. – On April 27, the Department of Homeland Security and Department of State announced a series of regional and border actions in the lead up to Title 42 lifting on May 11. While these plans increase migration pathways and establish new regional processing centers, they also confirm the Biden Administration’s intent to institute an asylum ban, expand the use of expedited removal, ramp up holding capacity and deportations, and implement other measures that block families from reuniting and finding safety.
Advancing Justice – AAJC Mourns the Lives Lost and Harmed in Ciudad Juarez Migrant Detention Facility Fire, Calls for Action on Behalf of Immigrants and People Seeking Asylum
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Michelle Boykins, Advancing Justice - AAJC, mboykins@advancingjustice-aajc.org
Advancing Justice – AAJC Mourns the Lives Lost and Harmed in Ciudad Juarez Migrant Detention Facility Fire, Calls for Action on Behalf of Immigrants and People Seeking Asylum
We Need a #NewWayForward Toward a More Just Future
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Michelle Boykins, Advancing Justice - AAJC, mboykins@advancingjustice-aajc.org
James Woo, Advancing Justice - Atlanta, jwoo@advancingjustice-atlanta.org
Members of Congress and Over 300 Organizations Unite to Chart a #NewWayForward for Immigrants
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Vivin Qiang, vqiang@advancingjustice-aajc.org
The undersigned organizations—a coalition of Asian American organizations and community groups—submit this comment to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) in response to the proposed rule on the Circumvention of Lawful Pathways, published on February 23, 2023. As a majority immigrant community with deep roots to U.S.
The undersigned 93 civil, human, and immigrant rights groups write to express deep concern with the announcement, and confirmation in the notice of proposed rulemaking, that the Biden administration plans to enhance the use of expedited removal, and to reiterate our opposition to the punitive policies the administration is considering implementing along the border after Title 42 exclusions end. We urge the administration to protect, not undermine, the right to due process and to not build even more barriers to accessing the asylum system.
President Biden made a series of commitments to the country, concerned citizens, and immigrant communities to undo the previous administration’s cruel and callous anti-immigrant policies, while presenting an alternative vision of a more fair, more humane, and functional immigration system. As discussed in this report, the Biden administration has made noteworthy progress towards those commitments particularly when it comes to unwinding some of his predecessor’s most egregious policies.
Organizations Call for Designation of Temporary Protected Status and Special Student Relief for Nigeria
Nigeria is experiencing ongoing armed conflict and other extraordinary and temporary conditions that make the safe return of Nigerians from the United States impossible. The undersigned 128 civil rights, immigrant rights, human rights, educational, and grassroots organizations write to urge Secretary Mayorkas to review country conditions and designate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) or Deferred Enforced Departure (DED), and Special Student Relief (SSR) for Nigeria.