Legal Brief
MetroPCS v. Picker: Broadband Internet Access Is A Necessity For Socioeconomic Mobility
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC submitted an amicus brief in support of improved broadband internet for low-income minority communities impacted by the digital divide.
Safe and healthy communities are built with trust between law enforcement and the people, including immigrants, they serve and protect.
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United States v. Sineneng-Smith: Overbroad Law Potentially Criminalizes Advocacy on Behalf of Immigrants
Unconstitutional portion of Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA) can criminalize, subjectively, any conduct that potentially “encourages” immigrants to enter or reside in the United States unlawfully, in violation of the First Amendment.
The amicus brief was submitted on behalf of twenty-two national and local nonprofit organizations that protect, advance, and support the rights of Asian American and Latino communities in the United States. The brief contends that Ohio’s aggressive practice of purging voter rolls – a list of individuals who have not voted in a two-year period – is harmful to communities of color, especially those with limited English proficiency in the Asian American, Pacific Islander, and Latinx communities.
Gill v. Whitford: Extreme Partisan Gerrymandering Purposefully Creates Stacked Districts
Maslenjak v. United States: Advancing Justice | AAJC And Seventy Organizations In Support of Petitioner
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC (Advancing Justice | AAJC) led a group of seventy organizations in filing an amicus brief about the Maslenjak v. United States case, citing its potential impact on current naturalized U.S. citizens and the chilling effect it could have on the 8.5 million adults who are eligible for naturalization.