Testimony / Statement
House Testimony for Hearing on Justice for All: Achieving Racial Equity Through Fair Access to Housing and Financial Services
Advancing Justice | AAJC President and Executive Director John C. Yang submits this testimony to the U.S.
Statement For the Record of the Hearing Titled “Oversight of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services”
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC writes to express our strong concern over many of the activities of the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), in particular, the slowdown of processing of adjustment of status applications and naturalization applications; the shift in activities related to immigration enforcement and the misuse of funding resulting in its budget shortfall.
Download the three-part document for our FOIA request to the Prince George's County Public Schools.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC (“Advancing Justice | AAJC”) submits this request under the Maryland Public Information Act, Title 4 for records pertaining to Countering Violent Extremism (“CVE”) programs implemented in Prince George’s County Public Schools (“PGCPS”).
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Supports Passage of the NO BAN ACT & Access to Counsel Act of 2020
Asian Americans Advancing Justice is a national partnership of five non-profit, non-partisan organizations working to advance the human and civil rights of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) through advocacy, public policy, public education, and litigation. The affiliation’s members are: Advancing Justice | AAJC (Washington, DC), Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus (San Francisco), Advancing Justice – Los Angeles, Advancing Justice – Atlanta, and Advancing Justice | Chicago.
Senate Testimony on “Examining Best Practices for Incarceration and Detention During COVID-19”
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC (Advancing Justice | AAJC) submitted testimony for the record for the public hearing entitled, “Examining Best Practices for Incarceration and Detention During COVID-19” held on June 2, 2020 by the U.S. Senate, Committee on the Judiciary in Washington, D.C.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Written Statement on House Judiciary Markup of the No Ban Act
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC (Washington, DC), Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus (San Francisco), Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Atlanta, and Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Chicago jointly submitted a vote recommendation for the No Ban Act, H.R. 2214, as well as a written statement for the House Judiciary Committee markup of the bill.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC (Advancing Justice | AAJC) respectfully submits this testimony for the record for the public hearing entitled, “Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigations” held on February 5, 2020 by the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary in Washington, D.C. We write to express our concerns about the FBI’s profiling and wrongful prosecutions for espionage of students, scientists, and researchers of Asian descent.
Testimony on “Securing the U.S. Research Enterprise from China’s Talent Recruitment Plans”
Download our testimony for the public hearing entitled, “Securing the U.S. Research Enterprise from China’s Talent Recruitment Plans” held on November 19, 2019 by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations in Washington, D.C.
Statement to the House Judiciary Immigration and Citizenship Subcommittee on "The Impact of Current Immigration Policies on Service Members and Veterans, and their Families"
The Filipino World War II Veterans Parole (FWVP) program is a policy change that went into effect in June 2016 that has enabled elderly Filipino World War II veterans to have their family members join them in the United States to help provide much-needed care and support. The FWVP program was created by U.S.
House Testimony for Hearing on "Legislative Proposals to Strengthen the Voting Rights Act"
President and Executive Director John C. Yang submits this testimony to the Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 has been vital to the prevention of actual and threatened discrimination aimed at Asian Americans in national and local elections, and for increasing the community's access to the ballot.
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