Testimony / Statement
House Testimony for hearing on "Voting Rights and Election Administration in America"
The language barrier is one of the biggest impediments to the Asian American vote. Lagging behind non-Hispanic whites in voter participation, ensuring effective language assistance is paramount to closing that consistent gap. While the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) has been vital to ensuring language access and assistance to Asian Americans in national and local elections, and for increasing the community’s access to the ballot, more can be done to improve access to the ballot for limited English proficient Asian American voters.
Statement to the House Judiciary's Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship on "The Expansion and Troubling Use of ICE Detention"
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC submits this testimony for the record for the public hearing entitled, “The Expansion and Troubling Use of ICE Detention” held on September 26, 2019 by the House Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship in Washington, D.C.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice affiliation submitted a statement on the Muslim Ban for the House Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship House Committee on Foreign Affairs’ Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
Testimony to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on “Immigration Detention Centers and Treatment of Immigrants.”
Asian Americans Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice) submitted this testimony for the record for the public briefing “Immigration Detention Centers and Treatment of Immigrants” held on April 12, 2019 by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights in Washington, D.C. In the testimony, we state that immigration detention is cruel and unnecessary to enforce our civil immigration laws. We recommend that the administration exercise greater prosecutorial discretion and withhold from arresting and detaining long-time members of our communities and the family members of U.S.
Statement to the Committee on House Administration on H.R.1 "For the People: Our American Democracy"
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC (Advancing Justice – AAJC), along with Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus (Advancing Justice – ALC), Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Atlanta (Advancing Justice – Atlanta), Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Chicago (Advancing Justice – Chicago) and Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Los Angeles (Advancing Justice – LA), submit this testimony for the record for the public briefing “An Assessment of Minority Voting Rights Access in the United States” held on February 2, 2018 by the U.S.
Download and read our testimony to the House of Representative's Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice hearing on "Questions Regarding the U.S. Census"