Letter / Comment
The undersigned urge President-elect Biden to rescind Executive Order 13380 (July 11, 2019) as soon as possible after he assumes office on January 20. We also urge the Biden Administration concomitantly to direct the Census Bureau to immediately cease all activities to create the block-level database of United States citizenship mandated by that Executive Order.
A group of community organizations, advocacy groups, science associations, and individuals sent a letter to President-elect Joe Biden urging the incoming administration to end the Justice Department’s “China Initiative” and take further steps to combat the pervasive racial bias and targeting of Asian American and Asian immigrant scientists, researchers, and students by the federal government.
FOIA for CBP Records Related to Enforcement, Treatment, and Denial of Admissions of Students with Connections to China
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC and Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Asian Law Caucus submitted this Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for all records relating to the U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) enforcement, treatment, and denial of admissions of students with connections to China.
Census pledge and sign ups updated June 23, 2020.
FOIA for Records on Government's Efforts to Investigate and Prosecute U.S.-Based Scientists and Researchers Believed to Have Connections to China
The American Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (together, the “ACLU”) and Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC (“Advancing Justice | AAJC”) submitted this Freedom of Information Act request for records pertaining to the government’s efforts to scrutinize, investigate, prosecute, and take other measures against U.S.-based scientists and researchers believed to have connections to China.
Download our letter, which we sent with Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC), and Hmong National Development.
We joined this letter to express our deep concern that the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is trampling on the fundamental human and constitutional rights of freedom of speech and association.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC submitted this comment on the proposed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Fee Schedule, published on November 14, 2019.
Comment in response to the request for information on the American research environment by the Science and Technology Policy Office
Advancing Justice | AAJC provided comment on the harms resulting from the profiling of our communities in the American research environment. At various times in our nation’s history, AAPIs have borne the brunt of this country’s xenophobia.