Today, 113 organizations wrote a letter to Secretary Mayorkas and his counterparts in the administration to review country conditions in Ethiopia and designate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Special Student Relief (SSR) for those unable to safely return. The Temporary Protected Status and Deferred Enforced Departure Administrative Advocacy Coalition (TPS-DED AAC), along with its partners, called for an immediate 18 month designation in response to the escalating humanitarian crisis and violence unfolding in the country.

The undersigned grassroots advocates, civil rights, consumer rights, and faith-based organizations write urging Congress to restore the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) authority to prevent incarcerated people and their families and loved ones from paying predatory prices to stay connected by rapidly passing H.R. 2489, the Martha Wright Prison Phone Justice Act, and S. 1541, the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act.

The undersigned 48 civil rights, privacy, and consumer organizations urge you to expeditiously move H.R. 8152, the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA), to a vote by the full House of Representatives.

On behalf of Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC; OCA - Asian Pacific American Advocates; and the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA), we write in response to the Request for Comment regarding the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) adopting a rulemaking to establish a new content vendor diversity report and endorse the comments submitted by the National Urban League.

Under the leadership of African immigrant and Black-led community organizations, the undersigned 109 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) for Mali for an initial 18-months.

In light of the Supreme Court’s rights-stripping decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, we, the undersigned organizations, write to urge you to immediately issue clear guidance that DHS shall not use any abortion care-related arrest or conviction as a basis for any immigration enforcement action, nor shall the agency consider it a barrier to any form of immigration relief.

We are encouraged by the bipartisan discussion draft of privacy legislation, “The American Data Privacy and Protection Act,” which was released earlier this month. Last month, more than 70 civil rights and privacy organizations signed a letter calling on Congress to pass a strong law to protect all American’s privacy and civil rights. At that time, we stated that “privacy rights are civil rights.” We also noted the importance of enacting a strong law, recognizing that privacy legislation can empower communities of color and open doors for marginalized populations.

The right to seek asylum in the United States is in peril. In spite of conflicting court decisions, the White House and federal agencies maintain vast authority to uphold this fundamental right. We commend the April 2022 decision to lift the Title 42 order and the immediate action taken to appeal the May 20 ruling in Louisiana v. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But you must not stop with these actions alone.

As U.S. civil society organizations focused on refugee and migrants’ rights, human rights, humanitarian response, foreign and domestic policy, we write collectively to share our expectations for the upcoming Summit of the Americas. We acknowledge and welcome efforts to address migration and protection at the regional level and expect the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection to promote respect for the rights of migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees.

Advancing Justice | AAJC joins the National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA), the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), and 88 local, state, and national organizations, in respectfully requesting that they continue to support naturalization by providing much needed funding to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the USCIS Citizenship and Integration Grant program.