Racial Justice
John Yang, president and executive director of Asian Americas Advancing Justice, said in a statement that the revised order "makes minor changes in an attempt to get around the existing court rulings. It continues the administration's effort to implement xenophobic policies, shut down Muslim immigration, and racially profile Muslim refugees as threats."
Maryland Delegate Clarence Lam Talks About AAPI Solidarity in Immigration
In response to inquiries that I have received and in order to avoid misrepresentation or misunderstanding of my opinion, I would like to share with you my position on sanctuary status legislation. Please feel free to share the following message with others in the Asian American community.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Condemns Increased Funding for Immigration Enforcement as Inhumane and Unnecessary Drain on Taxpayers
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WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the White House requested that Congress provide an additional $3 billion for the rest of fiscal year 2017 to the Department of Homeland Security to grow its mass deportation force, increase immigrant detention beds, and begin planning the construction of a border wall.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice), an affiliation of five civil rights organizations, issues the following statement:
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Condemns Latest Executive Order As Muslim Ban 2.0
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WASHINGTON, DC — Today, President Trump issued a new executive order which is essentially a “Muslim Ban 2.0” in that it reiterates key components of its prior ban on immigrants from predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States. The new order, issued less than a month after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit halted the original ban based on a preliminary finding that it violates the Constitution, continues to target immigrants and visitors from Muslim majority countries.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Responds to the President's Joint Address to Congress
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Washington, D.C. – March 1, 2017 – Last night, President Trump addressed a joint session of Congress in which he professed to call for unity, only to do the opposite in his remarks to the nation regarding immigration and immigrants.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice, an affiliation of five civil rights organizations, responded to his speech with the following statement:
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Condemns Apparent Hate Attack and Mourns the Killing of South Asian Immigrant
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On February 22, two Indian American immigrants were targeted and shot in a bar in Olathe, Kansas, and one of them was killed. A third man was shot trying to stop the shooter.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Applauds Stance by WHIAAPI Commissioners
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WASHINGTON — In a bold move, ten commissioners of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI) resigned after recognizing the administration is not interested in hearing from the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community or the federal government workers who represent those communities.
After years of declining numbers, hate crimes against Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders are rising exponentially. A report from the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations found that crimes targeting Asian-Americans tripled in that county between 2014 and 2015. In addition, the FBI found that the number of hate crimes against Muslim communities rose dramatically between 2014 and 2015 (67 percent).
An alarming uptick in hate crimes against Asian-Americans has led one nonprofit to take action.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAAJ), a civil and human rights nonprofit, recently launched StandAgainstHatred.org, a website to track Anti-Asian hate crimes.
Mee Moua, Executive Director and President, Asian Americans Advancing Justice
On many occasions, President Obama has said that when he's among the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community, he was among family. To many AAPIs, he is family -- he grew up in Hawaii where his Asian American sister and her husband still live and where his family visits often. As a member of the AAPI community, I've had the honor and privilege of sitting at the same table with the most powerful person in the world.