Anti-Racial Profiling
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC and Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus filed this brief in support of Dr. Feng “Franklin” Tao and opposes the government’s increased efforts to target and racially profile Asian American scientists and researchers.
Advancing Justice – AAJC and Advancing Justice – ALC Submit Bold Legal Claim of Government Profiling Against Chinese Community
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(Kansas City, KS) – Advancing Justice – AAJC and Advancing Justice – ALC filed an amicus brief today in United States v. Tao, providing significant evidence of racial profiling against Asian American and immigrant scientists and researchers.
Advancing Justice | AAJC and Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus Seek FOIA Records from CBP
Advancing Justice | AAJC and ACLU Seeks Records on Federal Investigations, Prosecutions, and Agency Action Against Scientists
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC (Advancing Justice | AAJC) and the American Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (together, the "ACLU") filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for all records from six federal agencies pertaining to the government’s efforts to scrutinize, investigate, and prosecute U.S.-based scientists and researchers perceived to have connections to China.
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.
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.
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.
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Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, based in Washington, DC, works to advance human and civil rights for Asian Americans, and to build and promote a fair and equitable society for all. We’re a leading national expert on issues important to the Asian American community, including the Census, immigration and immigrants’ rights, media diversity, anti-profiling, and voting rights.