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10.24.2025

NORTHSIDE ORGANIZATIONS CONDEMN ESCALATED IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-, October 24, 2025 — CHICAGO, IL —Today, Friday, October 24th, Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Uptown, and Edgewater experienced a rampage of immigration enforcement activities carried out by Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The Uptown/Edgewater Rapid Response Team witnessed the confirmed abduction of at least 9 individuals and… Read more »

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10.07.2025

ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES REJECT TRUMP’S NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENT IN CHICAGO

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-, October 6, 2025 — CHICAGO, IL — Following President Trump’s announcement of a National Guard deployment to Chicago amid rising tensions between federal and local officials, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago issued the following statement.   Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago strongly condemns the Trump administration’s deployment of National Guard… Read more »

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06.25.2025

ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE CONDEMNS SUPREME COURT ORDER ALLOWING DEPORTATIONS TO THIRD-PARTY COUNTRIES TO CONTINUE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE–[CHICAGO, IL], JUNE 24, 2025 — Asian Americans Advancing Justice – the nation’s largest affiliation of independent Asian American civil rights organizations – strongly condemns the Supreme Court’s decision to stop the Massachusetts District Court’s order that was safeguarding immigrants from deportation to third-party countries without due process. This ruling empowers the Department… Read more »

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