U.S. Supreme Court to Take Up DACA Case

Unnecessary Decision Threatens Safety and Livelihood of Over 700,000 Recipients

June 28, 2019—Washington, D.C.—The U.S. Supreme Court agreed today to hear three of the Trump Administration’s appeals of decisions that block the Administration from terminating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA). Currently, the federal government is under court order to accept and process renewal applications, but it is not accepting new applications.

Asian Americans Advancing Justice, an affiliation of five civil rights organizations, responds with the following statement:

«In light of the Supreme Court’s announcement, we encourage DACA recipients to continue renewing their applications and we vow to continue fighting for a broad and diverse undocumented community.

As part of its white supremacist agenda, this administration has made terminating the DACA program a top priority since they came into office. The movement to preserve immigration programs such as DACA, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) has been a strong testament to the resilience of immigrant communities whose lives are jeopardized by this administration’s xenophobic policies.

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are committed to winning a permanent solution for all DACA recipients and the rest of the 11 million undocumented immigrants, including members of our communities.»

Media Contacts:
Mary Tablante 202-296-2300 x 0114 mtablante@advancingjustice-aajc.org
Milan Chang 415-848-7754 milanc@advancingjustice-alc.org
James Woo 404-585-8446 jwoo@advancingjustice-atlanta.org
Brandon Lee 773-271-0899 x 200 blee@advancingjustice-chicago.org
Alison Vu (213) 241-0283 avu@advancingjustice-la.org

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Asian Americans Advancing Justice is a national affiliation of five leading organizations advocating for the civil and human rights of Asian Americans and other underserved communities to promote a fair and equitable society for all. The affiliation’s members are: Advancing Justice – AAJC (Washington, D.C.), Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus (San Francisco), Advancing Justice – Los Angeles, Advancing Justice – Atlanta, and Advancing Justice – Chicago

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Brandon Lee
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago
blee@advancingjustice-chicago.org
773-271-0899 x200 (call/voicemail), 773-259-5288 (call/text)

Supreme Court Leaves Citizenship Question Off 2020 Census For Now
The Fight Continues to Ensure All Our Communities Are Counted

June 27, 2019 — Chicago,IL — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a much-anticipated decision in the census citizenship question case, Department of Commerce v. New York, finding that–for now–the citizenship question cannot appear on the 2020 Census. Chief Justice Roberts’ opinion affirmed the lower court’s finding that the Department of Commerce’s stated reason for adding the citizenship question was false. Under the Court’s ruling, the Department of Commerce may try again to add the question, but it must provide a different, well-reasoned explanation for the addition.

Asian Americans Advancing Justice, an affiliation of five civil rights organizations, responds with the following statement:

“The 2020 Census is our chance to get resources for our children’s schools, health services, road improvements, affordable housing, representation in federal, state, and local elections, and bringing in new businesses that will serve our communities for the next ten years.

The U.S. Constitution requires that every person living in the United States is counted, but allowing the citizenship question to appear on the census form would mean we would have to work harder to make sure our Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander and undocumented community members are counted as equally as everyone else. Census data are critical to our futures and following generations.

The citizenship question was designed to keep our communities from answering the 2020 Census and to rob our communities of the valuable resources and services we deserve. Today we refuse to be silenced and refuse to be made invisible.

We call on grassroots organizations and individual community members to help make sure everyone is counted in the 2020 Census. We only get one chance for the next ten years to get it right. The real fight for our fair share starts now.”

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Asian Americans Advancing Justice is a national affiliation of five leading organizations advocating for the civil and human rights of Asian Americans and other underserved communities to promote a fair and equitable society for all. The affiliation’s members are: Advancing Justice – AAJC (Washington, D.C.), Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus (San Francisco), Advancing Justice – Los Angeles, Advancing Justice – Atlanta, and Advancing Justice – Chicago.