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Goodlatte’s Anti-Immigrant, Anti-Family Bill Exposes How Out of Touch House Republicans Are with America

“Family separation and mass deportation have become the end goals for these people who control Congress” says Immigrants, Families, and Faith Leaders 

Watch video footage of the press conference here.

Washington, D.C. — Speaker Paul Ryan has promised his caucus they will vote on at least two anti-immigrant bills next week, as House Republicans come to a stand-off on a Dream Act last night. Outside the Capitol steps, U.S. Representatives Judy Chu (CA-27), Jim Costa (CA-16), Rep. Barbara Lee (CA-13),  and Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) joined dozens of immigrants, families, Dreamers, and their allies to oppose the Goodlatte bill, or any other legislation that gives fuel to Trump’s mass deportation machine.

The Value Our Families coalition—led by Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Church World Service, and The National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC)— sponsored dozens of immigrant activists, families, and faith leaders from 12 states to lobby their Members of Congress in Washington, DC to urge them to oppose the Goodlatte bill and any other provisions that aim to stop millions of families from reuniting. (more…)

The Senate Fails to Provide a Solution For Undocumented Youth: Trump White Nativist Bill Fails Miserably

Washington, DC —February 15, 2018 — The Senate ended today by failing to pass a bill to provide a path to citizenship for undocumented youth. Among the amendments up for a vote was a bill heavily supported by the Trump administration, a white nativist wish list which failed miserably on the floor.

Asian Americans Advancing Justice, an affiliation of five civil rights organizations, releases the following statement: (more…)

Asian Americans Advancing Justice Says No to Compromising Our Values

Senate Bill Pitts Undocumented Youth Protections Against Lives of Other Immigrant Communities

Washington, DC — February 15, 2018 — Today, the Senate is expected to vote on a compromise that offers a path to citizenship for a large portion of undocumented youth who would qualify for the DREAM Act, but it comes at too high a cost. The latest amendment offered by Senators Mike Rounds and Angus King ends one category of family-based visas, includes $25 billion for border security, and blocks undocumented youth from sponsoring their parents in the future.

Asian Americans Advancing Justice, an affiliation of five civil rights organizations, releases the following statement in response to this bill: (more…)

Some Senators Offer Hateful Bills But Congress Must Remain Focused on DACA Priority

Asian American Civil Rights Organizations Reject These Plans And Call for a Vote On A Clean DREAM Act

Washington, DC — February 14, 2018 — Today, Republicans offered partisan anti-immigrant proposals for votes. These amendments are nothing more than an immigration reform in disguise while failing to provide a solution for DACA recipients – the real problem that Trump manufactured by ending the program on September 5, 2018.

Asian Americans Advancing Justice, an affiliation of five civil rights organizations, releases the following statement in response to this bill: (more…)