Asian Americans Advancing Justice Deeply Saddened By Senate Failure to Defend Undocumented Youth

Civil Rights Organizations Committed to Continue Fighting for Immigrants

Washington, DC — January 22, 2018 — Today, the Senate voted unanimously to reopen the government through February 8 without a solution for the 800,000 DACA recipients. Their refusal to resolve the DACA crisis that the Trump administration created ignores the will of the American people, 87 percent of whom are in favor of providing a pathway to citizenship for our immigrant youth.

Asian Americans Advancing Justice, an affiliation of five civil rights organizations and collective vocal advocates for DACA recipients, issues the following statement: (more…)

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January 11, 2018

ADVANCING JUSTICE CONDEMNS PRESIDENT’S RACIST AND WHITE SUPREMACIST COMMENTS
White House Holding Back Deal on DACA and TPS

After an announcement that a group of bipartisan Senators had struck an immigration deal, Senators Dick Durbin and Lindsey Graham met with the administration to discuss the agreements reached. During that meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, the President made racist comments regarding immigrants from Africa and Haiti while praising those from Norway.

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

Advancing Justice Condemns Termination of TPS for Nearly 200,000 Salvadorans

New Year Continues with More Anti-Immigration Moves from The White House

Washington, DC — January 8, 2018 — The Trump administration announced its decision to terminate the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Salvadorans in eighteen months.

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

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December 20, 2017

Advancing Justice Condemns Passage of the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act”

New tax law will dismantle key provision of the Affordable Care Act, benefit the wealthy and corporations over working families

Asian Americans Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice) is extremely disappointed with today’s passage by both the House and Senate of  H.R.1 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which is expected to be signed by the President.

The tax bill will have a devastating impact on millions of working families. The wealthy and corporations benefit the most immediately. An analysis by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center found that 83 percent of households in the top 1% would receive a tax break in 2018 with an average benefit of $193,380. For the middle 20 percent of earners, the average tax cut would be $930. Over half the bill’s total benefits would go to the top 10 percent of earners.   (more…)