MEDIA CONTACT:
Brandon Lee, (773) 271-0899 x200

Asian Americans Advancing Justice Rejects White Supremacist Immigration Agenda

Groups Committed to Preserving Our Family Immigration System, Keeping Families Together, and Passing the DREAM Act by the End of the Year

Washington, D.C. – December 8, 2017 – As more details become available about the meeting between the White House and Congressional leaders on Thursday, civil rights organizations are calling attention to the White House’s efforts to get Congress to eliminate the family immigration system and diversity lottery in exchange for passage of legislation for more than a million immigrant youth whose lives hang in the balance since the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was terminated by the Trump administration on September 5th.

Since the termination of the DACA program, Asian Americans Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice) has called for passage of a clean DREAM Act — a bipartisan piece of legislation that provides a path to citizenship for young undocumented immigrants without the attachment of any other provisions that would further negatively impact our immigration system.

Advancing Justice, a coalition of five civil rights organizations, issues the following statement: (more…)

December 4, 2017
CONTACT: Brandon Lee
773-271-0899 x200, blee@advancingjustice-chicago.org

Asian Americans Advancing Justice Condemns Supreme Court Decision Allowing Full Enforcement of Muslim Ban Pending Appeal Process
Civil Rights Groups Committed to Continue Fighting Discriminatory Orders and Policies

Washington, D.C. – Today, the United States Supreme Court issued an order allowing the Trump administration’s Muslim Ban to take full effect as legal challenges move forward in lower courts. This ruling will greatly restrict travelers from six Muslim-majority countries — including Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, and Chad — from entering the United States.

Asian Americans Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice), a coalition of five civil rights organizations, issues the following statement: (more…)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Brandon Lee
773-271-0899 x200
blee@advancingjustice-chicago.org

Advancing Justice Condemns the Administration’s Termination of DACA

CHICAGO, IL — September 5, 2017 — Today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. No new DACA applications will be processed after today, and the program will be terminated in March 2018. Since its creation in 2012, DACA has transformed the lives of nearly 800,000 young people by providing temporary relief from deportation and a work permit.

In response, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, a national affiliation of five civil rights organizations, issues this statement: (more…)

Asian Americans Advancing Justice, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, and NIAC Action Condemn the Government’s Attempt to Make the «Backdoor Muslim Ban» Permanent

Groups Announce the Launch of Portals to Facilitate Public Comment on the Troubling Proposal

For Immediate Release
Friday, September 1, 2017
Brandon Lee
blee@advancingjustice-chicago.org
773-271-0899 x200

Chicago, IL – Asian Americans Advancing Justice («Advancing Justice»), the Council on American-Islamic Relations («CAIR»), and NIAC Action strongly condemn the federal government’s proposal to make its «Backdoor Muslim Ban» permanent, and announce the launch of web portals to facilitate public comment.

In May of this year, the Department of State («DOS») asked for and received permission to implement a temporary measure allowing it to collect vast amounts of information from certain individuals applying for U.S. visas.  Some of the most troubling aspects of the collection include a new, mandatory requirement that applicants provide all social media platforms and handles used in the last five years, as well as a new requirement that applicants provide the details of their domestic and international travel history (including the sources of funding for the travel) for the past fifteen years. (more…)