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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…)

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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…)

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Contact: Brandon Lee
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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…)