Welcome to our new name and look! In 2010, the Asian American Institute (AAI) and its partners –the Asian American Justice Center (AAJC), the Asian Law Caucus (ALC) and the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC)—announced our affiliation under one shared name in order to build a more powerful and unified social justice voice for the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. Over the course of the past few years, we have worked hard to lay a strong foundation for this partnership. (더 보기…)
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04.17.2013
Asian American Groups Welcome Senate Leadership, Call on Congress to Strengthen Family Immigration Overhaul
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April 17, 2013
Asian American Groups Welcome Senate Leadership, Call on Congress to Strengthen Family Immigration Overhaul
Senate bill restricts families from reuniting with critical loved ones, addresses the backlog
CHICAGO—Today, a group of senators, dubbed the “Gang of Eight,” released a comprehensive immigration reform bill, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013. The Asian American Center for Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice)—Asian American Institute (AAI), Asian American Justice Center (AAJC), Asian Law Caucus (ALC) and Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC)—welcomes the group’s leadership in bringing immigration reform to the forefront. Unfortunately, the family immigration overhaul proposes changes that will dramatically restrict families from reuniting with certain loved ones and excludes LGBT couples from the family-immigration system. (더 보기…)
Read More03.25.2013
AAI joins Immigration Action Protesting the Separation of Families
On March 22, AAI joined its community partners and the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights to participate in a civil disobedience action and a vigil protesting the breaking up of immigrant families. News outlets reported recently that Senators were considering a major reduction in family visas as part of a compromise on reforming the current system. AAI Executive Director Tuyet Le was on the front lines, and part of the group that included elected officials and community leaders calling on Senator Kirk to stand up for families. Check out photo and video from the event, and sign on to support a comprehensive immigration reform plan that protects families.
Read More03.06.2013
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Support Form
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03.05.2013
Advancing Justice Principles on Immigration Reform
Advancing Justice-Chicago as a member of the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice is committed to these principles on immigration reform. Your organization can sign on here.
Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (AANHPI) are a community that is nearly two-thirds immigrant and the fastest growing racial group in the United States. In the November 2012 election, the AANHPI community demonstrated that immigration reform is an issue of vital importance to us. Approximately 73% of Asian American voters cast their ballots for President Barack Obama in the November 2012 election. The AANHPI community knows too well the suffering that accompanies restrictive and discriminatory immigration laws – such as the Chinese Exclusion Act and the Asian Exclusion Act – that separate families and result in unequal, second class treatment. The time is now to enact broad, humane immigration reform that advances inclusion, fairness, and equality for immigrants and all communities. Such reform must include the following guiding principles:
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