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Advancing Justice–LA is now offering free advance planning legal services to seniors (62 years old and above) and/or low-income individuals. Through our advancing planning services, we will help individuals complete their Advance Health Care Directive (AHCD), Durable Power of...
Today, a federal district judge in San Francisco will hold a hearing to consider the County of Santa Clara’s request to block President Donald Trump’s ...
Advancing Justice - California (Advancing Justice-CA) applauds the passage of two key California bills that directly fight back against President Trump’s xenophobic and islamophobic policies attacking the nation’s most vulnerable communities. Senate President pro Tem Kevin de León...
Advancing Justice-LA applauds the defeat of the AHCA. As an organization that has long advocated for access to health care and has worked on health care reform since 2011, Advancing Justice-LA is relieved that health coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) remains the law of the land and will continue for 20 million...
Today, the White House requested that Congress provide an additional $3 billion for the rest of fiscal year 2017 to the Department of Homeland Security to grow its mass deportation force, increase immigrant detention beds, and begin planning the construction of a border wall. ...
Today, a Federal court in Hawaii blocked a second attempt by President Trump to ban Muslims from entering the country.
In 2014, Chen, a Chinese American scientist who worked for the U.S. National Weather Service, was falsely accused of spying for China and unjustly prosecuted by the U.S. Department of Justice. After being painted as a national security threat and having her life turned upside down, all the charges against her were suddenly dropped. She...
As a result of President Trump’s immigration executive orders, immigration raids and deportations are increasing across the country. Many more immigrants, including many Asian and Pacific Islander (API) immigrants, are at much higher risk of being detained and deported than during the Obama Administration. Asian Americans Advancing Justice -...
Today, President Trump issued a new executive order which is essentially a “Muslim Ban 2.0” in that it reiterates key components of its prior ban on immigrants from predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States. The new order, issued less...
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