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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday overturned the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) decision in Matter of A-B-. In his ruling, Sessions dismantled longstanding asylum protections for victims of domestic and gang violence.
This morning, a coalition of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community and advocacy groups, including Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles (Advancing Justice-LA), gathered to urge community members to vote in the June 5th primary election.
As primary elections begin tomorrow in West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, and North Carolina, one candidate for Senate is spewing bigotry and hate in his bid for the Senate. In a clearly anti-Asian advertisement featuring Don Blankenship – a Republican running in the West Virginia primary – speaking to camera, he denigrates Asians as “China people”...
Over the weekend, the Trump administration announced its decision to terminate the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for immigrants from Honduras in eighteen months.
Over 300 guests gathered this evening for Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Orange County’s (Advancing Justice-OC) inaugural black-tie “Gala for Justice” at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts. The sold-out affair brought together many of Orange County’s most prominent business, legal, and philanthropic leaders to celebrate and honor 12 years...
Today, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it will terminate temporary protected status (TPS) for Nepal in one year on June 24, 2019. At that time, approximately 9,000 TPS holders will lose their work authorization and be at risk of being swept up in ICE’s aggressive deportation raids.
Today, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Trump v. Hawaii, which is challenging the third version of the Trump Administration's executive order known as the Muslim Ban. When President Trump first proposed the Muslim Ban as a centerpiece of his administration, people from around the country came together to oppose the racist,...
Advancing Justice - Los Angeles (Advancing Justice-LA), Sidley Austin LLP, with strong support from a diverse coalition of community-based organizations, sued the City of Santa Ana today for violation of the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA).
Another federal judge has determined that the President’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is arbitrary and capricious. The court has given the administration 90 days to issue a more thorough and reasoned memo ending the program or it must begin to accept new applications.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles, Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus, The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California, and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati today filed suit against Secretary of State Alex Padilla demanding increased access to language assistance for limited English...
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