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LOS ANGELES – The Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC), a member of the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, is pleased with this week’s announcements by President Barack Obama and a bipartisan group of senators known as the “Gang of 8” proclaiming that immigration reform is a national policy priority. The...
LOS ANGELES – The Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC), ACLU of California, and the law firm of Latham & Watkins LLP today warned state education officials of possible litigation if they do not act immediately to provide essential language instruction to thousands of underserved English learner (EL) students, as...
LOS ANGELES – The Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC), a member of the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, deeply mourns the passing of Senator Daniel K. Inouye, the senior Senator from Hawaii and a legendary public servant who stood up for justice and equality his entire life.
LOS ANGELES – Asian American voters in California supported Proposition 30 on Election Day and favor budget solutions that include increasing taxes on the wealthy, according to preliminary findings from a statewide, post-election poll of Asian American voters conducted by the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC), a member of the Asian...
LOS ANGELES – Earlier this month, after President Obama's re-election, the Obama Administration confirmed that it will continue the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that provides certain undocumented young people with work authorization and safety from deportation for two years, with the opportunity for...
WASHINGTON – The National Asian Pacific Bar Association (NAPABA) awarded Laboni Hoq with the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) and Marita Etcubañez with the Asian American Justice Center (AAJC), members of the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice), with the Best Under 40 Award at its Gala...
LOS ANGELES – On November 6, 2012, the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC), a member of the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, conducted poll monitoring at over 230 election precincts, located at over 190 poll sites in Los Angeles and Orange counties. APALC deployed over 120 trained volunteers to areas with...
LOS ANGELES – The Asian American Center for Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice)—the Asian American Institute (AAI), the Asian American Justice Center (AAJC), the Asian Law Caucus (ALC), and the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC)—issued the following statement:
LOS ANGELES – The Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC), a member of the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, celebrates the passage of Proposition 30 and laments the loss of Proposition 34 in this November General Election.
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