Vietnamese vulnerable to deportation
LOS ANGELES (Nov. 2, 2017) — Asian Americans Advancing Justice reports that at this time Vietnamese community members with final removal orders are vulnerable to potential arrest, detention, and deportation.[…]
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SAFE Cities Network lists 11 communities defensing immigrants facing deportation
NEW YORK (Nov. 9, 2017) — At a time when harsh immigration policies are disrupting our communities, separating families, and increasing detention and deportation, leaders and legal service providers from[…]
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National AAPI Immigrant Rights Organizing Coalition mobilization for Clean DREAM Act
Washington, D.C. (Nov. 9, 2017) — AALDEF is among the 18 Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) immigrant advocacy, labor, civil rights, community health, service provider, and undocumented youth groups calling[…]
APIA youth rally in Washington to combat hate in the neighborhoods
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 13, 2017) — Hundreds of leaders from the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development (National CAPACD) and South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) rallied together[…]
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Attorney Jae Park is NAPABA Pro Bono Award recipient
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 26, 2017) — The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) is proud to present the 2017 Pro Bono Award to Jae Park, senior managing associate, Dentons[…]
When hate hits home
By Peter Schurmann New America Media SARATOGA, Calif. (Sept. 8, 2017) — In 2012, Raymond Ho was just entering college, his mind abuzz with new ideas and the prospect of[…]
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Call on the President to #CounterACTHate
Civil Rights Coalition Denounces ACT For America’s Anti-Muslim Online Campaign Calls on the President to #CounterACTHate South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT), Center for New Community, Muslim Advocates, and other[…]
Saigon-Houston Radio: ‘Our community rescued itself when Harvey came’
By Andrew Lam New America Media SAN FRANCISCO (Aug. 31, 2017) — Thanh-Thuy Vu is owner of Saigon Radio KREH 900-AM, the only full-service, full-time Asian station in Greater Houston. For the city’s nearly[…]
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45 years on, advocates say US not living up to MLK ideals
OAKLAND, Calif. (Aug. 28, 2017) — Monday marks the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous “I Have A Dream” speech calling for brotherhood and racial equality, where people are[…]
Groups condemn hate march, call for intervention
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Aug. 13, 2017) — Three days of white supremacist marches and protest in Charlottesville, Va., have brought condemnation from Asian and Pacific Islander American groups and a call for[…]
