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Today, a statewide coalition of over sixty community, student, and civil rights groups, supported by national organizations throughout the country, issued a letter to the Governor of California demanding that his office reject and dismantle the State of California’s Office of Emergency Services’ (Cal OES) Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE)...
On May 1, 2019, Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles (Advancing Justice-LA) welcomed Sylia Obagi as the organization’s Interim Executive Director.
In celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles (Advancing Justice-LA) will be hosting a free Pan Asian Citizenship Clinic on May 18th. The clinic will provide attendees free citizenship services, including: eligibility screenings, application assistance, and legal review by qualified...
Today, Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles (Advancing Justice-LA), LatinoJustice PRLDEF, and Muslim Advocates alongside several organizations, with the law firm of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, filed an amicus brief in support of the City of Baltimore's lawsuit challenging the Trump administration for its changes to the U.S...
Today, the parties in Bhattarai v. Nielsen, a case challenging the termination of temporary...
Stewart Kwoh, founder and executive director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles (Advancing Justice-LA), received the inaugural Dale Minami Impact Award presented by the Asian American Bar Association (AABA) of the Greater Bay Area. Kwoh was honored with the award at AABA's 43rd annual dinner on Wednesday, March 6 in San...
Asian Americans Advancing Justice, an affiliation of five civil rights organizations, alongside over 60 Asian American groups and 25 professors, with Fox Rothschild LLP filed an amicus brief today in support of race-conscious holistic admissions at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). Participants in this brief whole-heartedly...
Asian Americans Advancing Justice-California (Advancing Justice-CA), a joint project between Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus (Advancing Justice-ALC) and Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles (Advancing Justice-LA), is proud to announce and welcome its new California Policy Manager, Liza Chu. The California Policy...
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles (Advancing Justice-LA) and Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) complaint yesterday to demand greater government transparency about dramatic changes to policies on issuing Notices to Appear (NTA), generally the first step for U.S. Citizenship and...
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