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Christina Yang, pro bono director and legal counsel at Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles (Advancing Justice-LA), is the recipient of the 2019 Dale Minami Public Interest Fellowship Award. The Dale Minami Public Interest Fellowship Award was created in 2007 to recognize alumni from UC Berkeley School of Law who have shown a strong...
President Trump in December agreed to “own” the ongoing government shutdown. Today, he proposes to end the crisis of his own making by offering temporary protection from deportation for DACA and TPS recipients, two other crises of his own making, in exchange for $5.7 billion for his Wall and reduced protections for asylum seekers.. His...
BOSTON, MA - Today, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the Lawyers for Civil Rights Boston, and Arnold Porter, LLP filed a Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law following the trial in Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard. During the three-week trial, SFFA failed to...
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles (Advancing Justice-LA) encourages community members to enroll into qualified health plans offered by Covered California, the state's marketplace for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare). Unlike most other states, Californians have until January 15th to enroll, which...
Over 40 Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) organizations delivered a series of policy recommendations to Governor Gavin Newsom's office on his inauguration day. The recommendations urge the Governor to address the needs of low-income, limited-English proficient and immigrant communities of color in California.
On January 3, 2019, a federal judge issued a nationwide temporary restraining order preventing ICE from redetaining most Cambodian refugees with final deportation orders without first providing notice.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles (Advancing Justice-LA) congratulates Julie Su, the organization's former litigation director, on her appointment as Secretary of the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency by Governor-Elect Gavin Newsom. She currently serves as California's Labor Commissioner.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is reportedly meeting with Vietnamese government officials this week to discuss potentially drastic changes to the terms of an agreement that has governed the deportation of individuals to Vietnam since 2008.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles (Advancing Justice-LA) applauds Santa Ana City Council for signing an ordinance that adopts a map transitioning the city from at-large elections to district elections in 2020. The ordinance reflects the voters’ approval of a ballot measure in November to convert to district elections. The ballot...
In a move that protects the rights of thousands of immigrant voters, the Georgia Secretary of State today settled a lawsuit filed on Wednesday by Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Atlanta (Advancing Justice-Atlanta), Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles (Advancing Justice-LA), and pro bono law firms Buckley Beal, LLP and Alston...
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