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Today, Governor Gavin Newsom declared August 2, 2019, as “El Monte Thai Garment Workers Day,” the 24th anniversary of the Thai workers being freed from a barbed-wired garment sweatshop. The case is considered a landmark case in labor trafficking and workers’ rights in the state, and led to significant labor reforms, as championed by Asian...
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed today to hear three of the Trump Administration’s appeals of decisions that block the Administration from terminating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA). Currently, the federal government is under court order to accept and process renewal applications, but it is not accepting new applications...
Today, the Supreme Court held that the Census Bureau’s purported reason for adding the citizenship question to the 2020 Census was false. Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles (Advancing Justice-LA) and Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus...
Today, four workers filed a putative class action lawsuit against Grand America Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (“Grand America”) and its parent company Sinclair Service Co. (“Sinclair”), which operate Grand America Hotel, the largest hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah. The workers, who are originally from the Philippines, allege that Defendants used a...
Advancing Justice-LA (Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Los Angeles) and Advancing Justice | AAJC (Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC) released a new report today, Inside the Numbers: How Immigration Shapes Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities, which details the diversity of the immigrant population...
Covered California announced Friday, May 24 that it will partner with Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles (Advancing Justice-LA) — and dozens of other community-based organizations — to educate consumers about their health care options, offer in-person enrollment and renewal assistance and provide ongoing support with getting the...
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...
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