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Press Releases - News for Asian American Justice Center

 
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Asian American Justice Center Welcomes Meredith Higashi, NAPABA Law Foundation Partners and In-House Counsel Community Law Fellow
Release Date: 26-Sep-08
Author or Contact: Leonie Campbell-Williams
Category:  What's New?  Subcategory:  Immigration
Washington, D.C. – The Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) announced that Meredith Higashi, a graduate of the University of Washington School of Law, will join its staff as the NAPABA Law Foundation Partners and In-House Counsel Community Law Fellow Higashi, who will begin her two-year fellowship in September, will focus on immigration and immigrant rights issues impacting the Asian American community. "AAJC is grateful to NAPABA Law ...

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Asian American Organizations Applaud Introduction of Reuniting Families Act; Call for Congress to Fix the Broken Legal Immigration System
Release Date: 23-Sep-08
Author or Contact: Leonie Campbell-Williams
Category:  What's New?  Subcategory:  Immigration
Washington, D.C. – The Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) and its affiliates – the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) of Los Angeles, Calif., the Asian Law Caucus (ALC) of San Francisco, Calif. and the Asian American Institute (AAI) of Chicago, Ill. – applaud the leadership of Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Congressman Mike Honda (D-CA) for introducing a bill that contains proactive measures to resolve family immigration backlogs ...

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Asian American Organizations Condemn Mississippi Raids; Call for Due Process
Release Date: 27-Aug-08
Author or Contact: Leonie Campbell
Category:  What's New?  Subcategory:  Immigration
Washington, D.C. – The Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) and its afiliates – the Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Los Angeles, Calif., the Asian Law Caucus of San Francisco, Calif. and the Asian American Institute of Chicago, Ill. – urge the Department of Homeland Security to stop inhumane raids that seize workers who contribute to our economy, forcibly separate them from their spouses and children and then rapidly deport them without a ...

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LPGA English Policy Is Discriminatory; AAJC Urges Sponsors To Withdraw Support
Release Date: 27-Aug-08
Author or Contact: Leonie Campbell
Category:  Recent News  Subcategory:  Language Access
Washington, D.C. – The Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) urges the LPGA sponsors to withdraw support of the Tour until the English proficiency policy is retracted. The LPGA will require all players to be proficient in English starting in 2009 and those who cannot pass an oral evaluation of English skills face suspension from the Tour. There are currently 121 international players from 26 countries on the LPGA Tour. "This policy is ...

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Asian American Justice Center Applauds Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren’s Leadership
Release Date: 1-Aug-08
Author or Contact: Leonie Campbell
Category:  What's New?  Subcategory:  Immigration
Recapture Bill Moves Forward Washington, D.C. – The Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) today applauded the passage of H.R. 5882 by a vote of 8 to 1 in the United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. Co-sponsored by Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI), the legislation would reclaim old and unused visas from previous fiscal years ...

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Asian American Justice Center Urges Congress to Approve Recapture Legislation and Reunite Immigrant Families
Release Date: 31-Jul-08
Author or Contact: Leonie Campbell-Williams
Category:  What's New?  Subcategory:  Immigration
Critical of FAIR’s Mischaracterization of Recapture Washington, D.C. – The Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) is urging Congress to pass legislation that would “recapture” unused and unclaimed green cards from past fiscal years. The bills have been introduced by Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) and a companion bill is underway in the Senate by Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Patty Murray (D-WA).  ...

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Asian American Justice Center Commends Introduction of New Legislation on Adult English Language Learning (ELL)
Release Date: 24-Jul-08
Author or Contact: Leonie Campbell-Williams
Category:  What's New?  Subcategory:  Adult ESL
Washington, D.C. – The Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) commends the introduction of the “Strengthening Communities through Education and Integration Act” by Congressman Mike Honda and Senator Hillary Clinton. The bill would provide much-needed assistance to populations that are limited English proficient (LEP), allowing these vulnerable community members to learn English, integrate more quickly and fully into American society and maximize ...

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New Report Shows Immigrant and Limited English Proficient Communities
Release Date: 11-Jul-08
Author or Contact: Leonie Campbell
Category:  What's New?  Subcategory:  Language Access
Washington, D.C. – The Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) applauds the recent release of Disaster Preparedness in Urban Communities: Lessons Learned from the Recent Catastrophes Relevant to Asian and Latino Communities in Southern California, a joint collaboration by AAJC’s affiliate, the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC), and the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute (TRPI). “While focused on California, the report provides important ...

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Asian American Justice Center Applauds New Report on Adult Literacy
Release Date: 10-Jul-08
Author or Contact: Leonie Campbell
Category:  What's New?  Subcategory:  Adult ESL
Washington, D.C. – The Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) commends the recent release of Reach Higher, America, a report by the National Commission on Adult Literacy. The report documents the adult education and skills crisis facing American workers, proposes a fundamentally new approach to adult basic education and workforce skills preparation in America and lays out the fiscal and social benefits that will result from substantially ...

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Asian American Justice Center Applauds California Supreme Court Decision
Release Date: 16-May-08
Author or Contact: Leonie Campbell-Williams
Washington, D.C. – The Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) is pleased with the California Supreme Court’s decision that same-sex couples cannot be excluded from civil marriage. According to a UCLA study, the Supreme Court’s ruling in the California Marriage Cases will have a positive impact on at least 13,000 Asian American same-sex couples and more than 5,600 children being raised by these couples in California. AAJC and its affiliates — the ...

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Asian American Justice Center Applauds the Introduction of Lofgren-Sensenbrenner Visa Recapture Bill
Release Date: 9-May-08
Author or Contact: Leonie Campbell-Williams
Category:  What's New?  Subcategory:  Immigration
Calls on Congress to Address Family and Employment Visa Backlogs Washington, D.C. – The Asian American Justice Center (AAJC), a leading national civil and human rights organization, applauded last week’s introduction of a visa recapture bill (HR 5882) by Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI). The bill would ensure that unused and unclaimed family and employment-based visas which have been allocated in ...

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Asian American Advocates Disappointed in Supreme Court’s Decision in the Indiana Voter ID Case
Release Date: 28-Apr-08
Author or Contact: Leonie Campbell-Williams
Category:  What's New?  Subcategory:  Voting Rights
Washington, D.C. – The Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) and its affiliates – Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Asian Law Caucus and the Asian American Institute – join voting rights and advocacy groups nationwide in their disappointment in the United States Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the constitutionality of the Indiana voter photo identification law. The decision did, however, leave the door open to future challenges in Indiana ...

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Asian American Justice Center Disappointed With Closing of AZN Network
Release Date: 28-Jan-08
Author or Contact: Leonie Campbell-Williams
Category:  What's New?  Subcategory:  Television Diversity
"Cites Lack of Investment To Develop Asian American Market" Washington, D.C. – The Asian American Justice Center (AAJC), a national civil rights organization, is disappointed with the Comcast announcement of the closing of the AZN Network as of April 9 for financial reasons. AZN Television specializes in programs targeted toward the Asian American community. AZN Network reached 13.9 million households and broadcast news, movies, dramas and ...

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Asian American Justice Center Applauds Congress for Protecting Worker’s Rights in Omnibus Spending Bill
Release Date: 17-Dec-07
Author or Contact: Leonie Campbell
Category:  What's New?  Subcategory:  Language Access
The Asian American Justice Center (AAJC), a national civil rights organization, applauds Congress for omitting a harmful amendment to the 2007 omnibus spending bill. This amendment could have severely restricted the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) ability to fully investigate and pursue civil actions against employers which have English-only policies in the workplace and are using these policies in a discriminatory and ...

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Asian American Organizations Encouraged by Maximum Sentence in the Murder of Cha Vang; National Efforts Will Continue for Strengthening Hate Crime Laws
Release Date: 28-Nov-07
Author or Contact: Leonie Campbell
Category:  What's New?  Subcategory:  Anti-Asian Violence
The Asian American Justice Center (AAJC), Hmong National Development, Inc. (HND) and the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC) are encouraged that on the heels of Monday’s community rally around racial justice in Madison, Wis., James Nichols received the maximum sentence allowed under Wisconsin law in the murder of Hmong American Cha Vang. AAJC, HND and SEARAC, organizations that serve the Asian American community nationwide from their ...

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AAJC AND 25 NATIONAL AND LOCAL ASIAN AMERICAN ADVOCACY GROUPS FILE AMICUS BRIEF IN VOTING RIGHTS CASE
Release Date: 14-Nov-07
Author or Contact: Leonie Campbell
Category:  What's New?  Subcategory:  Voting Rights
The Asian American Justice Center (AAJC), a national human and civil rights organization, and its affiliates – Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC), Asian Law Caucus (ALC) and Asian American Institute (AAI) – along with 22 other national and local Asian American advocacy groups, filed an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court against Indiana’s restrictive voter ID law in the case of William Crawford et al. v. Marion County ...

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Asian American Justice Center Opposed to Legislative Language in Appropriations Bill Which Would Severely Restrict Workplace Discrimination Enforcement
Release Date: 13-Nov-07
Author or Contact: Leonie Campbell
Category:  What's New?  Subcategory:  Language Access
The Asian American Justice Center (AAJC), a national civil rights organization, is disappointed that last Friday the House passed a Motion to Instruct Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS) Appropriations Bill conferees to accept language that could severely restrict the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) ability to fully investigate and pursue civil actions against employers which have English-only policies in the workplace and are ...

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The 2007 Asian Pacific American Media Coalition Report Card on Television Diversity
Release Date: 29-Oct-07
Author or Contact: Leonie Campbell
Category:  What's New?  Subcategory:  Television Diversity
While there was some improvement on the screen for Asian Pacific American actors, it is disappointingly limited in both quality and scope, particularly given the fact that the networks have been working to address this issue for eight years.

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AAJC Urges Community to Call Out the 44 Senators Who Rejected the Dreams of Immigrant Youth
Release Date: 25-Oct-07
Author or Contact: Leonie Campbell
Category:  What's New?  Subcategory:  Immigration
The Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) is extremely disappointed in the 44 Senators who yesterday voted against giving talented immigrant youth a chance to fully contribute to this country. Although a majority of Senators supported the DREAM Act, the 52 votes cast did not overcome the 60-vote threshold for today’s procedural motion.

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AT&T, Carol Lam and Peggy Saika to Receive Awards Tonight at AAJC’s American Courage Awards Event; Yul Kwon to Emcee Ceremony
Release Date: 10-Oct-07
Author or Contact: Leonie Campbell
Category:  Recent News  Subcategory:  Special Events
Today, at 6:30 p.m. at the National Press Club, the Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) will honor AT&T, former U.S. Attorney Carol Lam and community activist Peggy Saika at its annual American Courage Awards reception, which honors Americans who exemplify community service to Asian American and other minority communities. Survivor: Cook Islands winner Yul Kwon will emcee the event.

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