Asian Law Caucus
The nation's oldest legal and civil rights organization serving low-income Asian, Pacific Islander, and immigrant communities.
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- VICTORY: A federal court has blocked ICE’s use of private tax-related data from the IRS! The decision is a win for taxpayers nationwide who have weighed whether filing their taxes exposes them to potential ICE arrest, detention, and deportation. 📰 bit.ly/infosharing-win
- Are you a worker in California who wants to learn about your rights? Find our resources on unpaid wages, overtime, unemployment insurance benefits, wrongful termination, retaliation, discrimination/harassment, health and safety, and more: www.asianlawcaucus.org/news-resourc...
- Reposted by Asian Law CaucusMy latest in the @theguardian.com on how the Trump admins latest immigrant visa ban takes us back to the racial quotas abolished in the wake of the Civil Rights Movement. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- The Trump admin recently announced a new policy for immigrant visa applicants from 75 countries. What does this freeze on immigrant visas mean? Will the pause affect applicants or people who currently have an immigrant visa? Learn more in our updated explainer: bit.ly/alc-ban-kyr
- "This settlement reaffirms that no one should be singled out by police because of their race... Asian American community members of Siskiyou County came together and won their fight to live their lives without fear of being racially profiled." krcrtv.com/news/local/s...
- NEW: ALC & @sikhcoalition.bsky.social File Lawsuit Against CA's Cancellation of Commercial Driver’s Licenses The lawsuit seeks to halt the CA DMV cancellation of 20,000 commercial licenses that would result in mass work stoppages beginning January 5. Read more: bit.ly/cdl-dmv-lit
- UPDATE: Trump has placed a hold on certain asylum and greencard applications. Our new resource page provides general information explaining the new USCIS policy: www.asianlawcaucus.org/news-resourc...
- " We want answers to why these deportations are happening," Villarosa said. "The U.S. made this promise of refugee resettlement and it was broken." www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n...
- "[A new poll has] found bipartisan support for ensuring that immigrants facing deportation receive due process, including ones with criminal records." calmatters.org/justice/2025...
- Join us for a free community information session on the latest policy updates affecting immigrant commercial drivers in California. This online information session is in English with Spanish interpretation. Register for the Zoom meeting at: bit.ly/catruckers-kyr
- We've sued DHS & State Dept alongside Asian American refugee communities to demand answers on deportation practices Our communities are seeking accountability after ICE targets beloved community members for deportation to Bhutan, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam. bit.ly/sea-foia
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- "Detainees at an immigration detention center in California City have sued ICE, alleging the facility is polluted by sewage leaks, infested with bugs and is denying people access to food, water and their lawyers." Read more: calmatters.org/justice/2025...
- "The broader issue isn’t one person, 'but rather a system of impunity and abuse. The reports make it clear that other staff were aware of what was going on and actually were assisting in making it happen.'" - Lee Ann Felder-Heim, ALC www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
- The broader issue isn’t one person, “but rather a system of impunity and abuse. The reports make it clear that other staff were aware of what was going on and actually were assisting in making it happen.” - Lee Ann Felder-Heim, ALC www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
- California's Special Election is coming up on November 4, 2025! Early voting has already begun - check with your local elections office or look up voting locations at caearlyvoting.sos.ca.gov. Find ALC's resources and more information on the Election at: bit.ly/alc-nov4election
- Join us for an opening reception of 'Our Language, Our Story' -- an exhibition by Joyce Xi, Galeria de la Raza, and ALC that explores what it means to live life in your own language. Saturday, Oct. 18 | 3-6pm 🎟️ bit.ly/olos-opening About the project: bit.ly/exhibit-olos
- "We had to file this case to remind both agencies that our confidentiality laws apply to them both and that their sharing is unlawful." Read about the lawsuit we filed with partners to block IRS & SSA from sharing taxpayer information with ICE: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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- "While so many Americans watched in horror at ICE's military-like raids this summer, US cruelty and violence towards immigrants is nothing new, from the Chinese Exclusion Act to the mass deportation of Mexican Americans during the Great Depression." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- California is home to over 6.4 million limited English proficient individuals who face numerous challenges, including on the ability to exercise their fundamental right to vote & participate in our democracy. Our new report with recommendations: bit.ly/forgingahead-report
- Join us and AAPI Force on Thursday 8/28 from 5:30-7:30pm for an online teach in on how how Asian American communities have been targeted by and resist ICE terror. Sign up at: bit.ly/aapiforceef-teachin
- Last month, ICE agents arrested and detained around a dozen Hmong refugees in Detroit. “We are seeing folks who are anchors of their communities, beloved family members, stripped from their families, often after decades of living peacefully in their communities.” wdet.org/2025/08/19/h...
- Camalah translates ballots for her family members because Arabic ballots are unavailable in their county. All Californians, no matter what languages they use, deserve to understand our ballots, so they can fully participate in our democracy. #Section203 vimeo.com/1092234720?s...
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- Join us in Sacramento on August 26! Travel scholarships are available. Register at: bit.ly/Section203at50
- Descendants of Japanese internees warn that Trump’s revival of the Alien Enemies Act could open the door to new abuses: "Government deception is one throughline connecting the current and most recent invocations of the Alien Enemies Act" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- Mohan Karki is a beloved Ohio community member, new dad, and husband. Karki is a Bhutanese-Nepali refugee is currently in a Michigan jail under the threat of deportation. Read Mohan's story & support the campaign to keep him home: bit.ly/bringmohanhomeGFM www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...
- "Ray was born in a refugee camp in Nepal & came to the US as a kid. He was recently deported to Bhutan [...] where his family faced persecution." 'The fear [of deportation] has re-traumatized our community members who went through a series of displacement...' www.npr.org/2025/07/16/g...
- "The Asian Law Caucus has long served clients from across the country. But the decades-old Bay Area org now finds itself at the heart of the ongoing battle to protect birthright citizenship [...] as the fate of countless immigrant families hangs in the balance." www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/a...
- WIN: A federal court in New Hampshire today blocked President Trump’s executive order restricting #BirthrightCitizenship, and certified a nationwide class that protects the citizenship rights of all children born on US soil. READ MORE: bit.ly/brc-protected
- TOMORROW: Join us on the anniversary of the ratification of the #14thAmendment, as we lay out a blueprint against authoritarianism guided by its framework & grounded in organizing, advocacy & community power. 🗓️ bit.ly/iamthe14th @jbrownedianis.bsky.social @advancementproject.org @22ci.bsky.social
- NEW: We filed a nationwide class-action lawsuit challenging Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship. The lawsuit responds to Supreme Court ruling that potentially opens the door for implementation of the executive order. Read more: bit.ly/brc-classaction
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- Asian Law Caucus Seeks Records on Arrests and Deportations of Bhutanese American Refugees Since March, U.S. Government Has Forced Dozens of Family Members and Community Leaders Into Statelessness Read about the FOIA: bit.ly/alc-aru-foia
- Join us on the anniversary of the ratification of the 14th Amendment, as we lay out a blueprint against authoritarianism guided by the framework of the 14th and grounded in organizing, advocacy, and community power. Registration details coming soon.
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- Attending a protest? Carl Takei, ALC community safety program director, spoke with KQED about how you can best protect your rights: www.kqed.org/news/1182195... @kqednews.kqed.org
- Aarti Kohli, ALC Executive Director, on Trump's draconian new travel ban: “This sweeping travel ban is just one tool in a broader strategy to consolidate power by scapegoating communities and manufacturing fear.” www.kqed.org/news/1204298... @kqednews.kqed.org @tychehendricks.bsky.social
- Trump’s draconian new ban denies countless people the freedom to move, travel, and reunite with loved ones. Read our full statement: bit.ly/travel-ban-2025
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- On behalf of @jacl-national.bsky.social and 60+ organizations, @asianlawcaucus.org, @aaaj-aajc.bsky.social and the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality filed an amicus brief asking the court to preserve the essential right to due process and ensure judicial review of executive orders.
- The targeting of Venezuelan immigrants by the Trump administration today mirrors our country’s dark history of rounding up and incarcerating Japanese American families during World War II. Read about case & our amicus: bit.ly/aea-amicus
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- The targeting of Venezuelan immigrants by the Trump administration today mirrors our country’s dark history of rounding up and incarcerating Japanese American families during World War II. Read about case & our amicus: bit.ly/aea-amicus
- We are deeply disappointed by the California Senate Appropriations Committee’s decision not to advance #SB266. The bill’s co-sponsors, the Asian Law Caucus, @commoncause.org & Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans (PANA) issued the following statement: bit.ly/statement-sb-266
- The Asian Law Caucus condemns the Trump administration's sweeping restrictions on international students in the United States, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s announcement to "aggressively revoke visas" for Chinese students and scholars. Read our statement: bit.ly/Student-Visa-Ban
- The Trump administration may be manipulating data to “cancel” certain people’s Social Security Numbers or falsely mark them as dead. Here’s what you can do if you think you may be impacted: bit.ly/ssn-immigrants
- “We are very confident in our lawsuit, in the legal merits of our lawsuit, and our position that this executive order is completely and flagrantly unconstitutional...” #BirthrightCitizenship #EO www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
- Thank you to everyone who joined us, both in person and in spirit, for our 53rd anniversary gala last week! Your presence & support helped make the evening a true success. It was a joy to come together in community and reflect on the strength and impact of our collective work.
- “Bhutan kicked us out,” she said, recounting her family’s journey. “We lived over 20 years in Nepal. We couldn’t belong there. We came to the United States with ultimate hope. Now there is fear again.” “Where,” she wondered, “do we belong?” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...
