If you still haven’t heard the story of Srinivas Kuchibhotla, don’t worry.
It’s unclear if even Donald Trump knows, remembers, or cares. Sort of like his health care promises.
In his joint address before Congress, the MCOWH (man currently occupying the White House, in case he is still #NotMyPresid...
Asia Times - A major Asian American civil liberties group has condemned President Donald Trump’s revamped March 6 travel ban blocking citizens of six predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States…
Asian American Press - Attorneys for Hispanic Federation, Voto Latino, Chhaya CDC, MinKwon Center for Community Action, and New York resident William Towbin sent a pre-litigation notice letter Wednesday…
Indian Panorama - Indian American civil rights activist and attorney Deepa Iyer receive Justice in Action Awards from The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDF) at its 2017 Gala on March 2, 2017 at Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers, in New York City…
Global Times - Back in October - before the presidential election - I was invited to be a guest speaker at a local TV station, talking about minority voters’ preferences. The host asked many questions that he and I had discussed before via emails…
NBC News - Asian-American and Latino civil rights groups are among those threatening to sue New York state over allegations that its Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) failed to send voter registration applications it received to local election boards…
Voting Rights Groups Call on State to Fix Voter Registration at DMV, or Face Litigation
New York, NY…Attorneys for Hispanic Federation, Voto Latino, Chhaya CDC, MinKwon Center for Community Action, and New York resident William Towbin sent a pre-litigation notice letter today, alleging that the sta...
In our podcast Emil Amok’s Takeout, I list off the key points about Travel Ban 2.0.
Six out of the seven original countries are involved: Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. Only extensive lobbying got Iraq taken off.
There are also exceptions made for green card and visa holders, as we...
News India-Times - Civil rights attorney and author Deepa Iyer was awarded the 2017 Justice in Action Award by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund on March 2, during the organization’s annual gala at Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers, in New York City.
New York City…The president today signed a revised executive order seeking to address the legal flaws that led federal courts to block his Jan. 27 travel ban against refugees and migrants from several Muslim-majority countries.
Margaret Fung, AALDEF Executive Director, said: “This latest version of...
The media, wanting so desperately to say something nice about Donald Trump, seemed to go out of their way to praise the president for his performance before a joint session of Congress last week.
Trump seemed to find the right key to being presidential. Like maybe he finally gets it?
Nyet.
The pr...
If you’re Asian American, you may have your head down and not be paying attention to all the new proposals on immigration and border security.
But a new proposal could impact Asian Americans and their families and friends.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has proposed this idea: to col...
This is Oscar Weekend, a time when we’re supposed to escape the humdrum of everyday life for the uplifting fantasies of movie-dom.
And then everything changed, when real life turned into “Trump, the presidency.”
I even liked the most popular movie of 2016, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” mostly fo...
NBC News - U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) - currently the Democratic National Committee’s only Asian-American officer - is hoping to help steer her party in a new direction if she wins reelection as a vice chair this weekend in Atlanta…
News India Times - Leaders of the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) have expressed concern over recent raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the Richmond Hill neighborhood of Queens, New York…
February 19 is the 75th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066 by President Franklin Roosevelt. It was the start of a nightmare for Japanese Americans who were rounded up and placed in internment camps during World War II. How did it happen? And could it happen again to another group?
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Asian American Press - The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) on Friday joined the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality (Korematsu Center), the children of litigants in the Japanese relocation and incarceration…
New York – AALDEF joined the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality (Korematsu Center), the children of litigants in the Japanese relocation and incarceration cases from World War II, civil rights organizations, and national and New York bar associations of color, in filing an amicus brief in...
Today, AALDEF participated in a press conference with Asian American groups in New York City to describe the impacts of the president’s recent executive orders and ongoing immigration enforcement raids upon local Asian American communities.
Annie Wang, a staff attorney in AALDEF’s Immigrant Access ...
The man who should be called Twitter Trump, the current White House resident, recently learned a lesson when he found out federal district judges are more than “so-called judges.”
And those 9th Circuit appeals court judges, they’re no pushovers either.
They know an abuse of power when they see one...
