NEW YORK — Today, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) filed a lawsuit against the New York City Districting Commission, the New York City Board of Elections, and the New York State Board of Elections over the city’s adoption of the city council districting map that denies th
NEW YORK, NY — The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) shared the below statement in response to the brutal killing of Tyre Nichols at the hands of five police officers in Memphis, Tennessee.
“We support the family of Tyre Nichols and the community behind them demanding justice
New York, NY — Today, in response to the mass shooting in Half Moon Bay, California, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) released the below statement.
“We are incredibly saddened by yet another mass shooting affecting Asian American communities so soon after the Lunar New Y
New York, NY — Today, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund released the below statement in response to the mass shooting in Monterey Park, California over lunar new year celebrations on Saturday.
“We are dismayed at the tragic display of violence in Monterey Park. In a moment when As
New York, NY — Today, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) released results of its nonpartisan, multilingual exit poll of 337 Asian American voters in the December 6, 2022, Senate runoff elections in Georgia.
Asian American voters polled in Georgia overwhelmingly supported i
Asian American voters overwhelmingly supported Democrats in all states polled, except for Texas
DC | CA | FL | GA | LA | MA | MD | MI | MN | NJ | NM | NV | NY | PA | TX | VA
New York, NY — Today, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) released preliminary results of its nonpa
NEW YORK — Today, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) filed a lawsuit on behalf of plaintiffs from the Lower East Side and Chinatown neighborhoods in downtown Manhattan, whose rights to health, welfare, and safety have been infringed upon by the Two Bridges Large Scale Resid
WHAT: Join us for a PRESS CONFERENCE where the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) will discuss a lawsuit we are filing on behalf of Councilmember Christopher Marte and the Lower East Side and Chinatown communities. The lawsuit asserts that residents’ rights to health, welfare,
NEW YORK — Yesterday, the NYC Districting Commission voted 13 to1 to send their revised districting plan to New York City Council. Yet the Unity Map Coalition points out that the revised plan still has many of the same issues as the prior rejected maps, drawing lines that divide the protected commun
On Wednesday, August 31, legal counsel representing plaintiffs in the case Fair Maps Texas Action Committee, et al., v. Abbott, et al. released a joint statement responding to the federal District Court’s postponement of the Texas Redistricting trial scheduled to begin on September 28, 2022. The cou
MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS — Today, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), in partnership with a coalition of local Asian American community organizations, reached a settlement with the City of Malden to resolve the city’s failure to provide Chinese language information and assista
NEW YORK, NY — The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund released the below statement in response to the anti-Asian messages perpetuated in the judicial race in Orlando, Florida.
“In a classic example of the perpetual foreigner stereotype rearing its ugly head, a political consultant in a
“Asian Americans benefit from affirmative action, and all students benefit from the diverse student body that affirmative action cultivates.”
NEW YORK, NY — Today, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court on behalf of 121 Asian Amer
Coalition of Civil and Voting Rights Organizations Propose Redistricting Map as Alternate to City Commission Map that Weakens Vote of Communities of Color
NEW YORK — The UNITY MAP COALITION, a coalition of the leading legal voting rights advocacy organizations representing people of color in New Yo
WASHINGTON, DC — Yesterday, the state of Texas declined to appeal last month’s federal court order, which prohibits Texas from using SB1, a 2021 election law that illegally restricts necessary assistance to limited English-speaking and disabled voters at the polls. Secured by the Asian American Lega
NEW YORK — Today, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) issued the below statement on the swearing in of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the United States Supreme Court.
“Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson brings tremendous experience and temperament to the highest court in our c
New York, NY — The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund delivered the below statement in response to the Staten Island Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Local Law 11, the Our City Our Vote law, which would have allowed more than 800,000 permanent legal residents and immigrants autho
NEW YORK — Today, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) issued the below statement in response to the United States Supreme Court’s ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson, which overturns Roe v. Wade.
“This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court took our country half a century backwards by reve
For Immediate Release:
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
After 10 Years of DACA, AALDEF Joins with Undocumented Asian American Youth to Call for Citizenship for All
As we mark the 10th anniversary of the 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy, the Asian American Legal Defense and Educati
This week, a federal district judge ruled that the state of Texas must stop using a new election law to illegally restrict needed assistance to limited English speaking and disabled voters. The order modified a permanent injunction secured in 2018 by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fu
