Today, the federal district court in Honolulu will hold a hearing at 9:30 am Hawaii time (3:30 pm ET) on the State of Hawaii’s lawsuit challenging Trump’s revised travel ban, which temporarily suspends U.S. refugee admissions and migrants from six Muslim-majority countries. Executive Order 13780, en
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
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
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
Within days after being sworn into office, the president signed two hateful executive orders to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border and punish sanctuary cities, but he saved his most damaging immigration-related action for the end of the week. The Jan. 27, 2017 executive order suspends the U.S. r
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) praised the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s announcement that it will dismantle the discriminatory National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS) program, which required men from 25 predominantly Muslim countries in Asi
The 2016 presidential election results sent shockwaves to immigrant communities throughout New York City. As a response to the election, a broad coalition of nonprofits, advocacy organizations, direct service providers, and New York City government agencies is offering free immigration legal clinics
This week, the Census Bureau released an updated list of counties that are required by the federal Voting Rights Act to provide translated ballots and voting materials for specific language minority groups.
In 1975, Congress amended the Voting Rights Act to include protections for language minori
Poll shows bipartisan Asian American support for gun control and police reform
New York City…New data shows an Asian American electorate whose members reacted to the racist and anti-immigrant rhetoric of the 2016 campaign cycle in casting their ballots for President. The nonpartisan exit poll of 13
After the Nov. 8 presidential election, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) remains as committed as ever to fight for the rights of Asian American and Pacific Islander immigrant communities in the face of the new administration’s proposal to deport millions of undocumented i
New York City…American Muslim voters were specifically targeted by poll workers with requests for additional identification at poll sites in Michigan and New York. In Michigan, some poll workers required American Muslim women to remove their niqabs and fully reveal their faces in order to vote, and
New York City…Preliminary AALDEF exit poll findings of close to 14,000 Asian Americans on Election Day reveal that voters in the swing states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Virginia, and Nevada strongly favored Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential race.
“The extreme anti-immigrant
New York City…Many Asian American voters across the country, especially new citizens and first-time voters, encountered barriers and discrimination at polling places, including improper requests for identification, inadequate language assistance, no provisional ballots, being sent to multiple incorr
New York City…The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), a 42-year old national civil rights organization, will dispatch more than 800 attorneys, law students, and community volunteers to polling places in 14 states and Washington, DC to document voting problems in the 2016 electi
In New York State, the deadline to register in order to vote in the Nov. 8, 2016 elections is Friday, Oct. 14. It is also the deadline to register in a political party or change your party registration if you want to the vote in the 2017 NYC primary elections.
You can mail in your voter registratio
In past elections, Asian Americans have faced a series of barriers in exercising their right to vote, including segregated “Asian” voting lines. When the news media reported on election results, Asian Americans were often overlooked. In response, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
AALDEF criticized a racist segment that appeared on Fox News Channel’s “The O’Reilly Report” on Oct. 4, 2016, featuring interviews of people in New York’s Chinatown by Fox commentator Jesse Watters. AALDEF’s letter to Fox News Channel co-presidents Jack Abernathy and Bill Shine can be downloaded her
New York City…AALDEF executive director Margaret Fung spoke at a rally and press conference at City Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 6, to support New York Supreme Court Justice Doris Ling-Cohan, who is facing re-election this year. We issued the following statement:
We are disappointed to learn that Doris
