Daly City, CA (August 12, 2020) — 133 restaurant workers, including cooks, dishwashers, servers, and hosts, have won a $2.6 million settlement from former employer Kome Japanese Seafood Buffet (Kome Buffet). With the organizing and legal support of the Chinese Progressive Association and the Asian Law Caucus, in partnership with the Labor Commissioner’s Office, the […]

Advancing Justice | AAJC and Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus Seek FOIA Records from CBP Organizations To Examine CBP’s Enforcement, Treatment, and Denial of Admissions to International Students    WASHINGTON, D.C.  — Today, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC (Advancing Justice | AAJC) and Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus (Advancing Justice […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 21, 2020) — In an unbelievable and unconstitutional move, President Trump today issued a Presidential Memorandum requiring the U.S. Census Bureau to exclude undocumented individuals from the count that is used for reapportioning Congressional seats. Asian Americans Advancing Justice, an affiliation of five independent Asian American civil rights organizations, issues the following […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 8, 2020) — In a recent ICE July 6th press release, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) announced that international students at universities conducting classes entirely online as a health precaution would not be allowed to remain in the United States for the fall 2020 semester despite the ongoing pandemic. This […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Sabrina Chin Asian Law Caucus sabrinac@advancingjustice-alc.org Ishraq Ali MPower Change ishraq@mpowerchange.org Kalin Kipling CAIR-CA kkipling@cair.com   NoPVEinCA Coalition Celebrates State Defunding of California’s Harmful  Surveillance Program Targeting Muslim, Black and Immigrant Communities   SACRAMENTO, CA (July 2, 2020) – As California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the state’s 2020-21 budget bills throughout the […]

Supreme Court Stands on Right Side of History to Uphold DACA Congress Must Now Act On a Permanent Pathway to Citizenship Now is the Time to Defund ICE   June 18, 2020—Washington, D.C.—Today, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, allowed the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to continue by keeping DACA […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Sabrina Chin sabrinac@advancingjustice-alc.org Asian American Civil Rights Organizations Stand in Solidarity with the Movement for Black Lives SAN FRANCISCO, CA (June 4, 2020) — Advancing Justice – AAJC, Advancing Justice – ALC, Advancing Justice – Chicago, and Advancing Justice – Los Angeles stand in solidarity with Black communities across the country […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACTS: Sabrina Chin sabrinac@advancingjustice-alc.org Zoha Raza zRaza@cair.com    Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus and CAIR-SFBA Denounce Use of Terrorism Laws to Target Protesters and Silence Speech  Use of FBI Joint Terrorism Task Forces to Suppress Civil Dissent   SAN FRANCISCO, CA (June 3, 2020) — The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Contacts: Sabrina Chin sabrinac@advancingjustice-alc.org (415) 351-9737 Jesus Chavez jchavez@centrolegal.org (559) 213-6841 Carol Vigne cvigne@legalaidatwork.org (510) 519-6543 Burma Superstar Workers Win $1.3 Million-Dollar Class Action Settlement ALAMEDA, CA (June 3, 2020) – The Alameda Superior Court entered judgment yesterday approving a $1.3 million class action settlement between current and former kitchen employees of […]

Media Contact: Sabrina Chin sabrinac@advancingjustice-alc.org   First Lawsuit for California Sanctuary Law Violation Filed  Against Daly City on Behalf of Jose Armando Escobar-Lopez    DALY CITY, CA (March 18, 2020) — Asian Law Caucus and Latham & Watkins LLP filed the first  lawsuit against the City of Daly City for multiple violations of California’s Sanctuary […]

MEDIA CONTACT Sabrina Chin sabrinac@advancingjustice-alc.org (415) 351-9737 No Muslim Ban Ever Coalition Condemns Trump Administration’s Expanded Muslim Ban   New Expansion of Discriminatory Policy Doubles Down Exclusion of Communities of Color   SAN FRANCISCO – The No Muslim Ban Ever campaign, a coalition of progressive, faith, immigrant, asylum, refugee and civil rights groups, denounces the Trump Administration’s […]