Asian Law Caucus
@asianlawcaucus.org
The nation's oldest legal and civil rights organization serving low-income Asian, Pacific Islander, and immigrant communities.
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· Feb 11
Asian Law Caucus
The Asian Law Caucus connects community movement building, litigation, and policy advocacy to fight for immigrant justice, economic security, and a stronger democracy.
www.asianlawcaucus.org
Hi there! We are the nation’s first Asian American legal and civil rights organization.
We bring together legal services, community empowerment, and policy advocacy to fight for immigrant justice, economic security, and a multiracial democracy.
Learn more & give us a follow: www.asianlawcaucus.org
We bring together legal services, community empowerment, and policy advocacy to fight for immigrant justice, economic security, and a multiracial democracy.
Learn more & give us a follow: www.asianlawcaucus.org
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
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
December 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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
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...
Our new resource page provides general information explaining the new USCIS policy: www.asianlawcaucus.org/news-resourc...
Understanding the USCIS Pause on Asylum and Certain Immigration Applications
In Dec. 2025, the Trump administration placed a hold on all asylum applications and is pausing green card and other immigration applications filed by individuals from ‘Travel Ban’ countries.
www.asianlawcaucus.org
December 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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...
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...
www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n...
This refugee's family faced persecution in Bhutan. Now, he could be deported there
Mohan Karki's family and others with Nepali ancestry were persecuted and driven out of Bhutan in the 1990s. Karki himself was born in a refugee camp in nearby Nepal. Yet, the U.S. government claims he...
www.npr.org
December 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
" 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...
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...
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
'We may be deporting the wrong people': New poll shows doubts about immigration crackdown
A new poll shared exclusively with CalMatters adds to a slate of recent surveys suggesting Californians’ support is waning for Trump’s harshest immigration enforcement policies.
calmatters.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
"[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...
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
Register for the Zoom meeting at: bit.ly/catruckers-kyr
December 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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
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
Our communities are seeking accountability after ICE targets beloved community members for deportation to Bhutan, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam.
bit.ly/sea-foia
Asian American refugee communities and Asian Law Caucus sue DHS, State Department to demand answers on deportation practices
Through this lawsuit, Asian Refugees United and Asian Law Caucus seek documents that will support the legal advocacy necessary to prevent the detention of refugee community members.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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
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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🎧️ NEW on the Solidarity Is This podcast!
In this episode with co-host @deepaiyer.bsky.social, @jamieberan.bsky.social from @bendthearc.bsky.social shares messaging and practices that build solidarity within and outside Jewish communities.
Show & notes here: www.solidarityis.org/podcast-epis...
In this episode with co-host @deepaiyer.bsky.social, @jamieberan.bsky.social from @bendthearc.bsky.social shares messaging and practices that build solidarity within and outside Jewish communities.
Show & notes here: www.solidarityis.org/podcast-epis...
November 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🎧️ NEW on the Solidarity Is This podcast!
In this episode with co-host @deepaiyer.bsky.social, @jamieberan.bsky.social from @bendthearc.bsky.social shares messaging and practices that build solidarity within and outside Jewish communities.
Show & notes here: www.solidarityis.org/podcast-epis...
In this episode with co-host @deepaiyer.bsky.social, @jamieberan.bsky.social from @bendthearc.bsky.social shares messaging and practices that build solidarity within and outside Jewish communities.
Show & notes here: www.solidarityis.org/podcast-epis...
"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...
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
ICE opened a detention center in a former California prison. Detainees are suing over conditions inside
Immigrants in California's newest ICE detention center allege they're experiencing inhumane conditions and that they're not getting access to lawyers. Until recently, the site was a state prison.
calmatters.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
"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...
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...
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Immigrant detainees say they were harassed, sexually assaulted by guard who got promoted
In at least three complaints, an employee with the private prison giant GEO Group has been accused of sexual assault and harassment. A Homeland Security official said the allegations were investigated...
www.latimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"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...
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...
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Immigrant detainees say they were harassed, sexually assaulted by guard who got promoted
In at least three complaints, an employee with the private prison giant GEO Group has been accused of sexual assault and harassment. A Homeland Security official said the allegations were investigated...
www.latimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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...
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
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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
Saturday, Oct. 18 | 3-6pm
🎟️ bit.ly/olos-opening
About the project: bit.ly/exhibit-olos
October 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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
Saturday, Oct. 18 | 3-6pm
🎟️ bit.ly/olos-opening
About the project: bit.ly/exhibit-olos
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
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
October 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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
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
Saturday, Oct. 18 | 3-6pm
🎟️ bit.ly/olos-opening
About the project: bit.ly/exhibit-olos
October 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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
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...
Read about the lawsuit we filed with partners to block IRS & SSA from sharing taxpayer information with ICE:
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Lawsuit aims to stop taxpayer information sharing with ICE
Immigrants without legal status paid nearly $650 million in Massachusetts’ state and local taxes in 2022. Advocates question if ICE actions have contributed to fewer immigrants applying for taxpayer n...
www.wgbh.org
October 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"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...
Read about the lawsuit we filed with partners to block IRS & SSA from sharing taxpayer information with ICE:
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
"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...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump’s Ice raids recall a painful past for these Americans: ‘I see myself in those children’
Survivors of previous eras of xenophobia say the harms done have lasted generations – and what’s happening now threatens to do the same
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
"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...
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
Our new report with recommendations: bit.ly/forgingahead-report
September 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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
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
Sign up at: bit.ly/aapiforceef-teachin
August 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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
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...
“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...
The Metro: Expunged on paper, not in court. A Hmong dad’s detention in Michigan - WDET 101.9 FM
A Hmong father of six is in ICE custody at Michigan’s newly reopened North Lake facility. Here’s why expungement didn’t protect him—and what happens next.
wdet.org
August 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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...
“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
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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...
Camalah's Story: The Need for Arabic Ballots
Camalah Saleh is a first-generation Yemeni immigrant who lives in Fresno County, California who holds the responsibility of translating the ballot for her father…
vimeo.com
August 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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...
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 this August as we commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act, and spotlight the ongoing movement for language justice and inclusion in our U.S. Democracy.
Use this link to register🔗: bit.ly/Section203at50
Use this link to register🔗: bit.ly/Section203at50
July 21, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Join us this August as we commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act, and spotlight the ongoing movement for language justice and inclusion in our U.S. Democracy.
Use this link to register🔗: bit.ly/Section203at50
Use this link to register🔗: bit.ly/Section203at50
Join us in Sacramento on August 26! Travel scholarships are available.
Register at: bit.ly/Section203at50
Register at: bit.ly/Section203at50
August 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Join us in Sacramento on August 26! Travel scholarships are available.
Register at: bit.ly/Section203at50
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...
"Government deception is one throughline connecting the current and most recent invocations of the Alien Enemies Act"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How an 18th-century law enabled internment – and may do so again
Descendants of Japanese internees warn that Trump’s revival of the Alien Enemies Act could open the door to new abuses
www.theguardian.com
August 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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...
"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...
Read Mohan's story & support the campaign to keep him home: bit.ly/bringmohanhomeGFM
www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...
'This community is stateless': Advocates fight deportation of Columbus Bhutanese-Nepali man
Mohan Karki, 32, an immigrant of Nepal, was detained April 8 for criminal conviction when he was 17. His family is fighting to keep him in America.
www.dispatch.com
July 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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...
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 fear [of deportation] has re-traumatized our community members who went through a series of displacement...'
www.npr.org/2025/07/16/g...
A refugee deported to Bhutan by the U.S. finds himself stranded and stateless
Once deported to Bhutan, some Nepali-speaking Bhutanese refugees say they are told to leave. Many have since disappeared, while others are homeless and stateless, according to immigration advocates.
www.npr.org
July 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"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 fear [of deportation] has re-traumatized our community members who went through a series of displacement...'
www.npr.org/2025/07/16/g...