Immigration recap: Advancing Justice submits testimony to House Judiciary Committee
This week, immigration reform was again center stage when the U.S. House of Representatives conducted a Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday entitled, "America's Immigration System: Opportunities for Legal Immigration and Enforcement of Laws Against Illegal Immigration." Witness after witness spoke about the need to toughen programs that hasten the removal of immigrants.
Virtually absent from the discourse was the harmful impact that immigration enforcement has already had in tearing apart American families through deportations. What's more, little attention was offered to the central pieces of immigration reform, namely providing access to citizenship to the 11 million undocumented immigrants and fixing the family immigration backlogs that keep families separated for decades.
 On behalf of the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, the Asian Law Caucus and our D.C. affiliate, the Asian American Justice Center, submitted testimony to the House Judiciary Committee addressing these issues. You can find ALC's statement here and AAJC's letter here.
We look forward to providing you further details as the weeks and months unfold. For more information, please contact Christopher Punongbayan at chrisp@asianlawcaucus.org or 415-848-7723.
Photo credit: Natalie Gee
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About the Asian Law Caucus
The Asian Law Caucus was founded in 1972 as the nation's first legal and civil rights Asian American organization. Recognizing that social, economic, political and racial inequalities continue to exist in the United States, ALC is committed to the pursuit of equality and justice for all sectors of our society, with a specific focus directed toward addressing the needs of low-income, immigrant and underserved Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. The Asian Law Caucus is a member of the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice.
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