Our teams work with clients, community partners, and other organizations to engage local, state, and national media. Through this work, we emphasize narratives that reimagine who are experts on immigrant justice, economic security, and a stronger democracy and encourage policymakers and other advocates to join us in campaigns for systemic change.
POLITICO: AAPI groups mobilize to block research security amendment from CHIPS package
Nearly three dozen AAPI, immigration and civil rights advocacy groups, led by the Asian Law Caucus, convinced Congressional leadership to reject a discriminatory amendment.
Learn MorePrism: How anti-Asian hate crimes are connected to state-sanctioned violence
"The “perpetual foreigner” stereotype, or when Asian Americans are seen as outsiders, is often the basis of vitriol against Asian Americans by both individuals and the state."
ReadCalmatters: To fight wage theft California gets strong assist from worker centers
“The money you get from the settlement, that’s not going to last forever, but a job where you can feel like you have a little bit more dignity, and … you can get home in time to see your kids because you’re no longer being forced to work overtime without overtime pay — that lasts.”
ReadSF Chronicle: Settlement bans ICE from using private contractors to arrest immigrants being released from California jails or prisons
A new settlement agreement prevents U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from illegally using a third-party contractor, G4S Secure Solutions, Inc., to arrest people at jails and prisons to funnel them into the deportation pipeline.
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