Advocacy

RE: REQUEST FOR INVESTIGATION OF RACIALLY DISPARATE DECISIONS REGARDING THE USE OF TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS

Submitted by Assefash on Thu, 05/12/2022 - 15:32

May 11, 2021

 

President Joseph R. Biden

The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW 

Washington, D.C. 20500

 

RE: REQUEST FOR INVESTIGATION OF RACIALLY DISPARATE DECISIONS REGARDING THE USE OF TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS

 

Dear President Biden:

 

COALITION OF 100+ ADVOCATES CALL FOR TPS FOR CAMEROON

Submitted by Assefash on Thu, 02/17/2022 - 09:02

This Black History Month, it is time for the Biden Administration to extend necessary humanitarian protection to Black immigrants

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 17, 2022

CONTACT: Lora Adams, lora@masadc.com 

 

AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS CELEBRATE WIN IN DIVERSITY VISA LAWSUIT

Submitted by Assefash on Sat, 02/05/2022 - 16:27

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

February 5, 2022 

Contact: Assefash Makonnen, African Communities Together, assefash@africans.us

AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS CELEBRATE WIN IN DIVERSITY VISA LAWSUIT

Rule slashed applications for legal migration slots, especially from Africa

RE: ELIMINATE OR EXTEND THE DEADLINE OF THE LIBERIAN REFUGEE IMMIGRATION FAIRNESS PROGRAM

Submitted by Assefash on Mon, 12/20/2021 - 14:25

RE: ELIMINATE OR EXTEND THE DEADLINE OF THE LIBERIAN REFUGEE
IMMIGRATION FAIRNESS PROGRAM

Dear Senate Majority Leader Schumer, Senate Minority Leader McConnell, Speaker of the House Pelosi,
House Majority Leader Hoyer, and House Minority Leader McCarthy,

CONGRESS MUST DISREGARD THE PARLIAMENTARIAN AND PROVIDE GREEN CARDS IN BBB

Submitted by Assefash on Mon, 12/20/2021 - 13:51

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 17, 2021

CONTACT
Noor Mir, noor@dcactionlab.com

CONGRESS MUST DISREGARD THE PARLIAMENTARIAN AND PROVIDE GREEN CARDS IN BBB
Communities United for Status and Protection (CUSP) Continues to Urge the Senate to Disregard the Parliamentarian and Provide Green Cards to Millions
 

ACT joins Black immigrant orgs in filing complaint against The WRAP

Submitted by Assefash on Mon, 10/18/2021 - 11:04

On October 13, the Texas A&M University School of Law's Immigrant Rights Clinic with 6 co-signature organizations, filed a new civil rights and civil liberties complaint that implicates ICE in the use of an FDA-registered medical device and human restraint (The WRAP) to threaten, coerce, and punish asylum seekers. 

Read the complaint here. 

Letter to VP Harris: Deliver Green Cards for Immigrant Communities

Submitted by Assefash on Thu, 10/14/2021 - 10:47

On Wednesday, October 13th, 2021, Communities United for Status and Protection held a press conference and action calling on leadership to deliver Green Cards for over 40,000 TPS holders. 

As a follow up, Executive Directors of Adhikaar, African Communities Together, Haitian Bridge Alliance, Naitonal Network for Arab American Communities, and The UndocuBlack Network sent a letter to Vice President Harris on behalf of the communities that we represent. Our communities demand citizenship. The moment is now.

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