Submitted by Assefash on Tue, 02/09/2021 - 13:08
Submitted by Assefash on Wed, 02/03/2021 - 15:37
We joined 100 orgs in a letter to President Biden asking that the administration immediately end the misuse of Title 42 public health authority that illegally and inhumanely expels asylum seekers and migrants at the border.
READ THE LETTER HERE.
Submitted by Assefash on Wed, 02/03/2021 - 14:04
Policy Recommendations and Priorities for the First 100 Days and Beyond
For policy inquiries, please contact:
Guerline Jozef, Executive Director of the Haitian Bridge Alliance at guerline.jozef@gmail.com
Haddy Gassama, Policy and Advocacy Coordinator at UndocuBlack Network at haddy@undocublack.org
Mustafa Jumale, Founder of Black Immigrant Collective at mustafajumale@gmail.com
Submitted by Assefash on Wed, 01/27/2021 - 10:51
DED provides work permits and protection from deportation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 21, 2021
Press contacts: Assefash Makonnen, African Communities Together,
assefash@africans.us and Bethelhem Teame Negash, UndocuBlack Network,
bethelhem@undocublack.org.
Submitted by Assefash on Tue, 01/26/2021 - 11:00
January 22, 2021
The Honorable Chuck Schumer Majority Leader
United States Senate
U.S. Capitol Building Washington, D.C. 20510
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi
Speaker of the House
United States House of Representatives U.S. Capitol Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Majority Leader Schumer and Speaker Pelosi,
Submitted by Assefash on Mon, 01/18/2021 - 11:38
November 25, 2020
The LRIF Strategy Group sent the Biden-Harris transition a set of recommendations for the new administration’s First 100 Days. Read the recommendations here.
Submitted by Assefash on Mon, 01/18/2021 - 11:38
December 5, 2020
African Communities Together was quoted in Rep. Grace Meng’s press release announcing the letter she sent to the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention objecting to the requirement that states collect and share personal identification information of COVID-19 vaccine recipients. See the press release here.
Submitted by Assefash on Mon, 01/18/2021 - 11:37
December 18, 2020
African Communities Together joined the No Muslim Ban Ever campaign, the Value Our Families campaign and several national, state and local organizations, in sending a letter to President-Elect Joe Biden to thank him for his commitment to rescind every iteration of the Muslim Ban, including the African Ban, on Day One and to urge him to expeditiously rescind related bans and Executive Orders. See the letter here.
Submitted by Assefash on Mon, 01/18/2021 - 11:34
December 28, 2020
Yesterday, the President signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 which contained an extension of the Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness program. Following several months of advocacy, this is yet another victory for the Liberian community. Eligible Liberians now have an additional year to file for their green cards. The new deadline is now December 20, 2021. See our press release here.
Submitted by Assefash on Mon, 01/18/2021 - 11:33
January 14, 2021
African Communities Together joined over 40 organizations in urging the Biden-Harris Administration to take immediate action to halt the Trump Administration’s denaturalization apparatus. In 2017 and 2018, the Trump Administration filed double the average number of denaturalization cases filed in the prior 12 years with apparent targeting of people of color and Muslims. See the letter here.
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