African Communities Together (ACT) is seeking a law student in the class of 2020 or a recent law school graduate who has not held a full-time, permanent public interest attorney position to jointly apply for an Equal Justice Works Fellowship starting in the fall of 2021.
Please see the announcement for more information and how to apply.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 20, 2019
BLACK IMMIGRANT ORGANIZATIONS AND CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS APPLAUD THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT’S PATHWAY TO PERMANENT RESIDENCY FOR LIBERIAN IMMIGRANTS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 13, 2019
Contact:
Assefash Makonnen, African Communities Together
1 (646) 504-6103; assefash@africans.us
Brian Erickson (Camino PR), UndocuBlack Network
1 (631) 459-2173; brian@caminopr.com
BLACK IMMIGRANT ORGANIZATIONS APPLAUD CONGRESSIONAL MOVE TOWARDS PROVIDING LIBERIAN IMMIGRANTS WITH IMMEDIATE PATH TO PERMANENT STATUS
For Immediate Release
'IT IS NOW LAW' BLACK IMMIGRANT ORGANIZATIONS AND CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS APPLAUD THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT’S PATHWAY TO PERMANENT RESIDENCY FOR LIBERIAN IMMIGRANTS
September 24, 2019
Contact:
Assefash Makonnen, African Communities Together, assefash@africans.us
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For Immediate Release Thursday, June 20, 2019
Press Contact: Assefash Makonnen
March 28th, 2019
For Immediate Release
Contact: assefash@africans.us, nekessa@undocublack.org
Joint Statement on the Liberian DED lawsuit, African Communities Together v. Trump:
Hearing on preliminary injunction and other updates
African Communities Together Supports
Modernizing New York’s Deceptive Practices Act (GBL § 349)
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Lawyers for Civil Rights jointly filed a lawsuit today challenging President Donald Trump’s termination of humanitarian protection and relief for immigrants from Liberia. The lawsuit, the first of its kind in the country, was filed on behalf of African Communities Together (ACT), the UndocuBlack Network, and fifteen affected individuals, including Liberians raising U.S. citizen children. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
The lawsuit challenges President Trump’s March 27, 2018 decision to terminate Deferred Enforcement Departure (DED), a life-saving immigration program, marshalling evidence of discrimination based on race, ethnicity, and/or national origin in violation of the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
Have you heard the recording going around African social media from a worker at JFK Airport?
The anonymous worker describes seeing a traveler at the airport having her green card taken away, allegedly for receiving public benefits. Can this really happen?
ACT Executive Director and immigration attorney Amaha Kassa addresses the rumors and explains the legal information you need if you are a green card holder who's preparing to travel.
