New York—Tomorrow, the civil rights group Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) and Lehman Brothers, the global investment bank, will sponsor an outreach event to educate Asian Americans about their legal rights and register new voters. Assistance will be provided in English, Cant...
Today, the Senate passed the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 (S. 2703), which would extend the Voting Rights Acts expiring provisions for twenty-five years, through 2032.
Margaret Fung, Executive Director of the Asian...
Statement by AALDEF Executive Director Margaret Fung
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) today expressed its disappointment with the announcement by the House Republican leadership to cancel a vote this week on reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act (H.R. 9, the Fannie Lo...
AALDEF Sends Nearly 1,000 Postcards from 15 States to Lead Officals
As the House of Representatives takes up Voting Rights Act legislation this week, 114 national and local Asian American and other civil rights organizations have endorsed a letter to Congress supporting bipartisan legislation to re...
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Golden Venture tells the story of four Fujianese immigrants who came to ...
On June 13, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) submitted to Congress a comprehensive report on the Voting Rights Act, in which it finds that voters continue to face pervasive racial discrimination, harassment, and institutional barriers in the electoral process.
AALDEFs re...
Calls on Congress to Renew Voting Rights Act Language Assistance and Other Key Provisions
Washington, DC—Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) executive director Margaret Fung will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee today, Tuesday, June 13th at 9:30 a.m., on the contin...
2005 Elections Data Includes Language Assistance, Party Enrollment, and Voting Barriers
In Fort Lee, NJ, days before the New Jersey primaries, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) today released the results of its exit poll of Asian American voters from the 2005 general elec...
New York Times, May 27, 2006
“…Mr. Sensenbrenner said he would continue to reject President Bush’s call for a compromise because he believed that the president, who supports a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, remained out of touch with the public.
…Other advocates for immigrants critici...
San Francisco Chronicle, May 26, 2006
“The Senate—including a majority of Republicans—voted resoundingly Wednesday to move toward passage of a sweeping overhaul of the country’s immigration laws.
The 73-25 procedural vote tested the strength of the Senate coalition backing a path to legalization f...
The convoluted debate in the Senate over comprehensive immigration reform has made one thing abundantly clear: we must oppose passage of the Hagel-Martinez bill (S. 2611).
The Hagel-Martinez bill is neither reform nor comprehensive policy for immigration. As we suspected, the political climate of t...
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund Families for Freedom Immigrant Communities in Action Make the Road by Walking
After almost two months of taking to the streets, it is clear that we, as immigrant communities, can be a relevant force in influencing the immigration debate. Unfortunately...
Dear AALDEF friends and supporters,
As you may know, the Senate is poised to pass immigration legislation that would radically alter our immigration system and deplete human rights standards in the process.
The content of the lead Senate bill, Hagel-Martinez (S. 2611), is inconsistent with AALDEF’...
Plan Completely Fails to Uphold Bold New Statutory Voter Rights to Remedy the Loss of Votes and Other Problems in Past Elections
Today in Albany, a group of voter-eligible citizens—which includes individuals with various disabilities and limited-English-proficient Asian American voters—joined a bro...
AALDEF To Discuss Legal Avenues for Individuals Coerced into Debt Bondage
New York—A teenage labor trafficking survivor from China will be able to stay in the U.S., attend public school, be reunited with her family, and receive work authorization after her petition for a T Visa was recently approve...
New York, NY—Seventy national and local Asian American and other civil rights organizations and advocates endorsed a letter to Congress supporting bipartisan legislation introduced today to renew the expiring provisions of the Voting Rights Act. The letter, circulated by the Asian American Legal Def...
Advocates Address Concerns in Immigration Reform Debate
New York—Thirty passengers from the freighter Golden Venture today called on President Bush to take action that would grant them permanent legal residence in the US. Their appeal comes 13 years after the ill-fated ship ran aground off New York...
New York—Undocumented immigrant workers, especially in the construction business, take a gamble every time they agree to a job because they are not guaranteed what most take for granted: workplace safety, minimum wage, overtime, or even prompt payment. But Mr. Xu, a construction worker from Queens, ...
Community Groups Release Findings on Working Conditions for Korean Immigrants in the New York Metropolitan Area
New York—Approximately three out of four Korean immigrant workers do not receive legally-mandated overtime pay if they are entitled to it, according to survey results released today by th...
