Asian pacific american legal center los angeles

Description:To ensure an AAPI voice in the immigration debate, Advancing Justice - LA has collected individual stories to demonstrate to the media and the larger public the significant impact that proposed policies would have on AAPI communities. Family Unity and the Immigration Backlogs highlighting family backlogs—which for some family categories are as long as 23 years—and the impact on Asian American communities and families. Through their poll monitoring efforts, Advancing Justice - LA and its volunteers enforce the Voting Rights Act , which protects limited English proficient voters at the polls and allows many of them to access translated voting materials or to use interpreters. Through direct services, impact litigation , policy advocacy, leadership development, and capacity building, Advancing Justice - LA focuses on the most vulnerable members of Asian American and NHPI communities while also building a strong voice for civil rights and social justice. Advancing Justice - LA is also noted for its interethnic relations and multiracial coalition building through youth, parent and community-focused leadership development programs, as well as its work in hate crimes prevention, race relations, and LGBT alliance building. Advancing Justice - LA also advocates through the courts and legislature on many issues, including:

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