AAPI Advocates Call for Immigration Reform

Sunday, 08. 16. 2009  –  Category: Immigration Reform, Recent Activity

On Monday August 17th, at 11AM in Unity Park in Historic Filipinotown, APALC will host a press conference to launch the National Asian and Pacific Islander (API) Week of Action. The press will hear testimony from community leaders and members about the devastating impact that the immigration system has had on API families. Advocates will discuss the need for immigration reform and its likelihood in the 111th Congress. A simultaneous press event will be held in San Francisco and hosted by the Asian Law Caucus.

While the national media focus is on partisan battles over health care, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are also gearing up for the big battle over immigration reform. The API community is one of the fastest growing immigrant groups in the U.S. with more than 15 million API immigrants living here, of which 1.2 million are undocumented. Reacting to President Obama’s recent statements that immigration will have to wait until 2010, a coalition of community and legal groups are holding a press conference to inform the media about the devastating impact the immigration system has on API communities. This press conference is part of a nationwide campaign for immigration reform.

WHEN: Monday August 17, at 11AM

WHERE:   Unity Park – BeverlyUnion Park, Historic Filipinotown

1660 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026

(Located at Beverly Blvd. & Union Ave)

WHO: Speakers and Participants include:

Stewart Kwoh, Asian Pacific American Legal Center

Sara Pol Lim, United Cambodian Community

Sherwin Shakramy, Filipino American Service Group, Inc.

Brian Hui, Tongan Community Center

Junghee Lee, Korean Resource Center

Eileen Ma, API Equality-LA

Tamia Pervez, South Asian Network

Tom Hayashi, Organization of Chinese Americans

Aquilina Soriano, Pilipino Workers’ Center

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One Response to “AAPI Advocates Call for Immigration Reform”

  1. Johnny Zokovitch Says:
    August 17th, 2009 at 1:30 pm

    Thanks for this press release and much luck during your week of action. Pax Christi USA, the national Catholic peace movement, is featuring this release on our homepage (Under “The Press Room”, links to articles on the left-hand bottom corner of the homepage). We’ll also send the link out this week on our email network to about 20,000 Catholic activists.

    Thanks,
    Johnny Zokovitch
    Director of Communications, Pax Christi USA

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