The following letter was shared with DHS and ICE on January 12, 2016 denouncing the ICE Raids:
The following Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) organizations signed onto the letter:
(additional signers are also listed below)
Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO) | National |
Alliance of Filipinos for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment (AFIRE) | Chicago, IL |
API Resistance | Washington, DC |
APIs for Black Lives STL | St. Louis, MO |
APSA | Irvine, CA |
Asian American & Pacific Islander | National |
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago | Chicago, IL |
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA |
Asian Immigrant Women Advocates | Oakland/San Jose, CA |
Asian Law Alliance | San Jose, CA |
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance | Washington, D.C. |
Asian Pacific Americans for Action, Cornell University | Ithaca, NY |
Asian Pacific American Leadership Institute | California |
Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence | National |
Asian Prisoner Support Committee | Oakland, CA |
Asian Women’s Shelter | San Francisco, CA |
ASPIRE-Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA |
Chhaya CDC | Jackson Heights, NY |
Chinese for Affirmative Action | San Francisco, CA |
Coalition of API Americans Collaborating Together to Unite the Southwest (CAACTUS) | Regional – Southwest US |
Disciples Refugee and Immigration Ministries | National |
DRUM – Desis Rising Up & Moving | New York City, NY |
Fairfax County NAACP | Fairfax, VA |
Filipino Immigrant & Workers Organizing Project | Jersey City, NJ |
FIRE | Louisville, KY |
Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries | Fresno, CA |
GABRIELA D.C. | Washington, D.C. |
George Mason University – Women & Gender Studies | Fairfax, VA |
Green Party | Philadelphia, PA |
Healthy House Within a MATCH Coalition | Merced, CA |
Indo-American Center | Chicago, IL |
Korean American Coalition to End Domestic Abuse (KACEDA) | Oakland, CA |
Korean American Resource & Cultural Center (KRCC) | Chicago, IL |
Korean Resource Center (KRC) | Los Angeles, CA |
Lao American Association | Scranton, PA |
Los Angeles Immigrant Youth Coalition | Los Angeles, CA |
Los Angeles-Immigrant Youth Coalition | California |
MEChA de Northwestern | Evanston, IL |
Midwest Asian American Students Organization | National |
Midwest Asian American Students Union | National |
NA | Boston, MA |
National Korean American Service and Education Consortium (NAKASEC) | National |
National Alliance for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON) | National |
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum | National |
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association | National |
Northwestern University Asian Pacific American Coalition | Evanston, IL |
National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA) | National |
NU APAC | Evanston, IL |
Office of Immigration – Archdiocese of Chicago and Interfaith Committee for Deporting Immigrants | Chicago, IL |
OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates | National |
Philadelphia South Asian Collective | Philadelphia, PA |
RadAsians | Chapel Hill, NC |
Radical Asian Alliance (RadAsians) | Chapel Hill, NC |
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC) | National |
South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) | Monroe Township |
South Asian American Policy & Research Institute | Chicago, IL |
Southeast Asian Coalition (SEAC) | Charlotte, NC |
South Asian Network | Artesia, CA |
Trikone Northwest | Seattle, WA |
University of San Francisco Immigration and Deportation Defense Clinic | San Francisco, CA |
Vietnamese Social Services of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN |
Washington Dream Coalition | Seattle, WA |
18 Million Rising | National |
And a special thank to you additional organizations that have signed on.
- Gay Asian and Pacific Islander Men of New York (GAPIMNY), New York City, NY
- National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) Boston, Boston, MA
- Queer Asian Pacific-Islander Alliance, Jamaica Plain, MA
- United Students Against Sweatshops, Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
- Asian American Coalition, Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
- Apna Ghar, Inc. (Our Home), Chicago, IL
- Gay Asian and Pacific Islander Men of New York (GAPIMNY), New York, NY
- Asian American Resource Workshop, Boston, MA
- Philadelphia Progressive South Asian Collective, Philadelphia, PA
- Frente Indígena de Organizaciones Binacionales (FIOB), California
- May First Coalition for Immigrants Rights, Fresno, CA
- Korean Community Center of the East Bay, Oakland, CA
- Services, Immigrant Rights, and Education Network (SIREN), San Jose, CA
- Asian Pacific American Coalition at Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
- National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development, National
Additionally, we ask all organizations and individuals to join the thunderclap led by We Belong Together, asking President Obama to stop the ICE Raids during Obama’s last State of the Union speech. Please see below for sample tweets from We Belong Together.
- Tell @POTUS to #Stoptheraids on immigrant women & families. Join our #SOTU Thunderclap: http://bit.ly/sotu_thunderclap
- Violence begins w/ words & ends w/ leadership. Tell @POTUS no more violent #immigrationraids on #refugees #SOTU http://bit.ly/sotu_thunderclap
- Kids belong safe at home, not torn from bed at 4am. Join the #SOTU Thunderclap to tell Pres. Obama to #Stoptheraids http://bit.ly/sotu_thunderclap
- Join our #SOTU Thunderclap to urge @POTUS to end the #immigrationraids on women & kids: http://bit.ly/sotu_thunderclap
- Just hours left 2 join #SOTU Thunderclap 2 end violent raids against #refugees: http://bit.ly/sotu_thunderclap pic.twitter.com/g0RuNum2ci
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The National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC) was founded in 1994 by local community centers to project a progressive voice and promote the full participation of Korean Americans on major social justice issues. NAKASEC maintains offices in Annandale, Virginia and Los Angeles, California. NAKASEC has affiliates in Chicago (Korean American Resource & Cultural Center) and Los Angeles and Orange County (Korean Resource Center).
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