Campaign for Justice – Extended to the end of October

Help APALRC raise $30,000

We are half way there! Please donate now so that we can reach our goal! APALRC has extended the Campaign for Justice to the end of the month. By making a donation between now and October 31, 2018, the APALRC will receive a dollar-for-dollar match up to $15,000.  We hope you will donate today so that the APALRC can continue to provide much needed civil legal services to the Asian Pacific Islander community.

https://fundly.com/campaign-for-justice-3

Looking for ways to support immigrants in the D.C. metropolitan area?  Passionate about ensuring that low-income immigrants have access to free critical legal services?  We hope you will consider donating to the Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center (APALRC), the only legal services organization in the D.C. metropolitan area dedicated to providing linguistically and culturally appropriate legal services to the local low-income Asian Pacific Islander population.  Over the past two decades, the APALRC has helped victims of domestic violence obtain orders of protection, custody of their children and relief under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), assisted lawful permanent residents become U.S. citizens, filed petitions for U and T visas on behalf of victims of crime and trafficking, advocated for the preservation of ethnic neighborhoods and low-income housing in D.C., and provided assistance to D.C. crime victims in obtaining victim compensation and other civil relief.

Become a U.S. Citizen – Free Workshop in Annandale, VA

June 30, 2018

The APALRC legal team and trained volunteers will assist participants with completing their naturalization applications (Form N-400) June 30 from 10:00-2:00 at the George Mason Regional Library, 7001 Little River Tpke, Annandale, Virginia 22003. 

There is no charge for assistance available through the workshop, which is open to all. For additional information, please call the APALRC at (202) 393-3572 or register online via this link.
https://goo.gl/forms/4b3fW2ZMu1s9hukM2

Assistance will be available in Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Spanish and English. Please call to register in advance to ensure an interpreter will be available in your language.

For more information about becoming a citizen, please visit https://www.apalrc.org/citizenship-guide/

Citizenship Workshop

The APALRC legal team in partnership with the South Asian Bar Association of D.C. and Asian Americans Advancing Justice|AAJC will assist participants with completing their naturalization applications (Form N-400) on May 19, 2018 from 10:00-2:00 at 2 locations – White Oak Community Center in Silver Spring, Maryland and Marshall Road Elementary School in Vienna, Virginia.

There is no charge for assistance available through the workshop, which is open to all. For additional information, please call the APALRC at (202) 393-3572 or register online via this link.
https://goo.gl/forms/4b3fW2ZMu1s9hukM2

Assistance will be available in Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Spanish and English. Please call to register in advance to ensure an interpreter will be available in your language.

For more information about becoming a citizen, please visit 

https://www.apalrc.org/citizenship-guide/

DACA Update

Sau lệnh của Tòa án Liên bang vào ngày 9 tháng 1 năm 2018, Dịch vụ Di trú và Nhập tịch Hoa Kỳ (USCIS) tiếp tục chấp nhận đơn xin gia hạn DACA theo các nguyên tắc nhất định. Những hướng dẫn này được liệt kê trên trang web của USCIS vào ngày 13 tháng 1 năm 2018. Nếu quý vị đáp ứng các tiêu chuẩn sau, chúng tôi khuyến khích quý vị liên lạc với luật sư càng sớm càng tốt để thảo luận về trường hợp của quý vị.

 

  • Nếu quý vị đã nhận được DACA trước đây và DACA của quý vị đã hết hạn vào hoặc sau ngày 5 tháng 9 năm 2016: quý vị có thể gửi yêu cầu gia hạn
  • Nếu DACA của quý vị hết hạn hoặc đã bị chấm dứt trước ngày 5 tháng 9 năm 2016, quý vị có thể nộp đơn yêu cầu gia hạn, nhưng quý vị phải điền đơn và nộp bằng chứng như khi quý vị đang xin cấp lần đầu tiên
  • USCIS không nhận yêu cầu từ những cá nhân chưa bao giờ được cấp DACA. USCIS sẽ không nhận hoặc chấp thuận các yêu cầu tạm tha tạm ứng từ người nhận DACA.

Nếu quý vị có bất cứ thắc mắc nào, vui lòng liên lạc với APALRC theo số (202) 393-3572 (Trung Quốc số 18, Nam Á số 19, người Việt Nam số 20, người Hàn Quốc số 21, tiếng Anh 22)

The APALRC response to Executive Orders

January 31, 2017

By this point, most of you have heard about the actions taken under the auspices of anti-immigrant Executive Orders over the weekend regarding the travel ban against people from several predominantly Muslim countries in the Middle East and Africa who should otherwise be lawfully admitted into the United States as visa holders or lawful permanent residents.

The Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center unequivocally condemns the actions taken by the administration against people who have every right to enter the United States and fully agrees with the statements made by NAPABA and SABA in condemning the Executive Orders, especially in that these Orders “represent a rejection of our core values as a country.”

If you or someone you know has been personally affected this, please do not hesitate to contact the Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center at (202) 393-3572, ext. 22. Even if we cannot represent you directly, we will do our best to find you an attorney who can take your case.

 

Press Releases

National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) and the South Asian Bar Association of North America (SABA)  http://www.napaba.org/…/NAPABA-and-SABA-Condemn-Anti-Immigr…

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) https://cliniclegal.org/news/immigration-orders-weaken-core-american…

 

Resources

Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) – Know Your Rights Guide for Those Denied Entry at the Airport

National Immigration Project – Tools to Defend Your Rights

Immigration Legal Resource Center – Know Your Rights and What Immigrant Families Should Do Now

Gilchrist  Immigrant Resource Center – Community Guide for Immigrant Residents of Montgomery County, MD