AAPI groups blast use of Alien Enemies Act for deportations
Despite a federal judge’s order blocking the use of the Alien Enemies Act, the Trump administration proceeded with the deportation of 300 Venezuelans this weekend, reports USA Today.
AAARI
Job Op – Dean (Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY)
Reporting to the Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs of Queens College, AAARI (Asian American/Asian Research Institute) is a CUNY-wide Institute whose mission is to facilitate and disseminate research, scholarship, and educational materials on issues that are relevant to Asia, Asian America, and other Asian diasporas, including timely concerns pertaining to New York’s … Read more
2025 AAARI Symposium Call for Proposals – Healing During Uncertainty: Asian American Mental Health
We invite students, scholars, and/or practitioners, within and outside of CUNY, to share their innovative research and creative works, pedagogical projects, programmatic efforts, models for organizing and activism, and other activities at CUNY that address critical issues in Asian American studies and/or communities.
Atlanta spa victims honored. Commemorations planned
Members of the Asian American and Pacific Islander Caucus and community leaders in Atlanta paused Thursday to remember the eight people killed in the spa shooting four years ago.
JACL condemns Trump erasure of 442nd and 100th Infantry Battalion
“The 100th and 442nd remain the most decorated military units in U.S. history for their size and length of service,” the Japanese American Citizens League said in a statement.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal introduces bill to impede Trump’s undocumented immigrant registry
The bill would repeal the Alien Registration Act of 1940, which paved the way for the forced incarceration of people of Japanese descent in the U.S. Trump cited it as the basis for his registry.