WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Kenneth C. Tejada, staff attorney at the Asian Law Alliance, San Jose, California, has issued a public comment on the Department of Housing and Urban Development's proposed rule entitled "Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing". The comment was written on March 13, 2020, and posted on March 17, 2020: * * * Santa Clara County Asian Law Alliance is a nonprofit, community-based organization representing low-income clients in Santa Clara County. We strongly oppose the propos  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Interfaith Immigration Coalition issued the following news on March 16: March 17 is the anniversary of implementation of the Refugee Act of 1980. After forty years of history and leadership in humanitarian protection, the Trump administration has dismantled the U.S. asylum and refugee programs. Faith leaders decry this deterioration of our proud tradition of offering welcome and a safe home to the world's persecuted. The Refugee Act of 1980 set out our modern syste  more