Guide for Immigrant Communities
Every day, Asian Law Caucus attorneys and advocates work side by side with our clients and their loved ones to protect people’s rights and keep families together. Find know-your-rights resources and guides from our team and partners.
Protecting Birthright Citizenship
Birthright citizenship is the most powerful tool for immigrant integration in U.S. history, allowing the children of immigrants, refugees from across the globe, and countless others to become full citizens. What we knew then and know today is that Trump's executive order was never just about immigrants — it's an attempt to redefine the Fourteenth Amendment.
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We provide confidential legal information, assistance, and referrals for low-income community members to help you understand your rights. In some cases, we offer free legal consultation and representation to community members on immigrant detention and deportation, housing, workers’ rights, and civil and constitutional rights.
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2022
For years, Valstock Management harassed elderly tenants in Chinatown with intimidation tactics and created a climate of fear. The tenants advocated for their rights and in 2022, they won settlement in a discrimination case to remain in their long-time, rent-controlled homes without harassment.
Our Work
2002
Amid the heightened anti-immigrant discrimination and scapegoating following 9/11, Bay Area Filipino airport screeners were treated as security risks based solely on their lawful non-citizenship status. ALC, Filipino Advocates for Justice, and other community groups helped them organize and fight for their jobs back.
News & Resources
1982
With other local organizations, we sued the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Services (the precursor to ICE) to stop illegal workplace raids in factories. As a result of the lawsuit, International Molders & Allied Workers Union Local 164 v. Nelson, the federal agency banned warrantless raids.
Issues
1972
In one of our earliest cases, Chann v. Scott, we defended Chinatown youth against the San Francisco Police Department’s racially discriminatory dragnets. The successful class action lawsuit solidified our role as the country’s first legal aid organization focused on serving low-income Asian Americans.
Our History