For many LGBTQ+ individuals, the month of June is a time to celebrate and reflect on the journey towards embracing their authentic selves. Love and acceptance, which are at the heart of these celebrations, sometimes make it easy to forget that not every LGBTQ+ person is lucky enough to live safely after coming out.
Read MoreTNJFON staff continues to advocate for the Afghan Adjustment Act in meetings with legislators and presentations to the community. For the representatives in Congress, this is simply another bargaining chip and talking point, but for Afghan evacuees, it’s their lives. We owe it to our new neighbors to do the right thing.
Read MoreLast Tuesday, the Biden administration released a notice of proposed rulemaking detailing new immigration regulations that amount to an asylum ban at the US-Mexico border. While the Biden administration has attempted to distinguish its asylum ban from Trump’s policies, it still has the same effect: denying asylum seekers lifesaving protection in the United States. Right now, the asylum ban is still a proposal. We have just 30 days to submit public comments urging the administration to reverse course.
Read MoreAs we close out Black history month with a discriminatory asylum ban on the horizon, it’s time for the immigration justice movement to bring an intentional focus to racial justice. For Black immigrants, the criminalization of Blackness and the criminalization of immigration intersect with dire consequences.
Read MoreThis month TNJFON staff members Hashmatullah Azizi, Hannah Smalley, and Meagan Lombardi joined other advocates in meetings with aides to Senator Bill Hagerty and Senator Marsha Blackburn to push for passage of the Afghan Adjustment Act. Introduced on August 9, 2022, the legislation would provide a path to permanent legal residency to Afghans admitted under humanitarian parole. This would keep many Afghans from dealing with the arduous, often traumatizing, process of applying for asylum.
Read MoreOne year has passed since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, but tens of thousands of Afghan evacuees in the United States remain in legal limbo without a clear path to legal permanent residency. TNJFON, along with the national Justice for Our Neighbors network, calls on Congress to pass the Afghan Adjustment Act.
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