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07.11.2019
President Trump Backs Down From Adding 2020 Census Citizenship Question
Defeating the citizenship question on the 2020 Census means that our communities can and will be visible in this census. Advancing Justice is committed to getting our community to participate and getting a fair and accurate count of AANHPI communities
Read MoreAP: Trump Administration Plans Immigration Enforcement Operation
Sophia Tareen and Colleen Long of the Associated Press covered the community response to the Trump Administration’s plan to ramp up deportations.
Read More07.08.2019
CLTV Politics Tonight interview with Andy Kang
Advancing Justice | Chicago’s Executive Director Andy Kang appeared on CLTV’s Politics Tonight with Paul Lisnek to talk about the Trump Administration’s efforts to add a “citizenship question” to the 2020 Census
Read MoreFrom Our Leaders
"I’ve really enjoyed being with Advancing Justice | Chicago because it’s a group that wants to change things … It’s really good to be able to be in community and organize and fight for each other."
— Tia, A Just Chi leader