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Trump’s Expanded Travel Ban Means More Families Torn Apart: Statement from Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Diego, CA – June 5, 2025– The Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans (PANA) strongly condemns the Trump Administration’s new iteration of the discriminatory travel ban that targets Muslims and other Black and Brown communities. While the Trump Administration had implemented multiple versions of the

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In Defense of Our Communities

Dear Friends, We have witnessed firsthand the cruelty of past policies targeting our communities, and we refuse to let such injustices resurface unchallenged. As we have done before, we will double down on our efforts to respond swiftly to any attempts to codify xenophobia, criminalize those seeking safety, or further

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Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans (PANA) Condemns President Biden's Asylum Ban

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans (PANA) Condemns President Biden's Asylum Ban San Diego, CA – June 4, 2024 – The Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans (PANA) strongly condemns President Biden's recent Asylum Ban. This dangerous policy jeopardizes the lives of asylum

Civil Rights Groups to White House: Discriminatory ‘National Security’ Policies Must End

New Memorandum from Leading Civil Rights Advocates Documents the Most Egregious Federal Programs that Surveil, Profile, and Criminalize Black, African, Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian Communities Twenty Years after President Bush Announced the “War on Terror,” Civil Rights Organizations Call on Biden Administration to Dismantle Unjust and Unconstitutional

Newsom Pledges $37 Million For Afghanistan Refugee Crisis

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Afghan-American Coalition Releases Call to Action for U.S. Government Assistance to Afghanistan

PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 17, 2021 Media Contact: Homayra Yusufi, homayra@panasd.org, (619) 363-6948 afghanamericancoalition@gmail.com August 17, 2021 -- Decades of conflict and the execution of the U.S. military withdrawal in Afghanistan have all contributed to this worsening humanitarian catastrophe. The Afghan-American Coalition,

Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer Proposes Immigrant Legal Defense Program

Biden Turns His Back on Refugees Fleeing Danger

PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 16, 2021 Media Contact: Homayra Yusufi, homayra@panasd.org, 858-869-3974 The Biden Administration announced today that it will not fulfill its commitment to restore the refugee resettlement program and repeal Trump’s harmful, xenophobic, and immorally low refugee admission levels. Biden made

Refugees Disproportionately Suffering From Unemployment, Hate Crimes, Mental Health Challenges, and the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic

PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 22, 2021 Media Contact: Homayra Yusufi, homayra@panasd.org, 858-869-3974 Jeanine Erikat, jeanine@panasd.org, 858-652-2911 San Diego, CA -- The Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans (PANA) today released preliminary findings from its biennial San Diego County Refugee Experience