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

Voting rights: California lawmakers may translate more ballots, help more non-English-speakers to vote

A bill would increase requirements for California elections officials to accommodate voters who rely on languages other than English.

Opinion: How automatic licensee plate readers make us less safe - The San Diego Union-Tribune

These technologies create an immense oversight burden for our public officials.

City's Public Safety Committee votes to support San Diego Police Department's smart streetlight proposal - The San Diego Union-Tribune

The approval comes a few weeks after the Privacy Advisory Board voted to reject the technology; the City Council will decide which route to take in the coming weeks

Residentes en Estados Unidos ya pueden apadrinar refugiados. Esto es lo que tienes que saber para participar. - San Diego Union-Tribune en Español

La administración Biden puso en marcha Welcome Corps para transferir parte del trabajo de recibir a los recién llegados de las agencias de reasentamiento de refugiados a grupos de particulares

U.S. residents can now sponsor refugees. Here's how. - The San Diego Union-Tribune

The Biden administration launched Welcome Corps to shift some work of receiving newcomers to groups of private individuals from refugee resettlement agencies

Opinion: San Diego renters once again have very limited eviction protections. Leaders must step up. - The San Diego Union-Tribune

With the expiration of the no-fault eviction moratorium, renters in the city of San Diego are once again at risk of eviction.

Afghans face insurmountable challenges in fleeing to U.S., a stark contrast to arriving Ukrainians

After the last evacuation flights left Afghanistan, Homayra Yusufi’s family was one of many that scrambled to file applications to help their loved ones reach safety in the United States.Well…

Sign-On Letter: Preventing Famine and Rescinding Executive Order on Afghanistan’s frozen funds

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

Here’s why Muslim refugees don’t feel safe in the United States

Al-Agha is a community organizer with Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans and lives in Escondido. Erikat is a Palestinian-American who grew up in San Diego. She is the policy associate…

Newsom Pledges $37 Million For Afghanistan Refugee Crisis

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