Stop AAPI Hate Action
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Stop AAPI Hate and Stop AAPI Hate Action fight to stop racism and discrimination against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
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AAPIs are one of the fastest-growing voting populations in the country, yet they remain among the most overlooked by political campaigns. A small number of votes could determine who holds power in Congress — and AAPI voters can make the difference in competitive congressional districts nationwide.
Four Chinese women are fighting for justice after a CBP agent used his badge and weapon to assault them in 2022. CBP has yet to publicly condemn this horrific abuse of power.
Our communities will only continue to be directly harmed the longer that CBP and ICE operate with no accountability.
Our communities will only continue to be directly harmed the longer that CBP and ICE operate with no accountability.
Immigration Officer Found Guilty of Sexually Assaulting and Robbing Women
The officer, a Customs and Border Protection agent at a Chicago airport, was accused of assaulting and threatening four women, all of Chinese descent, at hotel rooms in 2022.
www.nytimes.com
September 21, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Four Chinese women are fighting for justice after a CBP agent used his badge and weapon to assault them in 2022. CBP has yet to publicly condemn this horrific abuse of power.
Our communities will only continue to be directly harmed the longer that CBP and ICE operate with no accountability.
Our communities will only continue to be directly harmed the longer that CBP and ICE operate with no accountability.
🚨We’re calling AAPI voters in Michigan to turn out the vote for Abdul El-Sayed! Here’s how you can join us ⬇️
September 21, 2026 at 3:01 PM
🚨We’re calling AAPI voters in Michigan to turn out the vote for Abdul El-Sayed! Here’s how you can join us ⬇️
What was supposed to be a regular day at work turned into a near-death experience for a Punjabi Sikh truck driver in Wyoming after a stranger followed him into a restroom unprovoked and began stabbing him repeatedly. 🧵⬇️
A Sikh truck driver is stabbed amid a rise in anti-South Asian rhetoric
The driver said he was shaken by a violent encounter at a rest stop, which he described as unprovoked.
www.npr.org
September 17, 2026 at 8:37 PM
What was supposed to be a regular day at work turned into a near-death experience for a Punjabi Sikh truck driver in Wyoming after a stranger followed him into a restroom unprovoked and began stabbing him repeatedly. 🧵⬇️
Asian and Pacific Islanders deserve to know the full extent of ICE’s attacks, so we built a public data tool to show you exactly that.
Our new A/PI ICE Tracker shows ICE arrests, detentions, and deportations across 35 A/PI countries of citizenship (plus Hong Kong and Macau) and all 50 US states. ⬇️
Our new A/PI ICE Tracker shows ICE arrests, detentions, and deportations across 35 A/PI countries of citizenship (plus Hong Kong and Macau) and all 50 US states. ⬇️
Asian & Pacific Islander ICE Tracker
Stop AAPI Hate's Asian and Pacific Islander (A/PI) ICE Tracker monitors Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity involving A/PI people under the current U.S. administration (beginning with President Trump's inauguration day on Jan 20, 2025) and provides a better understanding of ICE's impact on our communities. Data is updated as it becomes available.
APIICeTracker.org
September 15, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Asian and Pacific Islanders deserve to know the full extent of ICE’s attacks, so we built a public data tool to show you exactly that.
Our new A/PI ICE Tracker shows ICE arrests, detentions, and deportations across 35 A/PI countries of citizenship (plus Hong Kong and Macau) and all 50 US states. ⬇️
Our new A/PI ICE Tracker shows ICE arrests, detentions, and deportations across 35 A/PI countries of citizenship (plus Hong Kong and Macau) and all 50 US states. ⬇️
TX GOP candidate Bo French wants you to think South Asian Americans at a football game are a "problem" but don't fall for his racist scapegoating.
This is the real issue: When public figures use their platform to spew hate, it normalizes cruel stereotypes & can provoke hate against everyday people.
This is the real issue: When public figures use their platform to spew hate, it normalizes cruel stereotypes & can provoke hate against everyday people.
September 14, 2026 at 9:32 PM
TX GOP candidate Bo French wants you to think South Asian Americans at a football game are a "problem" but don't fall for his racist scapegoating.
This is the real issue: When public figures use their platform to spew hate, it normalizes cruel stereotypes & can provoke hate against everyday people.
This is the real issue: When public figures use their platform to spew hate, it normalizes cruel stereotypes & can provoke hate against everyday people.
Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal was one of over 190,000 people who fled danger and persecution in Afghanistan and were promised safety in the U.S. But under the Trump regime, Afghans have been relentlessly targeted by ICE — costing Paktiawal his life after he suffered asthma complications in ICE custody.
Some Afghans are being detained by the country they risked their lives for
Promised a new life for risking theirs while serving alongside U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, some Afghan allies are now fighting an unexpected battle on American soil.
abcnews.com
September 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal was one of over 190,000 people who fled danger and persecution in Afghanistan and were promised safety in the U.S. But under the Trump regime, Afghans have been relentlessly targeted by ICE — costing Paktiawal his life after he suffered asthma complications in ICE custody.
US Census data determines how much federal funding, resources & political representation we receive. Trump's proposal to stop counting certain immigrants and stop collecting racial data in the 2030 Census threatens to decimate the civil rights, public safety & political influence of people of color.
Under Trump, census eyes sweeping plan to omit immigrants, race data
The Trump administration is proposing a dramatic overhaul around the once-a-decade U.S. Census head count that could leave out millions of immigrants based on status and key racial and ethnic data, jeopardizing the allocation of resources and the country’s voting map.
apnews.com
September 11, 2026 at 9:36 PM
US Census data determines how much federal funding, resources & political representation we receive. Trump's proposal to stop counting certain immigrants and stop collecting racial data in the 2030 Census threatens to decimate the civil rights, public safety & political influence of people of color.
On the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, we join people around the world in mourning the thousands of lives lost on that tragic day.
We also acknowledge all those harmed by the subsequent rise of anti-South Asian racism and Islamophobia. 🧵⬇️
We also acknowledge all those harmed by the subsequent rise of anti-South Asian racism and Islamophobia. 🧵⬇️
September 11, 2026 at 2:32 PM
On the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, we join people around the world in mourning the thousands of lives lost on that tragic day.
We also acknowledge all those harmed by the subsequent rise of anti-South Asian racism and Islamophobia. 🧵⬇️
We also acknowledge all those harmed by the subsequent rise of anti-South Asian racism and Islamophobia. 🧵⬇️
If we’re going to fight against the Trump regime’s racist, anti-immigrant agenda, we need all the voting power we can get – and that means contacting Asian voters in their preferred languages. ⬇️
September 10, 2026 at 10:21 PM
If we’re going to fight against the Trump regime’s racist, anti-immigrant agenda, we need all the voting power we can get – and that means contacting Asian voters in their preferred languages. ⬇️
Politicians are using the anniversary of 9/11 as an excuse to attack NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani's race and religion.
Blatantly racist and Islamophobic comments like this are dangerous, fueling hate against the 750K+ Muslim and 600K+ South Asian Americans who call New York City home. 🧵⬇️
Blatantly racist and Islamophobic comments like this are dangerous, fueling hate against the 750K+ Muslim and 600K+ South Asian Americans who call New York City home. 🧵⬇️
Anyone using the tragedy of 9/11 to spew Islamophobic hatred is shameful.
NYC has, and always will be, a city of diverse faiths and ethnicities. Racist and repugnant rants against NYC's first Muslim mayor have no place in New York.
NYC has, and always will be, a city of diverse faiths and ethnicities. Racist and repugnant rants against NYC's first Muslim mayor have no place in New York.
Giuliani says Mamdani should skip 9/11 ceremony during rant against Islam
New York City mayor confirms he will attend memorial service but declines to respond to Giuliani’s remarks
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Politicians are using the anniversary of 9/11 as an excuse to attack NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani's race and religion.
Blatantly racist and Islamophobic comments like this are dangerous, fueling hate against the 750K+ Muslim and 600K+ South Asian Americans who call New York City home. 🧵⬇️
Blatantly racist and Islamophobic comments like this are dangerous, fueling hate against the 750K+ Muslim and 600K+ South Asian Americans who call New York City home. 🧵⬇️
71-year-old Chang Yeon Cho, aka Auntie Jo, was kidnapped by ICE with no warning during her green card interview. During her first night in ICE detention, she was physically restrained & had to be hospitalized for eight days, according to Ed Choi's reporting & communications with her family.
71-Year-Old Korean Woman Detained by ICE During Green Card Interview
Korean woman detained by ICE during a green card interview remains in custody after two months. Read the latest on her case.
en.koreadaily.com
September 8, 2026 at 11:10 PM
71-year-old Chang Yeon Cho, aka Auntie Jo, was kidnapped by ICE with no warning during her green card interview. During her first night in ICE detention, she was physically restrained & had to be hospitalized for eight days, according to Ed Choi's reporting & communications with her family.
UPDATE: 76-year-old Loreto Javar was released from ICE custody this week, but is still dealing with the impact of missed cancer treatments, as his fight to remain in the U.S. continues.
Filipino cancer patient misses life‑saving treatments in ICE detention – AsAmNews
76-year-old Loreto Javar, a Filipino green card holder with stage 4 prostate cancer, is missing treatments while held in ICE custody, his family says.
asamnews.com
September 4, 2026 at 6:41 PM
UPDATE: 76-year-old Loreto Javar was released from ICE custody this week, but is still dealing with the impact of missed cancer treatments, as his fight to remain in the U.S. continues.
On August 23rd, Lian Yong Wei - a 51 year old man from China - became the 52nd person overall and 12th person of Asian decent to die in ICE custody since Trump's return to the White House. www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific...
ICE detainee dies in CNMI prison
An immigration detainee being held at the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Department of Corrections died early Sunday, authorities say.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 1, 2026 at 11:37 PM
On August 23rd, Lian Yong Wei - a 51 year old man from China - became the 52nd person overall and 12th person of Asian decent to die in ICE custody since Trump's return to the White House. www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific...
📈 New ICE data reveals alarming details about Trump's cruel mass deportation campaign. As ICE arrests reached record highs this summer, the data exposes how the Trump regime is targeting a much broader group of people than they once claimed. 🧵⬇️
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/08/27/us/ice-immigrant-arrests-trump-deportation-dhs.html
www.nytimes.com
August 28, 2026 at 12:00 PM
📈 New ICE data reveals alarming details about Trump's cruel mass deportation campaign. As ICE arrests reached record highs this summer, the data exposes how the Trump regime is targeting a much broader group of people than they once claimed. 🧵⬇️
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This year, a Republican-controlled Congress pledged $70b more in taxpayer funding for ICE and DHS on top of the additional $170b Congress gave them last year.
Instead of funding terror, violence, & xenophobia, imagine if that money was used to ensure families had healthcare, food, & a home.
Instead of funding terror, violence, & xenophobia, imagine if that money was used to ensure families had healthcare, food, & a home.
Trade-Offs: Taxpayers in the United States and Mass Detention and Deportations FY25-FY29
Use NPP's Trade-Off tool to reallocate taxpayer dollars.
www.nationalpriorities.org
August 26, 2026 at 10:18 PM
This year, a Republican-controlled Congress pledged $70b more in taxpayer funding for ICE and DHS on top of the additional $170b Congress gave them last year.
Instead of funding terror, violence, & xenophobia, imagine if that money was used to ensure families had healthcare, food, & a home.
Instead of funding terror, violence, & xenophobia, imagine if that money was used to ensure families had healthcare, food, & a home.
Calling for the incarceration of Chinese Americans isn't a joke.
It's a violent threat, and given the dark history of WWII Japanese incarceration, it's a threat that Asian Americans take seriously.
It's a violent threat, and given the dark history of WWII Japanese incarceration, it's a threat that Asian Americans take seriously.
Chinese American Members of Congress Condemn MAGA Podcast Advocating for Chinese American Incarceration:
August 26, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Calling for the incarceration of Chinese Americans isn't a joke.
It's a violent threat, and given the dark history of WWII Japanese incarceration, it's a threat that Asian Americans take seriously.
It's a violent threat, and given the dark history of WWII Japanese incarceration, it's a threat that Asian Americans take seriously.
Trump’s racist visa freeze may be coming to an end. In January, Trump put an indefinite pause on visa processing for 75 countries, including Pakistan, Thailand, and 12 other Asian & Pacific Islander nations.
For 7 months, people approved for lawful immigration were blocked from receiving visas. 🧵⬇️
For 7 months, people approved for lawful immigration were blocked from receiving visas. 🧵⬇️
Trump’s visa ban on 75 countries struck down by federal judge
A federal judge said the indefinite pause, which affected nationals of countries in every corner of the globe, ran afoul of antidiscrimination protections.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 26, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Trump’s racist visa freeze may be coming to an end. In January, Trump put an indefinite pause on visa processing for 75 countries, including Pakistan, Thailand, and 12 other Asian & Pacific Islander nations.
For 7 months, people approved for lawful immigration were blocked from receiving visas. 🧵⬇️
For 7 months, people approved for lawful immigration were blocked from receiving visas. 🧵⬇️
Just a few weeks ago, a judge ruled that Venkata Vasamsetty is a lawful green card holder. That didn't stop ICE from kidnapping her from a recent check-in appt with no warning — separating her from her U.S. citizen children & grandchildren, & her work as a special needs public school teacher.
Indian-origin woman detained by ICE with ‘no warning’ after 27 years in US
The case against Venkata Vasamsetty was dismissed by an immigration judge on 19 May this year
www.independent.co.uk
August 20, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Just a few weeks ago, a judge ruled that Venkata Vasamsetty is a lawful green card holder. That didn't stop ICE from kidnapping her from a recent check-in appt with no warning — separating her from her U.S. citizen children & grandchildren, & her work as a special needs public school teacher.
Trump's mass deportation operation is spiraling into a human rights crisis for Asian communities.
The U.S. promised safety to Southeast Asian refugees, but now Trump is sending them back to the very places from which they fled or to countries they have no ties to.
prospect.org/2026/08/13/m...
The U.S. promised safety to Southeast Asian refugees, but now Trump is sending them back to the very places from which they fled or to countries they have no ties to.
prospect.org/2026/08/13/m...
No Minority Is Safe From Trump’s Mass Deportation Machine - The American Prospect
ICE is specifically targeting immigrant communities of Asian and Pacific Islander descent.
prospect.org
August 17, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Trump's mass deportation operation is spiraling into a human rights crisis for Asian communities.
The U.S. promised safety to Southeast Asian refugees, but now Trump is sending them back to the very places from which they fled or to countries they have no ties to.
prospect.org/2026/08/13/m...
The U.S. promised safety to Southeast Asian refugees, but now Trump is sending them back to the very places from which they fled or to countries they have no ties to.
prospect.org/2026/08/13/m...
72% of AAPI adults say Trump is doing a bad job, according to polling from AAPI Data/AP-NORC. Instead of earning our support, Trump is attacking our voting rights, including restrictions on mail-in voting and unfair voter purges that will silence people of color. Learn more about what’s at stake ⬇️
How Trump is Rolling Back Voting Rights and Threatening the AAPI Vote - Stop AAPI Hate Action
It’s not a coincidence that while AAPI voters turn against Trump’s leadership and policies, Trump is launching an attack on our voting rights.
stopaapihate.org
August 15, 2026 at 1:00 PM
72% of AAPI adults say Trump is doing a bad job, according to polling from AAPI Data/AP-NORC. Instead of earning our support, Trump is attacking our voting rights, including restrictions on mail-in voting and unfair voter purges that will silence people of color. Learn more about what’s at stake ⬇️
ICE is using our tax dollars to develop abusive shock devices. Our Republican-controlled Congress made this possible.
If you're fed up with MAGA politicians giving ICE billions to attack our communities and ready to help elect leaders who actually want to keep us safe, join us: AAPIHouseCalls.org
If you're fed up with MAGA politicians giving ICE billions to attack our communities and ready to help elect leaders who actually want to keep us safe, join us: AAPIHouseCalls.org
August 12, 2026 at 8:21 PM
ICE is using our tax dollars to develop abusive shock devices. Our Republican-controlled Congress made this possible.
If you're fed up with MAGA politicians giving ICE billions to attack our communities and ready to help elect leaders who actually want to keep us safe, join us: AAPIHouseCalls.org
If you're fed up with MAGA politicians giving ICE billions to attack our communities and ready to help elect leaders who actually want to keep us safe, join us: AAPIHouseCalls.org
30+ people have died in ICE custody since Oct 2025. 10 of them were Asian.
Parady La, a Cambodian American father, died in ICE custody 3 days after he was arrested. Chaofeng Ge, a Chinese national & longtime Queens resident, died after 5 days.
La & Ge's families are still looking for answers.
Parady La, a Cambodian American father, died in ICE custody 3 days after he was arrested. Chaofeng Ge, a Chinese national & longtime Queens resident, died after 5 days.
La & Ge's families are still looking for answers.
As ICE Detention Expands, Deaths Reach a 22-Year High
More than 30 people have died in ICE detention since October amid a surge in fatalities that has raised alarm from experts and left families searching for answers.
time.com
August 11, 2026 at 5:19 PM
30+ people have died in ICE custody since Oct 2025. 10 of them were Asian.
Parady La, a Cambodian American father, died in ICE custody 3 days after he was arrested. Chaofeng Ge, a Chinese national & longtime Queens resident, died after 5 days.
La & Ge's families are still looking for answers.
Parady La, a Cambodian American father, died in ICE custody 3 days after he was arrested. Chaofeng Ge, a Chinese national & longtime Queens resident, died after 5 days.
La & Ge's families are still looking for answers.
Mong (Melissa) Tran, a Vietnamese refugee, was forced to say goodbye to her husband and four children in Maryland and sent back to a country she barely knows, all because of a teenage record for a minor conviction that she already served time for 25 years ago.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u...
Fled to America at 11. Stole at 18. Deported to Vietnam at 44.
The Trump administration is sending back record numbers of Vietnamese, Laotians and Hmong. Many came to the United States as young war refugees and later committed crimes.
www.nytimes.com
August 7, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Mong (Melissa) Tran, a Vietnamese refugee, was forced to say goodbye to her husband and four children in Maryland and sent back to a country she barely knows, all because of a teenage record for a minor conviction that she already served time for 25 years ago.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u...
Twenty-five civil rights orgs are urging SCOTUS to stop Trump from bringing back Executive Order 14399: A complete overhaul of current mail-in ballot rules.
If reinstated, this EO will create confusion & obstacles for eligible voters–including withholding ballots–right before crucial midterms.
If reinstated, this EO will create confusion & obstacles for eligible voters–including withholding ballots–right before crucial midterms.
Trump asks Supreme Court to step into dispute over mail-in voting executive order
A federal appeals court on Sunday left in place a lower court decision that blocked implementation of key parts of President Trump's executive order.
www.cbsnews.com
August 5, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Twenty-five civil rights orgs are urging SCOTUS to stop Trump from bringing back Executive Order 14399: A complete overhaul of current mail-in ballot rules.
If reinstated, this EO will create confusion & obstacles for eligible voters–including withholding ballots–right before crucial midterms.
If reinstated, this EO will create confusion & obstacles for eligible voters–including withholding ballots–right before crucial midterms.
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We honor the memories of Paramjit Kaur Saini, Sita Singh, Ranjit Singh, Prakash Singh, Suveg Singh Khattra, and Satwant Singh Kaleka, who were killed on August 5, 2012, as well as Baba Punjab Singh, who became the seventh person to pass away as a result of injuries.
August 5, 2026 at 2:14 PM
We honor the memories of Paramjit Kaur Saini, Sita Singh, Ranjit Singh, Prakash Singh, Suveg Singh Khattra, and Satwant Singh Kaleka, who were killed on August 5, 2012, as well as Baba Punjab Singh, who became the seventh person to pass away as a result of injuries.