Kidnapping Own Children from Father Is a Crime as in the Case of a Southern California Woman
LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles-area woman who brought her two children to Mexico to keep them from their father was sentenced Thursday to 13 months in prison in a…
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Condemns President-elect’s Choice of Steve Bannon as Senior Advisor
LOS ANGELES –, Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAAJ) condemns the President-elect’s choice of Steve Bannon as his chief strategist. AAAJ said in a statement released Wednesday that Donald Trump’s potential…
Asian American Civil Rights Organization Pledges to Fight for Protection of Undocumented Children from Being Deported
LOS ANGELES – Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles (AAAJ-LA) Tuesday pledged to fight for the rights of immigrant communities as the new Administration threatens to deport millions of undocumented immigrants.…
Southern California Man Jailed for Sexual Assault of 15-Year-Old Girl
LOS ANGELES — A Southern California man who admitted to sex trafficking a 15-year-old girl, subjecting her to a month of sexual abuse, and advertising the victim as a prostitute…
Asian American Voters Backed Clinton over Trump by Wide Margins, Poll Shows
LOS ANGELES, CA – Contrary to mainstream exit poll results, the 2016 national Asian American Election Eve Poll reveals that Asian Americans voted for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump by…
Former U.S. Immigration Officer Takes Bribes to Give Citizenship
LOS ANGELES — A former immigration services officer with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) who had the power to approve applications for citizenship has been sentenced to 33 months…
Hollywood Director Richard Anderson Premieres Documentary Film on U.S. POWs in China during World War II
LOS ANGELES – The sufferings and struggle of some 1,500 American POWs during World War II in Shenyang, the Japanese occupied Northeastern city of China, seemed to have been forgotten…
ADVANCING JUSTICE-LA MOBILIZES VOLUNTEERS TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT VOTERS
LOS ANGELES – As fears arise that racial minority and immigrant voters may be intimidated from voting, non-partisan organizations like Asian Americans Advancing Justice are expanding efforts to ensure that…
13 Gang Members in Southern California Charged with Firearms & Narcotics Violations
LOS ANGELES – U.S. federal grand juries have issued nine indictments that charge a total of 13 defendants in Southern California with firearms and narcotics violations, the U.S. Attorney’s Office…
Australian Man Who Traveled to U.S. to Have Sex with 6-Year-Old Boy Sent to Jail
LOS ANGELES – An Australian geneticist who pleaded guilty to a federal charge of traveling to Los Angeles to engage in criminal sexual conduct with a 6-year-old boy was sentenced…