06/04/2025
AAANM and more than 60 other Asian American organizations are joining Asian Law Caucus, Asian Americans Advancing Justice - AAJC, and the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equity in filing an amicus brief urging the court to fulfill their role in preserving the right to due process and ensuring meaningful judicial review of executive orders.
We’re coming together to defend civil rights for all and to share the stories of Japanese Americans under the Alien Enemies Act. The targeting of Venezuelan immigrants by the Trump administration today mirrors our country’s dark past of rounding up and incarcerating Japanese American families during World War II. Already we have seen headlines of Venezuelans deported without a hearing and immigrants reporting for immigration proceedings seized by law enforcement at courthouses. We remember our collective history, collected and archived by generations of Japanese Americans, and won’t stand by and allow the Trump administration to mold the law to its own liking.
At the heart of the amicus brief are the stories from Japanese American families who built lives and communities in the U.S. until they were suddenly branded as enemies under the Alien Enemies Act. Read their stories jacl.org/alien-enemies-act-stories
Read about case & our amicus: bit.ly/aea-amicus
