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As a teen, Qingfang Pang came to the United States from China to pursue his passion for playing basketball. But today, h...
10/16/2026

As a teen, Qingfang Pang came to the United States from China to pursue his passion for playing basketball. But today, he faces an uncertain future in one of ICE's horrific prisons. While traveling to New York to reunite with loved ones and complete routine paperwork for his visa, he was kidnapped by ICE and detained hundreds of miles away in Louisiana.

This is yet another example of how Trump is weaponizing our immigration system against people of color and constantly changing the rules to detain and deport as many people as possible. And it's students like Qingfang who are paying the price.

💡 NEW RESEARCH: The Trump regime’s anti-immigrant agenda is emboldening people to intimidate, harass, and enact violence...
10/15/2026

💡 NEW RESEARCH: The Trump regime’s anti-immigrant agenda is emboldening people to intimidate, harass, and enact violence against Asians, regardless of immigration or citizenship status.

According to an analysis of Stop AAPI Hate reporting center data, anti-immigrant hostility appeared in the majority (62%) of reported anti-Asian hate acts in the first half of 2026, up from 42% in 2023 — before Trump’s re-election campaign ramped up. And in a growing number of cases, Asian people are facing anti-immigrant threats and violence that mirror Trump’s anti-immigrant policies and rhetoric.

The bottom line is, anti-immigrant hate is anti-Asian hate under the Trump administration. Click here to read the full report: https://stopaapihate.org/2026/10/14/license-to-hate/

Authorities have revealed disturbing new details about the attempted mass shooting targeting Indian people at the larges...
10/15/2026

Authorities have revealed disturbing new details about the attempted mass shooting targeting Indian people at the largest Hindu temple in Aurora, IL.

Last Sunday, the temple was full of worshipers when 19-year-old Alexandros Paporakis arrived with a r***e and other weapons. He attempted to open fire but drove home after discovering his gun was jammed. He was arrested later that evening after confessing to his plans to a coworker.

In an 8-page manifesto uncovered by authorities, Paporakis allegedly used racial slurs, expressed his plans for a “mass shooting of Indian people,” and “took pleasure” in calling himself “a sociopathic white supremacist Neo-Nazi.”

This is exactly what we feared, after years of documenting escalating hate against South Asian communities under the Trump administration.

This horrific mass murder plot comes at a time when South Asian communities nationwide face heightened racism, xenophobia, and bigotry. Our research shows that use of anti-South Asian slurs online rose by 109% from 2023 to 2025. South Asians also face the most online threats of violence (71%) out of all Asian groups.

Violence against South Asian people is not inevitable. Our research shows it is fueled when leaders stoke fear of immigrants and people of color for political gain. We call on elected officials of every party to condemn this attempted mass shooting and hold Trump and other public figures accountable for their xenophobic rhetoric and policies.

Learn more about the state of anti-South Asian hate in our data brief: https://stopaapihate.org/2026/09/03/the-state-of-anti-south-asian-hate/

The Trump regime claims that DHS doesn’t arrest U.S. citizens — but a new report from ProPublica shows otherwise. Their ...
10/13/2026

The Trump regime claims that DHS doesn’t arrest U.S. citizens — but a new report from ProPublica shows otherwise.

Their investigation found over 500 cases of violent ICE arrests of U.S. citizens, including some Asian Americans. 56-year-old Hmong American Chongly “Scott” Thao is one of them. Earlier this year, he was kidnapped by ICE agents from his home in nothing but his underwear and a blanket because he matched the description of someone they were targeting.

But Thao’s wrongful arrest was no coincidence. It was the direct consequence of a 2025 Supreme Court ruling allowing ICE to racially profile people. These arrests are proof that attacks against immigrants have never been about legality, but racism.

Read the full article: https://projects.propublica.org/american-citizens-detained-dhs-civil-rights/

Asian American and Pacific Islander communities have always changed America for the better — from the farmworkers who fo...
10/13/2026

Asian American and Pacific Islander communities have always changed America for the better — from the farmworkers who fought for the labor rights we have today to the activists who sparked a national movement against racist hate during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This November, we have another opportunity to make history. AAPI voters have the power to shape who controls Congress and the future of our country — but only if we all show up and cast our ballots.

We join over 40 AAPI leaders across the country in urging you to:
1) Register to vote
2) Call APIA Vote’s hotline if you encounter issues while voting
3) Continue supporting organizations like Stop AAPI Hate Action and the Asian American Power Network, which are committed to building long-term AAPI political power for years to come.

10/10/2026

65% of Asian people in the U.S. were born in a different country — which means Trump's anti-immigrant agenda is an existential threat to our communities. His racist rhetoric and anti-immigrant policies are designed to undermine our right to belong in this country, but we can't let that continue.

With just 24 days left until the consequential midterm elections, Asian American voters need to take swift action to reject Trump and his loyalists at the ballot box.

No one is safe when armed federal agents invade our cities, conceal their identity, and attack people on the street base...
10/09/2026

No one is safe when armed federal agents invade our cities, conceal their identity, and attack people on the street based soley on the color of their skin or the language that they speak. We echo the calls of Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and other leaders nationwide for transparency and accountability before ICE takes yet another life.

Monica Ryadi was 9 years old when she came to the U.S. with her parents after fleeing religious persecution in Indonesia...
10/08/2026

Monica Ryadi was 9 years old when she came to the U.S. with her parents after fleeing religious persecution in Indonesia. Now a parent herself, she was arrested by ICE at LAX airport in front of her 3-year-old son before a family trip to Disneyland.

For 15 days, Monica was held at Adelanto ICE Processing Center in California thousands of miles away from her home while her husband and lawyer tried to understand why she was detained. She was freed by a U.S. magistrate judge, but now, she has to put her life as a nurse and mother in Philadelphia on hold despite having no issues with her immigration status for nearly 20 years.

She is not alone. In fact, our recent data analysis shows that Indonesian immigrants are the most targeted Asian communities in terms other than detention rate. Monica is one of many Indonesian refugees who have lived and built a life in the U.S. for decades only to find herself swept up in Trump's vicious anti-immigrant agenda.

https://stopaapihate.org/2026/09/15/how-asians-and-pacific-islanders-are-being-impacted-by-ice/

🚨Texas’ U.S. Senate race is our next chance to elect a new majority in Congress and that’s why Stop AAPI Hate Action get...
10/07/2026

🚨Texas’ U.S. Senate race is our next chance to elect a new majority in Congress and that’s why Stop AAPI Hate Action getting out the AAPI vote for James Talarico! Here’s how you can help. ⬇️

James Talarico is facing Republican nominee Ken Paxton: A staunch Trump loyalist with a long history of scandal and abuse as a career politician and a record of backing racist, xenophobic legislation.

Politicians like Paxton are a real threat to communities of color across the country. But the 1.2 million eligible AAPI voters in Texas could stop him in his tracks. Join us to phonebank for James Talarico and urge AAPI voters to elect someone who will stand up for our communities, our safety, and our rights.

Go to aapihousecalls.org/phonebanks to sign up for an upcoming phonebank.

Our team was honored to stand alongside CLUE, CHIRLA, faith leaders, and the families of several people who have been de...
10/07/2026

Our team was honored to stand alongside CLUE, CHIRLA, faith leaders, and the families of several people who have been detained by ICE as they ended their 8-day pilgrimage that spanned 96 miles between two of ICE's most horrific prisons in California: the Adelanto Detention Center in the Mojave Desert and the Metropolitan Detention Center in Downtown Los Angeles.

Our Asian and Pacific Islander ICE tracker shows that 25% of Asian ICE arrests have happened in California, which has the largest Asian population of any state nationwide. As the Trump regime continues to send armed federal agents to terrorize our cities nationwide, we deserve the full truth about how our communities are being impacted.

To view data on A/PI ICE arrests, detentions, and deportations in your area, explore our the A/PI ICE Tracker now: APIIceTracker.org

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