Commentary
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Keeping Count | Five Ways Trump’s Agenda Impacted Asian Communities in 2025
In 2025, the Trump administration reshaped and upended the lives of Asian and Pacific Islander people across the country. ICE agents are unlawfully abducting people and tearing families apart. Sudden immigration policy changes are leaving visa-holders in limbo and cutting off critical pathways to safety for asylum seekers and refugees. And high-ranking officials are spewing…
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Keeping Count | Hate Enters the New York Mayoral Race
Islamophobic and racist slurs targeting Mamdani surged leading up to and after the election, anti-South Asian hate remained high. On Tuesday, November 4, 2025, Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani made history as the first South Asian and Muslim American to be elected the mayor of New York City. While Mamdani’s win marks a huge milestone for diversity…
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Keeping Count | Anti-South Asian Hate: It’s Gotten Worse
South Asian communities are facing hate on multiple fronts. Anti-South Asian racism is on the rise and has been for several years, as political figures ramp up anti-South Asian and anti-Muslim rhetoric. Online forums are rife with racial slurs and threats of violence. And in communities nationwide, South Asian people are facing verbal harassment and…
Press Releases
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Statement: Stop AAPI Hate Strongly Opposes Trump’s Visa Freeze Targeting 14 Asian and Pacific Islander Countries
NATIONWIDE (January 16, 2026) — Stop AAPI Hate issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s decision to stop processing immigrant visas for people from 75 countries starting January 21, as it attempts to expand its “public charge” policy. This freeze targets 14 Asian and Pacific Islander nations: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Fiji,…
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Coalition of Over 80 Asian American Advocacy Organizations Secure Removal of ‘China Initiative’ Language from House CJS Appropriations Bill
NATIONWIDE – Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC (Advancing Justice – AAJC), the Asian American Scholar Forum (AASF), Stop AAPI Hate, Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA), and the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) commend the removal of concerning report language from the House Fiscal Year 2026 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) appropriations bill that would…
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Statement: Stop AAPI Hate Condemns ICE Killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis
Stop AAPI Hate joins millions of people across the nation in mourning Renee Nicole Good, the 37-year-old woman who was shot dead by ICE in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Her death was not an isolated tragedy — it was the foreseeable outcome of a militarized federal force operating with impunity. And it is a devastating reminder…