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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NEW REPORT: 47% of Pacific Islanders Have Recently Experienced an Act of Hate
Stop AAPI Hate’s latest report illustrates impact of widespread racism and discrimination against Pacific Islander people as PI communities continue to face critical systemic inequities NATIONWIDE — Today, Stop AAPI Hate released a new report, “Unsettled Waters: Anti-Pacific Islander Hate Amid Ongoing Injustice,” that shows Pacific Islander (PI) communities in the U.S. are facing widespread…
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Asian American Leaders Hail Governor Hochul’s Signing of the AANHPI Education Equity Act
New York, NY — Today, the R.E.A.C.H. (Representing and Empowering AANHPI Community History) Coalition was proud to stand beside Governor Kathy Hochul as she signed the AANHPI Education Equity Act, a landmark step in the fight to bring an AANHPI curriculum to New York State’s public schools. The signing of this new law is the…
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“Run, don’t come!”: New Study Finds International Students Feel Unsafe, Unwelcome Amid Rising Xenophobia and Policy Instability
Stop AAPI Hate’s survey of int’l students at 36 U.S. universities/colleges shows vast majority fear surveillance, visa threats, etc – with major gaps in institutional support NATIONWIDE — Stop AAPI Hate today released a new study that reveals the severe emotional, academic, and immigration-related challenges international students face under the Trump administration’s targeted attacks. International…