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Asylum Ban public comment
Blog March 27, 2023Submitted via: https://www.regulations.gov.Daniel DelgadoActing DirectorBorder and Immigration PolicyOffice of Strategy, Policy, and PlansU.S. Department of Homeland Securitytelephone (202) 447-3459 Lauren Alder ReidAssistant Director, Office of...
BAJI Celebrates Black Women
Blog By, Erica BaganzaAs March comes to a close, BAJI highlights a few Black women who are immigrants or descendants of immigrants. Like other Black women before them and presently, they faced and continue to face discrimination: sexism, misogynoir, xenophobia,...
An update from BAJI’s Communications Team
Blog By, BAJI Comms Our communications team works alongside our legal, policy, organizing and leadership team in advancing BAJI’s voice. What a year it has been! We are excited to share with you some of our work, and look forward to the new year!As the communications’...
Why BAJI Protested the 2022 Summit of the Americas
Blog By, Ronald ClaudeIn early June 2022, BAJI joined hundreds of organizations from around the world to protest the ninth Summit of the Americas. This is the only official convening of heads of state and high-level government officials in the western hemisphere...
Investigating Border Patrol’s Abuse of Power in the 2020 George Floyd Uprising
The Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) along with other immigrant rights organizations, including the American Immigration Council and the ACLU, are working on a pending lawsuit against Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to uncover the government’s role in domestic policing and disrupting the 2020 uprisings that erupted across the US following the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police.
End the racist Title 42 policy
Dear reader, BAJI is running a campaign to demand that the US Senate legislatively end Title 42. But first, some background.
The Black immigrant population in Atlanta has grown by 165%
For Women’s History Month, Lovette Kargbo Thompson, BAJI’s LA organizer was interviewed by Sophia Qureshi of 285 South about her work supporting Black immigrants in the South.
Meet Maraky, BAJI’s LA organizer
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, Black communities have been hit hardest with little to no systematic support. Although many grassroots efforts emerged and were life-affirming, when grave illness hits, you’re forced to turn to the systems that fail you. At BAJI, I have found what it means to love and care for all Black people.
When we see police, we see deportations
The disproportionate representation of Black immigrants in deportation systems is a result of the same racist policing of communities that are rooted in slavery and continue to harm African Americans. The reality is that racial profiling and policing funnels Black immigrants into the criminal legal system resulting in deportations.