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Stop AAPI Hate and Stop AAPI Hate Action fight to stop racism and discrimination against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 30/09/2026
Amidst Trump's attacks on all immigration pathways, many people from Nepal are faced with a devastating reality: deportation back to a country where flooding has destroyed their homes and communities. asamnews.com/2026/09/25/c...
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Nepalis in U.S. could be deported back to devastated flood areas – AsAmNews
Members of Congress are urging the Trump administration to grant Temporary Protected Status to Nepalis after deadly floods & landslides killed 1400.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 25/09/2026
Whether you are a student at a football game or a truck driver just trying to make a living, the past few weeks have shown that no one is safe from Trump and his loyalists — who continue to use their platforms to spread racist and xenophobic rhetoric about South Asian communities across the U.S.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 24/09/2026
What was supposed to be a quiet car ride home from school turned into a viral act of anti-Asian hate when a group of teenagers yelled racial slurs at Vietnamese American Carly Nguyen and her mom. 🧵⬇️
nbcboston.com
BC High School calls alleged racist confrontation ‘entirely unacceptable'
Carly Nguyen, a UMass Boston senior, says two people she believes to be Boston College High School students yelled racial slurs at her and her mother.
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Chinese for Affirmative Action @caasanfrancisco.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A staffer from California State Assemblywoman Catherine Stefani’s office was detained by ICE at a Las Vegas airport recently. CAA is calling for immigration to release him without further delay and allow him to return to his family, his colleagues and the larger SF community. 1/2
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 24/09/2026
ISO: Student activists ready to get out the vote for the midterms 🗳️⬇️
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 23/09/2026
Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez is fighting for his life after ICE agents shot him in the back during a traffic stop. ICE's excessive force leads to preventable tragedies. His horrific shooting is further proof of that.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 21/09/2026
Four Chinese women are fighting for justice after a CBP agent used his badge and weapon to assault them in 2022. CBP has yet to publicly condemn this horrific abuse of power. Our communities will only continue to be directly harmed the longer that CBP and ICE operate with no accountability.
nytimes.com
Immigration Officer Found Guilty of Sexually Assaulting and Robbing Women
The officer, a Customs and Border Protection agent at a Chicago airport, was accused of assaulting and threatening four women, all of Chinese descent, at hotel rooms in 2022.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 21/09/2026
🚨We’re calling AAPI voters in Michigan to turn out the vote for Abdul El-Sayed! Here’s how you can join us ⬇️
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 17/09/2026
What was supposed to be a regular day at work turned into a near-death experience for a Punjabi Sikh truck driver in Wyoming after a stranger followed him into a restroom unprovoked and began stabbing him repeatedly. 🧵⬇️
npr.org
A Sikh truck driver is stabbed amid a rise in anti-South Asian rhetoric
The driver said he was shaken by a violent encounter at a rest stop, which he described as unprovoked.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 15/09/2026
Asian and Pacific Islanders deserve to know the full extent of ICE’s attacks, so we built a public data tool to show you exactly that. Our new A/PI ICE Tracker shows ICE arrests, detentions, and deportations across 35 A/PI countries of citizenship (plus Hong Kong and Macau) and all 50 US states. ⬇️
apiicetracker.org
Asian & Pacific Islander ICE Tracker
Stop AAPI Hate's Asian and Pacific Islander (A/PI) ICE Tracker monitors Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity involving A/PI people under the current U.S. administration (beginning with President Trump's inauguration day on Jan 20, 2025) and provides a better understanding of ICE's impact on our communities. Data is updated as it becomes available.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 14/09/2026
TX GOP candidate Bo French wants you to think South Asian Americans at a football game are a "problem" but don't fall for his racist scapegoating. This is the real issue: When public figures use their platform to spew hate, it normalizes cruel stereotypes & can provoke hate against everyday people.
X post by @BoFrench that includes a photo of a crowd of South Asian college students celebrating at a University of Texas football game
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 12/09/2026
Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal was one of over 190,000 people who fled danger and persecution in Afghanistan and were promised safety in the U.S. But under the Trump regime, Afghans have been relentlessly targeted by ICE — costing Paktiawal his life after he suffered asthma complications in ICE custody.
abcnews.com
Some Afghans are being detained by the country they risked their lives for
Promised a new life for risking theirs while serving alongside U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, some Afghan allies are now fighting an unexpected battle on American soil.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 11/09/2026
US Census data determines how much federal funding, resources & political representation we receive. Trump's proposal to stop counting certain immigrants and stop collecting racial data in the 2030 Census threatens to decimate the civil rights, public safety & political influence of people of color.
apnews.com
Under Trump, census eyes sweeping plan to omit immigrants, race data
The Trump administration is proposing a dramatic overhaul around the once-a-decade U.S. Census head count that could leave out millions of immigrants based on status and key racial and ethnic data, jeopardizing the allocation of resources and the country’s voting map.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 11/09/2026
On the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, we join people around the world in mourning the thousands of lives lost on that tragic day. We also acknowledge all those harmed by the subsequent rise of anti-South Asian racism and Islamophobia. 🧵⬇️
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 10/09/2026
If we’re going to fight against the Trump regime’s racist, anti-immigrant agenda, we need all the voting power we can get – and that means contacting Asian voters in their preferred languages. ⬇️
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 09/09/2026
Politicians are using the anniversary of 9/11 as an excuse to attack NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani's race and religion. Blatantly racist and Islamophobic comments like this are dangerous, fueling hate against the 750K+ Muslim and 600K+ South Asian Americans who call New York City home. 🧵⬇️
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 09/09/2026
71-year-old Chang Yeon Cho, aka Auntie Jo, was kidnapped by ICE with no warning during her green card interview. During her first night in ICE detention, she was physically restrained & had to be hospitalized for eight days, according to Ed Choi's reporting & communications with her family.
en.koreadaily.com
71-Year-Old Korean Woman Detained by ICE During Green Card Interview
Korean woman detained by ICE during a green card interview remains in custody after two months. Read the latest on her case.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 04/09/2026
UPDATE: 76-year-old Loreto Javar was released from ICE custody this week, but is still dealing with the impact of missed cancer treatments, as his fight to remain in the U.S. continues.
asamnews.com
Filipino cancer patient misses life‑saving treatments in ICE detention – AsAmNews
76-year-old Loreto Javar, a Filipino green card holder with stage 4 prostate cancer, is missing treatments while held in ICE custody, his family says.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 02/09/2026
On August 23rd, Lian Yong Wei - a 51 year old man from China - became the 52nd person overall and 12th person of Asian decent to die in ICE custody since Trump's return to the White House. www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific...
rnz.co.nz
ICE detainee dies in CNMI prison
An immigration detainee being held at the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Department of Corrections died early Sunday, authorities say.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 28/08/2026
📈 New ICE data reveals alarming details about Trump's cruel mass deportation campaign. As ICE arrests reached record highs this summer, the data exposes how the Trump regime is targeting a much broader group of people than they once claimed. 🧵⬇️ www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
nytimes.com
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/08/27/us/ice-immigrant-arrests-trump-deportation-dhs.html
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 26/08/2026
This year, a Republican-controlled Congress pledged $70b more in taxpayer funding for ICE and DHS on top of the additional $170b Congress gave them last year. Instead of funding terror, violence, & xenophobia, imagine if that money was used to ensure families had healthcare, food, & a home.
nationalpriorities.org
Trade-Offs: Taxpayers in the United States and Mass Detention and Deportations FY25-FY29
Use NPP's Trade-Off tool to reallocate taxpayer dollars.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 26/08/2026
Calling for the incarceration of Chinese Americans isn't a joke. It's a violent threat, and given the dark history of WWII Japanese incarceration, it's a threat that Asian Americans take seriously.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 26/08/2026
Trump’s racist visa freeze may be coming to an end. In January, Trump put an indefinite pause on visa processing for 75 countries, including Pakistan, Thailand, and 12 other Asian & Pacific Islander nations. For 7 months, people approved for lawful immigration were blocked from receiving visas. 🧵⬇️
washingtonpost.com
Trump’s visa ban on 75 countries struck down by federal judge
A federal judge said the indefinite pause, which affected nationals of countries in every corner of the globe, ran afoul of antidiscrimination protections.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 21/08/2026
Just a few weeks ago, a judge ruled that Venkata Vasamsetty is a lawful green card holder. That didn't stop ICE from kidnapping her from a recent check-in appt with no warning — separating her from her U.S. citizen children & grandchildren, & her work as a special needs public school teacher.
independent.co.uk
Indian-origin woman detained by ICE with ‘no warning’ after 27 years in US
The case against Venkata Vasamsetty was dismissed by an immigration judge on 19 May this year
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 17/08/2026
Trump's mass deportation operation is spiraling into a human rights crisis for Asian communities. The U.S. promised safety to Southeast Asian refugees, but now Trump is sending them back to the very places from which they fled or to countries they have no ties to. prospect.org/2026/08/13/m...
prospect.org
No Minority Is Safe From Trump’s Mass Deportation Machine - The American Prospect
ICE is specifically targeting immigrant communities of Asian and Pacific Islander descent.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 15/08/2026
72% of AAPI adults say Trump is doing a bad job, according to polling from AAPI Data/AP-NORC. Instead of earning our support, Trump is attacking our voting rights, including restrictions on mail-in voting and unfair voter purges that will silence people of color. Learn more about what’s at stake ⬇️
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How Trump is Rolling Back Voting Rights and Threatening the AAPI Vote - Stop AAPI Hate Action
It’s not a coincidence that while AAPI voters turn against Trump’s leadership and policies, Trump is launching an attack on our voting rights.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 12/08/2026
ICE is using our tax dollars to develop abusive shock devices. Our Republican-controlled Congress made this possible. If you're fed up with MAGA politicians giving ICE billions to attack our communities and ready to help elect leaders who actually want to keep us safe, join us: AAPIHouseCalls.org
aapihousecalls.org
AAPI House Calls - Stop AAPI Hate Action
We’re reaching AAPI voters in places where their votes can tip the scale in the 2026 midterms.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 11/08/2026
30+ people have died in ICE custody since Oct 2025. 10 of them were Asian. Parady La, a Cambodian American father, died in ICE custody 3 days after he was arrested. Chaofeng Ge, a Chinese national & longtime Queens resident, died after 5 days. La & Ge's families are still looking for answers.
time.com
As ICE Detention Expands, Deaths Reach a 22-Year High
More than 30 people have died in ICE detention since October amid a surge in fatalities that has raised alarm from experts and left families searching for answers.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 07/08/2026
Mong (Melissa) Tran, a Vietnamese refugee, was forced to say goodbye to her husband and four children in Maryland and sent back to a country she barely knows, all because of a teenage record for a minor conviction that she already served time for 25 years ago. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u...
nytimes.com
Fled to America at 11. Stole at 18. Deported to Vietnam at 44.
The Trump administration is sending back record numbers of Vietnamese, Laotians and Hmong. Many came to the United States as young war refugees and later committed crimes.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 06/08/2026
Twenty-five civil rights orgs are urging SCOTUS to stop Trump from bringing back Executive Order 14399: A complete overhaul of current mail-in ballot rules. If reinstated, this EO will create confusion & obstacles for eligible voters–including withholding ballots–right before crucial midterms.
cbsnews.com
Trump asks Supreme Court to step into dispute over mail-in voting executive order
A federal appeals court on Sunday left in place a lower court decision that blocked implementation of key parts of President Trump's executive order.
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The Sikh Coalition @sikhcoalition.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
We honor the memories of Paramjit Kaur Saini, Sita Singh, Ranjit Singh, Prakash Singh, Suveg Singh Khattra, and Satwant Singh Kaleka, who were killed on August 5, 2012, as well as Baba Punjab Singh, who became the seventh person to pass away as a result of injuries.
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The Sikh Coalition @sikhcoalition.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Fourteen years ago today, the deadliest act of anti-Sikh hate in our nation’s history occurred in Oak Creek, WI. A white supremacist gunman with neo-Nazi ties attacked the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, ultimately leading to the deaths of seven sangat members and wounding others.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 05/08/2026
Edwin Lopez Cornejo should still be here. His death was preventable, and followed weeks of protests inside and outside of one of ICE's most disgusting prisons: Delaney Hall.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 31/07/2026
ICE will soon open new detention camps near Seattle, Philadelphia, Miami, and Denver with a combined capacity of over 5,000 people. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
nbcnews.com
ICE working to open four new detention facilities with space for 5,500 detainees
The plan to contract new detention facilities in its Seattle, Philadelphia, Miami and Denver jurisdictions is the latest sign of the agency’s push to boost immigration arrests.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 29/07/2026
In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, ICE has kidnapped and sent dozens of Bhutanese refugees back to a country that refuses to recognize them as citizens, leaving them stateless. Loved ones left behind in Harrisburg are drastically withdrawing from public life out of fear that they could be next.
wliw.org
How soccer brings a Bhutanese community together in Harrisburg, Pa.
For this community of Nepali-speaking Bhutanese refugees, the field is more than a field. It’s where they’ve rebuilt a homeland that no longer exists.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 25/07/2026
The 2026 midterms are only 100 days away so we can't afford to repeat past mistakes or stay silent. In 2020, AAPI voters came out in dramatic numbers to defeat Trump. But in 2024, we were shut out: Almost half of AAPI voters said they hadn't been contacted by either major party or any candidate. 🧵⬇️
thehill.com
Overlooking Asian American voters could cost Democrats the midterms
With the 2026 midterms fast approaching, this continued oversight could prove catastrophic for Democrats.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 24/07/2026
For decades, the Congressional Tri-Caucus has helped to ensure that Black, Asian, and Latino voices are represented on Capitol Hill. No one — certainly not Nancy Mace — should be able take that away.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 23/07/2026
After spending years defending religious minorities and other vulnerable people, Shaoping Wu fled China out of fear of government persecution. He came to the U.S. to seek asylum in 2019, working to build a new life with his wife and daughter in Pennsylvania – until ICE kidnapped him at work.
nytimes.com
Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Seeking Asylum Is Arrested by ICE
Shaoping Wu was working as a contract delivery driver for Amazon when he was pulled over in Pennsylvania. He had championed personal and religious freedom for Chinese citizens.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 22/07/2026
GOP lawmakers have introduced "the End Birthright Citizenship for Territories Act" — a discriminatory attempt to block birthright citizenship for some people born in the U.S. territories after January 1, 2027. marianaspress.com/news/article...
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Federal Legislation Seeks to “End Birthright Citizenship in U.S. Territories” | Marianas Press
New Bill Follows Statement by Vice President JD Vance Calling the Denial of Birthright Citizenship in U.S. Territories “A Great Idea”
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 22/07/2026
By mockingly questioning Quang Nguyen's — a Vietnamese refugee and Arizona state representative — ability to speak English, Turning Point Action's Tyler Bowyer reinforces the harmful narrative that Asian people will always be "outsiders" or "foreign" to American society. 🧵⬇️
yahoo.com
Turning Point official’s ‘speak English’ remark to Vietnamese American GOP lawmaker sparks backlash
A top Turning Point Action official asked a Vietnamese American state lawmaker whether he could speak English during a social media dispute last week, drawing condemnation and exposing tension within…
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 19/07/2026
Syed Sohail Uddin was working at a mall in Utah when a stranger stabbed him repeatedly after finding out he was Muslim. Our hearts are with Uddin and his loved ones as he heals from multiple surgeries on his hands, heart, and lungs. indianexpress.com/article/worl...
indianexpress.com
Indian-origin Muslim stabbed 15 times after being asked ‘are you Muslim?’ in Utah mall
The suspect, who has a history of violence, reportedly went around the mall asking people their religion.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 18/07/2026
Trump continues his fight to rewrite U.S. history. The White House recently attacked programs and exhibits at the National Museum of American History over what they believe is "anti-White activism." The report also argues that the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act was not related to white supremacy. 🧵⬇️
forbes.com
White House Defends 1882 Immigration Law Excluding Chinese Immigrants
The Trump administration is defending the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act against the charge that the law had a racist intent.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 17/07/2026
ICE officers — with no uniforms, body cameras, or identification — violently assaulted an elderly Vietnamese man at the Las Vegas airport yesterday. 🧵⬇️
democracynow.org
Rights Groups Demand Probe of ICE Violently Attempting Arrest of Elderly Man in Nevada
In Nevada, rights groups are demanding an investigation into the violent attempted arrest of an elderly man by plainclothes ICE agents at the Las Vegas international airport. Video of Monday’s…
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 15/07/2026
Thousands of people in the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) and Guam are facing a long road to recovery because of Super Typhoon Bavi — a Category 5 Typhoon that is the strongest storm the world has seen so far this year. 🧵⬇️
npr.org
Super Typhoon Bavi brings destruction to Guam and surrounding Pacific islands
People in the Northern Mariana Islands — remote U.S. territories in the Pacific Ocean — are dealing with the aftermath of intense winds and severe flooding from Super Typhoon Bavi.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 15/07/2026
This past week, 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo of Texas and 26-year-old Johan Sebastian Guerrero of Maine were callously shot dead during separate traffic stops by ICE agents who were allegedly in unmarked vehicles. 🧵⬇️
Black paper texture with white text that reads: Statement from Stop AAPI HatePhotos of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Johan Sebastian Guerrero
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 10/07/2026
For over 35 years, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo built a life in the United States, working tirelessly to give his three children a better future. On Tuesday morning, they learned through social media that their father was fatally shot by ICE on his way to work.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 08/07/2026
Under Trump, ICE is arresting thousands of people daily, sowing fear and trauma nationwide. That’s why we need AAPI voters to elect political leaders who will put a check on this lawless administration. ⬇️
aapihousecalls.org
AAPI House Calls - Stop AAPI Hate Action
We’re reaching AAPI voters in places where their votes can tip the scale in the 2026 midterms.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 08/07/2026
New details were just released about racially-motivated attacks in San Diego that severely injured three people, including an Asian man. The victims claim a group of men — two with alleged ties to a white supremacist gang — shouted racial slurs and said, "Don't you know who we are? We're skinheads."
sandiegouniontribune.com
FBI warrant details alleged racial hate-crime attacks at Oceanside Pier involving ‘skinheads,’ Marines
An FBI agent alleged that two of the attackers claim membership in a White supremacist gang, including one who allegedly posted a video of himself shouting “Heil Hitler.”
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 04/07/2026
As we celebrate #America250, we’re reflecting on what freedom looks like for AAPI communities: We deserve the freedom to live, work, and learn without being attacked by federal agents. We deserve the freedom to speak our languages and practice our religions without being racially profiled. 🧵⬇️
A poster from AAPI House Calls with the message: "Our pledge is liberty and justice for all. Our voice makes it a reality." It mentions the influence of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders as voters in the U.S. and encourages volunteering at aapihousecalls.org.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 25/06/2026
AAPIs are one of the fastest-growing voting populations in the country, yet they remain among the most overlooked by political campaigns. A small number of votes could determine who holds power in Congress — and AAPI voters can make the difference in competitive congressional districts nationwide.
A poster titled "AAPI House Calls" features an illustration of a telephone with a cord. The text highlights that nearly half of AAPI voters reported not being contacted by major political parties in 2024. It announces a voter outreach program launching in July 2026 to address this issue. The bottom text introduces "AAPI House Calls" as a volunteer phonebanking program aimed at mobilizing AAPI voters. The website "AAPIHouseCalls.org" is displayed at the bottom.Promotional image for AAPI House Calls featuring a call to action: "Volunteer with us." The text highlights benefits such as weekly virtual phonebanks with staff support, volunteer training, joining a community, and multilingual voter engagement. It encourages signing up at aapihousecalls.org, with activities starting on July 9.
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