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Joint Letter to President Barack H. Obama Regarding Secret Surveillance of American Muslim Community Leaders
This is a joint letter from multiple civil rights, human rights, privacy rights, and faith-based organizations addressed to President Barack H. Obama. The letter expresses concerns following a report published by First Look Media indicating that the FBI and NSA targeted American Muslim community leaders for secret surveillance.

Eligibility for Employment Authorization for Battered Spouses of Certain Nonimmigrants
This is a correspondence from South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) and twelve other organizations to Alejandro Mayorkas, Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, dated January 10, 2013. The letter is in response to the December 12, 2012 Draft Policy Memorandum regarding Eligibility for Employment Authorization for Battered Spouses of Certain Nonimmigrants.

Joint Letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano about NSEERS
Dated June 21, 2012, this letter is from the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) to Janet Napolitano, then Secretary of Homeland Security. The 43 members of CAPAC express their concerns about the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS), which primarily targeted Muslim and Arab visitors to the U.S. following the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Letter to Attorney General Eric Holder from U.S. Senators and Representatives regarding the U.S. Department of Justice's Racial Profiling Guidance
This letter, signed by 14 Senators and 52 Representatives, was sent to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder urging the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to revise the agency's "Guidance on Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies".

Civil Rights Groups Request DOJ Investigation into NYPD Surveillance of American Muslims
This is a letter from civil rights, faith, community, and advocacy groups to the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice requesting an investigation into the New York City Police Department's ("NYPD") discriminatory surveillance of American Muslim communities.

Joint letter to DHS about DACA
This is a joint letter to Laura Dawkins, Chief of the Regulatory Coordination Division at the Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The letter is from the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) DACA Collaborative, a national network that serves the AAPI community.

Immigration Priorities for the South Asian Community, for the Obama-Biden Transition Team
This is a set of recommendations for the Immigration Policy Working Group of the Obama-Biden Transition Team. It was prepared by South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) on December 17, 2008.

Letter to Speaker Boehner and Minority Leader Pelosi
This letter was written by leaders of the Asian American and Pacific Islander community to express their concern about H.R. 4970, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012 (VAWA). They argue that this bill erodes protections available to vulnerable immigrant victims of domestic violence.

Joint Letter to Speaker Boehner and Leader Pelosi
This is a joint letter from multiple community organizations and groups concerned about civil and human rights and national security, addressed to Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. The letter strongly objects to the hearings on violent extremism recently announced by the Chair of the Committee on Homeland Security, Congressman Peter King.

Coalition Letter to Attorney General Holder
This is a joint letter from multiple Asian American and Pacific Islander organizations to President Barack Obama, urging him to veto the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (NDAA) if it contains provisions that authorize indefinite military detention without charge or trial.

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