Republished from SJSU Washing Square “Dreamers: The Undocumented Student and Immigrant Experience” By Julia Halprin Jackson Gloria “Tia” Immanuel, ’18 Business Administration, has not seen her biological parents or siblings since she was six years old, when she moved from Indonesia to a small town in southern California with her aunt and uncle. She had […]
January 14th United We Dream Day of Action Tia Emmanual Testimony
On January 14th Asian Law Alliance co-hosted the United We Stand-Day of Action immigration rally in downtown San Jose, with SIREN and PACT. We had one of our DACA Clients Tia Immanual speak in front of the Federal Building describing her experience as a DACA recipient and what it means for her and the millions […]
Public Benefits
Paul was a refugee in the U.S. He applied for Unemployment Insurance Benefits but was denied benefits. Paul had provided a valid California Driver’s license and an unrestricted social security card, which satisfied the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) documents requirement for an alien to work in the U.S. Despite this proof, the California […]
Immigration / Domestic Violence
Carly first met her husband in Lebanon. After 5 years of courtship, with Carly visiting him in California and him flying to Lebanon, they decided to get married. He was attentive, caring and shared the same family values as Carly. They were a young, happy couple. Carly was excited to start her new life with […]
Our Fight Against Pay Day Loans
ALA continues its partnership with the Coalition Against Payday Predators (CAPP) in the fight against predatory payday loans. The Morgan Hill City Council took the first step toward strong regulation of payday lenders when the Council unanimously voted to instruct staff to draft an ordinance which would ban new payday lenders in the city, as […]
Fighting for Fairness
Ms. Lin recently came to our office for assistance after receiving an Eviction notice for non-payment of rent. After speaking with the client, we discovered that there was also a default judgment filed against her because she failed to file an Answer to the original Eviction. With a judgment already entered, our client only had […]
A Life-long dream
Rebecca is a teacher. She does it because she’s good at it and she knows she can make a difference in her students’ lives. She knows because when she was young, that type of caring and guidance would have made a huge impact on her life. Rebecca didn’t have an easy life. She never knew […]