ANNOUNCEMENTS ALC 12th Annual Team Trivia Competition! Saturday Nov. 15, 2005 7pm - 10pm St. Mary's Cathedral Entry Form | Flier ALC Hires New Staff Deputy Director 8/11/08 Attorneys 7/30/08 Executive Director 6/1/08 ALC SEARCHING FOR YOUR STORIES! Contact ALC and share your experiences about questioning and searches by customs agents. ALC Attorneys Awarded 2008 South Asian Bar Association Award 2008 Leadership Monarch Award  ALC's 36th Anniversary Dinner  Pictures Newsletters: Spring 2008 | Fall 2007    Jobs: Director of Communications and Donor Relations Become an ALC Law Clerk: Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 Become an Undergrad Intern: Fall 2008	GET HELP Go to ALC's self-help website. Want to know how to report a lost green card? How about report a change of address to the Department of Homeland Security? Go to our immigration self-help website to learn how to do these things and more. 請到本會(ALC)自助網站。欲知如何舉報遺失綠卡嗎？如何向國土安全部報告地址更改？欲知曉多些這方面情況，請瀏覽本會之移民自助網站。	NEWS  Internal DHS Documents Detail Expansion of Power to Read and Copy Travelers' Papers Press Release ARTICLES Washington Post 9/23/08 SF Chronicle 9/24/08 Civil Rights Coalition Urges Max Sentence for Hate Crime Assailants Press Release Letter New Undocumented Youth Policy Violates Due Process Op-Ed by ALC and LSC Recorder 9/12/08 San Francisco's New Policy 9/10/08 ALC Staff and Nail Salon Project Profiled in Sacramento Bee Mom, Daughter Have Facts... 8/12/08 ALC Stands up for Immigrant Youth and Sanctuary Ordinance Press Release and Letter to Mayor ARTICLES Immigrants Denounce Hysteria Beyond Chron 7/30/08 APA Groups Stand Up... AsianWeek 7/30/08  Police and Feds Set Tone... Beyond Chron 8/13/08 Concerns with Mayor's New Policy Recorder 8/26/008 Muslim Woman Sues Employer for Workplace Discrimination Based on Headscarf 7/8/08 Press Release | Complaint Attia vs. White Hall Jewelers Case Settlement ARTICLES Jewelers, former employee settle discrimination lawsuit Times-Herald, 7/8/08 click here for press release/background. Addressing School Violence Op-ed by ALC and SF Public Defender Jeff Adachi, Asian Week 5/29/08 ALC Applauds SFPD for Adoption of Language Access Policy Press Release Language Access Policy Asian Journal 2/27/08 ALC and EFF Sue Homeland Security on Questioning and Searches of Travelers 2/7/08 FOIA Complaint | Press Release | ALC Statement to Senate Committee 7/8/08 ARTICLES Clarity Sought On Electronics Searches Washington Post 2/7/08 Homeland Security Sued For Not Divulging Info SF Chronicle 2/8/08 Tips for Travelers Returning to the United States Questions and Answers About the Vietnamese Repatriation Act English | Tieng Viet 2/11/08  Nail Salon Project News KPFA APEX 1/24/2008 Issue Brief: Chemical Hazards 6/10/2008 Issue Brief: Language Access in the Nail Salon Industry 11/15/2007 Follow-up on "The High Price of Beauty", KPFA 11/06/2006 The High Price of Beauty , The Nation 9/20/2007 More Vietnamese Immigrants Drawn to the Nail Salon Profession, CBS 6/6/2007	OUR MISSION The mission of the Asian Law Caucus is to promote, advance and represent the legal and civil rights of the Asian and Pacific Islander communities. Recognizing that social, economic, political and racial inequalities continue to exist in the United States, the Asian Law Caucus is committed to the pursuit of equality and justice for all sectors of our society with a specific focus directed toward addressing the needs of low-income Asian and Pacific Islanders.