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@bradlander.bsky.socialReposted by @aaldef.bsky.socialImportant testimony by @aaldef.bsky.social @legaldefensefund.bsky.social & @wedefendthevote.org on what we can do to protect everyone’s right to vote in the wake of Trump’s attacks on our most fundamental democratic right.
@protectdemocracy.orgReposted by @aaldef.bsky.socialNEW: We just sued DHS on behalf of a coalition of racial justice and civil rights groups and labor unions to protect voters' right to cast ballots free from intimidation. Their suit challenges threats to deploy ICE and federal forces near polling places.
Read the complaint: protdem.org/4rjLHaF
@aaldef.bsky.socialTwenty five years later, the world has changed. Threats facing our communities have evolved and escalated. But our responsibility to those communities is the same. 4/4
@aaldef.bsky.socialAt the same time, Muslim, Arab, Sikh, South Asian, and other immigrant communities began facing discrimination, violence, surveillance, and other civil rights abuses. 9/11 forced many of them to prove their allegiance to America even as law enforcement and hate groups continued to target them. 3/4
@aaldef.bsky.socialIn the midst of deep uncertainty and grief, AALDEF staff and community partners gathered the next morning in Manhattan to begin strategizing what our communities would need. Manhattan’s Chinatown suffered devastating economic, health, and community consequences in the aftermath of the attacks. 2/4
@aaldef.bsky.socialSeptember 11, 2001 was primary election day in New York City, which meant a busy day for AALDEF staff in the office taking calls on our hotline and other staff scattered across the city to monitor polls. “Our lives changed forever,” says Margaret Fung, who was in the office that day. 1/4
