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The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. JUSTICE KAGAN would grant the petition for a writ of certiorari. JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE JACKSON joins, dissenting from denial of certiorari. This case asks whether federal law prohibits the poorest prisoners from splitting the $350 fee required to file a federal lawsuit when it allows everyone else to do so. The answer statutorily appears to be no. Because the decision below held otherwise and deepened a split among the Courts of Appeals, the Court should grant the petition for a writ of certiorari.

Petitioners Topaz Johnson and Ian Henderson were incarcerated at High Desert State Prison in California when they filed this lawsuit in federal court. According to their complaint, corrections officers forced them and a third prisoner to stand in filthy cages that reeked of urine and measured 2.5 feet by 2.5 feet. They alleged that the officers forced them to stand in those cages for nearly nine hours with their hands cuffed behind their backs.

By a 6–3 vote, SCOTUS refuses to review a judge-made rule that bars indigent prisoners from splitting the filing fee among themselves when filing a federal suit—even though everyone else is allowed to split that fee. These defendants were allegedly tortured. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

SF: Supes Pass Legislation Establishing Ice-Free Zones On City Property The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously approved legislation Tuesday preventing federal immigration enforcement operations on city property.

The SF Board of Supervisors just drew a clear line – no ICE enforcement action on city property. Thank you to SFBOS, especially Supervisor Chyanne Chen and Supervisor Bilal Mahmood, for protecting our immigrant communities.

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Happy New Year! 春节快乐！The year of the fire horse is the year we gallop towards change 🐎🔥

If you make your own hongbao for the Spring Festival, send us a picture! We'd love to share our community's expressions of joy 🧧

Come work with me this summer!

'Islamophobia is on the rise again,' Equality Labs report warns – AsAmNews Social media companies have loosened moderation, and this is leading to a tinderbox online. Islamophobia is a danger to civil society, founder warns.

NEW DATA: Equality Labs counted nearly 5 million Islamophobic posts (!!!) across X and other social platforms last year. Now, they're exposing an alarming pattern: Islamophobic rhetoric online is connected to the political scapegoating we see offline.

Learn more ⬇️
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How the Visa Debate for Foreign Workers Fuels Racism Against South Asians A dispute over the impact of H-1B visas on U.S. workers has been overshadowed by racist rhetoric, with troubling echoes of the great replacement conspiracy theory.

Since Trump announced his bogus $100,000 fee for certain H-1B visa applicants last year, the political debates over the visa program have only continued to escalate.

South Asian communities in the U.S. — who make up 73% of H-1B visa holders — are caught directly in the crossfire.

Until our lawmakers take meaningful action to stop the flow of taxpayer dollars into ICE's deathly facilities, immigrants will continue to suffer inhumane treatment and die preventable deaths.

Cambodian national dies in ICE custody in Indiana A detainee died in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Indiana on Monday, with the cause of death under investigation, ICE said on Wednesday, marking at least the seventh death ...

BREAKING: Lorth Sim - a 59-year-old man from Cambodia - was found dead in an ICE detention center in Indiana on Monday morning. He is the ninth Asian immigrant to die in ICE custody since Trump took office last year. 🧵⬇️

Education continues to be a powerful tool in combating anti-AA/PI hate and other forms of racism. When the federal government threatens our freedom to learn, it makes our communities less informed and less safe.

The directive was racist, unconstitutional, and threatened the academic freedom of students nationwide, which is why
our partners at the @neatoday.bsky.social filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration — and won.

🎉 VICTORY: This week, the U.S. Department of Education withdrew its anti-DEI February 2025 “Dear Colleague” Letter — a directive that sought to promote a whitewashed version of American history and literature by controlling what educators can do or say in their classrooms. 🧵⬇️

The American president is more insulated from accountability than a British royal.

Our political system provides the elite with immunity. It has to change.

Congrats to BART rider and Oakland legend Alysa Liu on winning a gold medal at the Olympics and making the Bay Area proud!

Alysa Liu’s Olympic run came with terms. Her choreographer helps her express them Liu is the best U.S. hope for an Olympic medal in women's figure skating, which would be the country's first in the competition since 2006.

“When Liu, 20, decided to return to skating, she did so with conditions. She’d wear what she wants. Dance to the music she wants. Eat what she wants. Take breaks when she wants…. [Skating] would be the vehicle through which she displayed the real Alysa.”

she did it! her! way!!

Join CAA, Chinese Cultural Center and Edge on the Square in celebrating love, humor, and the courage to carry on at the 2026 Flower Market Art Zone:

🗓️ Feb 14-15 | Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 9am-6pm
📍 600 Block of Grant Avenue, Chinatown
🔗 cccsf.us/makeyourownluck

Community advocacy works! Together, with the Language Access Network, we made it known that language access saves lives, and were able to delay potentially harmful revisions to SFPD's DGOs. We're looking forward to working together to create language access policies that we can all feel proud of!

February News: Some wins… and challenges ahead! - CAA As immigration enforcement continues to terrorize communities in Minnesota and elsewhere, everyday people have joined advocates to push back against unchecked ICE and Department of Homeland Security p...

At CAA, we managed to halt a revival of the harmful and racist "China Initiative" and added to the growing chorus of people that are pushing back against abuses of power. The road ahead is challenging, but we will persist.

https://caasf.org/2026/02/february-news-some-wins-and-challenges-ahead/

Community Update on UESF Strike (2/9/26) - CAA 中文 We want to share an update about United Educators of San Francisco (UESF) and the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD). What’s Happening Official Updates This situation is changing rapidly...

The United Educators of San Francisco (UESF) have announced a general strike beginning today, 2/9/26. CAA has gathered a list of resources available to students and families in English and Chinese.

https://caasf.org/2026/02/community-update-on-uesf-strike-2-9-26/

紧急：2月9日起，SFUSD大罢工120所学校关闭，这些免费托育和食物资源请收藏！ 这是自1979年来、近50年来首次教师大罢工。

旧金山联合教育工作者协会 (UESF) 已宣布将于 2 月 9 日星期一开始举行全面罢工。CAA 整理了一份面向学生和家庭的资源清单，提供英文和中文版本。

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Our 57th Celebration of Justice will be hosted on Thursday, June 4, 2026.

Registration opens in March. In the meantime, reach out to development@caasf.org with any questions.

We hope to see you there!

Impeach Kristi Noem  - Stop AAPI Hate Tell Congress: Impeach Noem & Hold DHS Accountable

You can also contact your representatives via email using the form below. Every message counts to show Congress that we’re counting on them to impeach Kristi Noem and protect our communities from further abuse.

📩 Send an email to your reps now: stopaapihate.org/impeach-kristi-noem/

Impeach Noem Now Call your member of Congress now!

Today, February 10th, people nationwide are coming together to flood the phone lines of our congressional representatives and demand they #ImpeachNoemNow.

☎️ Find your members of Congress and call them now: secure.ngpvan.com/VNAH6rzNnkib...

Under Kristi Noem's leadership, DHS and ICE operations have become deadly. At least 32 immigrants died in ICE custody in 2025, yet Noem continues to allow ICE to operate with impunity.

Today, we join @votolatino.bsky.social and other organizations nationwide to urge Congress to #ImpeachNoemNow 🧵⬇

Hold the Line on ICE Funding - Stop AAPI Hate Tell Congress: No More ICE Funding

Now, his family is urging the public to come to the defense of immigrants like Cheema. As his daughter Rabia Amin tells WBEZ: "You don't win staying silent."

🚨 One way to use your voice is to contact your representatives in Congress and demand they continue to oppose new funding for ICE and DHS. ⬇️

Chicago-area Asians were arrested in Operation Midway Blitz. They kept quiet about it, for a while Stigma and a false sense of security have kept families from speaking publicly about immigration enforcement. The daughter of a deported man says "staying silent ... hurts you more than anything."

At least 140 Asian people were arrested by ICE during "Operation Midway Blitz," including Asif Amin Cheema. ICE deported him to Pakistan on New Years Day — ripping him away from his family, ignoring his asylum application, and forcing him onto a flight after he was hospitalized for chest pains. 🧵⬇️

We urge the SF Police Commission to require SFPD to address language access concerns and to vote NO on the current

Come to Police Comm Mtg Wed Feb 4, 5:30pm
Police Comm. Mtg RE: DGO 5.20 Lang Access
City Hall, Rm 400

Info: ngee@caasf.org

Hold the Line on ICE Funding - Stop AAPI Hate MENU

We cannot let Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda continue to terrorize our neighbors and communities. It’s time to take action.

🚨 Tell Congress to stand firm in opposing more funding for ICE and DHS, and hold them accountable for brutalizing our communities: stopaapihate.org/hold-the-lin...

DAILY MEMO: 'They're Going To Kill Him,' Toddler Says, As Border Patrol Arrests Her Father ~ L.A. TACO Today, even without the usual border patrol raiders, ICE, on their own, managed to pick up around 18 people, mostly targeted attacks, including a huge raid in Monterey Park across the street from…

Yesterday, ICE detained 8 Chinese people in Monterey Park, sending shockwaves across California's AAPI communities. In a video, a child is heard pleading with law enforcement, saying “Help me, we have nobody else,” and “they’re going to kill him.”

The raid was steps away from an elementary school.

This image is a call to action for California residents to contact their representatives. It features a group photo of people sitting together, with the text "#SAVESITHY URGENT ACTION" above them. Contact information for Congressman Lou Correa, Senator Alex Padilla, and Senator Adam Schiff is provided for people to demand the release of Ms. Sithy Yi.

The government should be protecting survivors of abuse and persecution — not repeating the cycle of harm and trauma that they fought hard to escape from.

☎️ CA Residents: Contact your reps and ask them to demand ICE release Sithy Yi immediately!

#SaveSithy @aapiequityalliance.bsky.social

In 1981, Sithy and her family were reunited with relatives in the United States after spending years in refugee camps. But now, as part of Trump's cruel anti-immigrant agenda, Sithy was kidnapped by ICE and is at risk of being deported to a country she has no ties to.