Press Releases

06/22/2023 Advocates Letter to DOD Sec. Lloyd Austin re: Request for Investigation of Joshua Mast

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMedia Contact: media@projectanar.orgNovember 6, 2024ANAR WILL CONTINUE TO STAND WITH IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIESToday, we reaffirm our story and our mission. ANAR started organically out of community-led efforts in response to urgent immigration needs. We continue to exist because those needs persist today, and regardless of who holds political power, immigrant communities like ours are…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMedia Contact: media@projectanar.orgJune 4, 2024 | Washington, DC   ANAR DENOUNCES NEW ROUND OF ANTI ASYLUM POLICIES FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATIONToday, President Biden announced a set of executive actions that further erode access to asylum. In his announcement, the President said, “the simple truth is there is a worldwide migrant crisis, and if the United…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMedia Contact: media@projectanar.orgFebruary 6, 2024 | Washington, DC   Project ANAR Rejects Anti-Asylum BillProject ANAR opposes the anti-asylum policies included in the Senate’s supplemental spending bill. We reject any measure that leverages our community members as bargaining chips to push detrimental immigration policies. We have spent weeks rallying and meeting with lawmakers to push back…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMedia Contact: media@projectanar.orgNovember 7, 2023 | San Francisco, CA Project ANAR initiates Lawsuit Against U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Defense to Ensure Safe Evacuation of U.S. Citizens in Gaza As the crisis in Gaza worsens, Project ANAR has filed a lawsuit in the Central District of California regarding the handling of the…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJUNE 22, 2023SAN FRANCISCO, CAContact: media@projectanar.orgProject ANAR leads Advocates in Calling for An Investigation of Major Joshua Mast’s Actions in Relation to Afghan ChildOn June 22, 2023, Project ANAR led a diverse coalition of more than 20 Afghan community, faith-based organizations, and groups consisting of immigration, refugee, and veteran advocates, in calling on…

Comments in Opposition to the Joint Notice of Proposed Rulemaking entitled Circumvention of Lawful Pathways

PRESS RELEASEAFGHAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WELCOME COURT RULING AFFIRMING ASSETS BELONG TO THE AFGHAN PEOPLEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, February 22nd 2023PRESS CONTACT: Laila Ayub, media@projectanar.orgWashington D.C. – A coalition of Afghan American community organizations welcomes a judgment by a federal judge that rejects a bid to seize assets by the families of the victims of…