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“We cannot depend on the courts to save us,” said Annie Lee, managing director of policy at Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) and Stop AAPI Hate. 

The great grandson of Wong Kim Ark, the San Francisco-born man whose landmark case established birthright citizenship in the U.S., responded to the Supreme Court ruling limiting the ability of judges to halt the President’s actions

San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu and Community Leaders react to the Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship.

The great grandson of the man who pioneered birthright citizenship in the United States spoke out about the Supreme Court’s ruling Friday that paves the way for the Trump administration to eliminate the law. Bob Redell reports.

華人權益促進會/Stop AAPI Hate政策總監李申申（Annie Lee）說：「最高法院削弱了法院作為我們制衡體系中抵禦行政部門越權行為的關鍵防線作用，我們依靠法院阻止總統違法，而現在他們（法官）不再擁有全國性禁令的工具，或許我們一直都知道這一點，但現在比昔日更清楚，我們不能依靠法院來拯救我們。」

President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship is once again frozen by a federal judge’s nationwide injunction, preventing the administration from enforcing the policy in any of the 50 states.

三藩市市參事會預算委員會昨日舉行修訂預算案前最後一次公聽會， 500多位市民到場發言，要求市府保留社會服務資源。華協中心、華人進步會、安老自助處、華人權益促進會、亞洲法律聯會、散房家庭團結會等多個華人組織動員集體參與。

隨著三藩市市政府年度預算審議進入最後關鍵階段，多個為華人社區提供服務的非營利機構對資金延續前景意見分歧。

舊金山華埠的主要亞裔組織，包括華人權益促進會、華人進步會、華協中心以及安老自助處召開聯合記者會，社區領袖譴責ICE在舊金山、東灣Concord和首府沙加緬度移民法庭的執法行動。

多個華人社區組織——華人權益促進會、華人進步會、華協中心、亞洲法律聯會及安老自助處——17日聯合召開記者會，試圖為被恐慌籠罩的社區帶來一些確定性。然而與會者帶來的消息，卻讓人更加憂慮。

With a rise in immigration raids and arrests outside courthouses schools, and at workplaces and other slice-of-life locations — coupled with a slew of Trump policies that whittle away or outright revoke people’s legal status and rights — immigrants across the country, regardless of their status, are increasingly at…

三藩市市參事會預算委員會首日聽證會周三舉行，三藩市多個部門向預算委員會呈交年度預算報告。公眾評論環節吸引逾百名民眾參與，近百名華人出席，包括華人權益促進會（CAA）、華協中心（CCDC）、散房家庭團結會、華人進步會等組織代表發言。