Resolutions, October 2025
1. AKSC Resolution on Caste Discrimination and State Intervention
AKSC wholeheartedly welcomes the July 18th judgment in the case of CRD vs HAF, where the federal court upheld intervention by the state in caste discrimination cases. This is a decisive win for caste-oppressed people.
This verdict affirms that caste discrimination is a civil rights issue, not a matter of religious freedom. The court rightly rejected HAF’s attempt to block legal remedies for Dalits and other caste-oppressed individuals under the guise of protecting Hinduism.
We note that this ruling comes after years of coordinated efforts from Cisco vs CRD to Kumar vs CSU where caste-oppressed voices demanded recognition, justice, and institutional accountability. AKSC recognizes the efforts of the California Civil Rights Department in pursuing this matter despite pressure and commends the legal clarity that caste can be addressed without defining or targeting religion.
We stand with all those fighting caste in workplaces, universities, and communities. This ruling empowers us to demand stronger protections, clearer policies, and united action. AKSC resolves to support all efforts to add caste as a protected category under anti-discrimination laws, reject religious supremacist narratives that seek to normalise caste hierarchy, mobilise community awareness and legal advocacy for caste-oppressed individuals, and build unity across caste and community lines to dismantle Brahmanical domination in diaspora spaces.
This is a beginning not an end. We resolve to carry forward the spirit of this judgment in our organizing, education, and collective resistance
2. Resolution to Oppose California Censorship Bill AB 7 1 5 and attacks on ethnic studies.
AB 715 is a dangerous censorship bill pushed by the state to criminalize dissent especially speech in solidarity with Palestinians resisting genocide. It targets educators with penalties and lawsuits for teaching about Palestine, colonialism, and liberation struggles. The bill is a direct attack on ethnic studies, academic freedom, discussion, and debate and aims to silence teachers, students, and communities who challenge U.S. imperialism, Israeli apartheid, and systems of oppression.
This crackdown is not unique. It mirrors how caste-oppressed people in India are punished for resisting Brahmanism, how Black organizers are surveilled for challenging white supremacy, and how workers everywhere are repressed for speaking out against empire. Across struggles and borders, the ruling class uses censorship to protect power and crush solidarity. This resolution does not oppose efforts to combat real antisemitism which is dangerous and must be challenged but rejects the misuse of such efforts to suppress constitutionally protected political speech and advocacy. Governor Newsom has already signed SB 771 an anti-democratic bill that pressures social media companies to censor criticism of Israel by falsely equating it with antisemitism, chilling free expression and dissent. This makes it even more urgent to stop AB 715 before more damage is done.
We stand with Palestinian liberation, with educators fighting for truth in the classroom, and with all oppressed peoples resisting colonialism, apartheid, and authoritarianism. We demand that Governor Gavin Newsom veto AB 7 1 5. To sign this bill is to stand against democracy, against solidarity, and against the right to resist. To stay silent is to be complicit.
3. Resolution Condemning Harmful H-1B Regulations and Demanding Real Immigration Reform
We condemn the harmful H-1B regulations and punitive fines imposed under the Trump administration, which unfairly target international students, scholars, and skilled workers. These policies undermine the aspirations of F-1 visa holders, deter global talent, and weaken America’s universities, innovation economy, and global leadership.
But these issues predate any one administration. For decades, both parties have failed to enact real immigration reform, using the issue as a political weapon instead of fixing a system that exploits all workers. The bipartisan 2013 “Gang of Eight” bill and the repeatedly stalled DREAM Act show how political gridlock has left immigrant communities and generations of Dreamers in limbo.
Meanwhile, the U.S. immigration system remains outdated and exclusionary, marked by restrictive visa caps, long backlogs, and limited opportunities for those who study and work here. Immigrant students and workers are vital to our classrooms, hospitals, and industries, yet continue to face uncertainty and instability. We call for transformative reform that expands opportunity: modernize the H1B visa system, protect F-1 students, clear the green card backlog, and ensure a fair, humane path to residency and citizenship. We stand with immigrant and international communities in a shared movement for dignity, inclusion, and justice, building collective power to create a system rooted in equity and solidarity.
