Sin Yen Ling

Interview Subject

Sin Yen Ling

Contributors

Brigette Sigala, Amelie Aguilar

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Abstract

Sin Yen Ling was born in Chinatown, Manhattan, she is daughter of immigrant parents who arrived to the U.S in the early 70s and worked in garment factories and restaurants. She's a former staff attorney at the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) where she spent six years advocating for anti-Asian violence, racial profiling, and the deportations and detentions made against immigrants post 9/11. She founded ASPIRE, the first pan Asian undocumented youth group in the country. She is now the director of the Immigration Project, member of the New York State Bar and of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

Document Type

Article

Disciplines

Oral History

Date

12-2021

Citation

Ling, Sin Yen, "Sin Yen Ling" (2021). Oral Histories – Student Projects. 4.
https://digitalcommons.pace.edu/oralhistories/4