The National Alliance for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON) is a left-of-center advocacy group that organizes campaigns on immigration policy, labor issues, and disaster relief focusing on Filipino communities in the United States. The organization has supported anti-deportation efforts, wage-theft recovery, opposition to U.S. military policy in the Philippines, and labor union strikes. NAFCON has aligned with broader left-wing coalitions, including those opposing the Trump administration and supporting the Biden administration on certain immigration measures. ^{1 2 3}

Background

NAFCON was founded in December 2003 in San Jose, California by Filipino community organizations responding to increased immigration enforcement and skepticism towards immigrants after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The group incorporated as a charitable nonprofit in 2011 and lists its principal office at 4681 Mission Street, San Francisco. ^{4 5}

Activities and Stances

NAFCON has conducted know-your-rights trainings, unpaid wages recovery campaigns, and disaster-relief fundraising for typhoon victims in the Philippines through its Bayanihan Relief program. The organization has held national summits, youth leadership conferences, and medical missions to the Philippines. The group has also supported union strikes during the 2023 Kaiser Permanente strike and the United Auto Workers strike. ^{6 7 8 9 10}

NAFCON has endorsed the Philippine Human Rights Act and participated in left-wing coalitions critical of both the Duterte and Marcos Jr. administrations. The organization issued statements supporting continued left-of-center immigrant-advocacy mobilization during the Biden administration. ^{11 3}

The group also led a 2022 campaign to urge Philippine consulates in the United States to more easily facilitate participation in Philippine elections by Philippine citizens living in the U.S. ¹²

In 2025, NAFCON was listed as both an endorser and a “Steering committee organization” for the Coalition Against the Trump Agenda (CATA), a coalition that seeks to push back against the “racist and reactionary” policies enacted by the second Trump Administration. ^{13 14}

In 2024, the group cited the incoming second Trump administration as “another Trump presidency defined by a xenophobic & anti-immigrant agenda that scapegoats migrants for the nation’s economic challenges.” The group also described Project 2025 as an effort “aimed at imposing an extreme far-right authoritarian agenda.” ¹⁵

1. “National Alliance for Filipino Concerns.” ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer. Accessed December 4, 2025. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/454128737/202413199349317041/full.
2. “Labor Rights.” NAFCON USA. Accessed December 4, 2025. https://nafconusa.org/campaigns/labor-rights/.
3. “Continue the Struggle Beyond 100 Days of the Biden Administration.” NAFCON USA. April 28, 2021. Accessed December 4, 2025. https://nafconusa.org/2021/04/28/continue-the-struggle-beyond-100-days-unite-filipinos-in-the-u-s-for-real-change/.
4. “National Alliance for Filipino Concerns.” Benevity Causes Portal. Accessed December 4, 2025. https://causes.benevity.org/causes/840-454128737.
5. “National Alliance for Filipino Concerns.” ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer. Accessed December 4, 2025. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/454128737.
6. “Disaster Response.” NAFCON USA. Accessed December 4, 2025. https://nafconusa.org/campaigns/disasterresponse/.
7. “Campaigns.” NAFCON USA. Accessed December 4, 2025. https://nafconusa.org/campaigns/
8. “The Serious Crime of Wage Theft Among Filipino Caregivers and How it Unfolds in Portland, Oregon.” NAFCON USA. Accessed December 4, 2025. https://nafconusa.org/2025/05/07/the-serious-crime-of-wage-theft-among-filipino-caregivers-and-how-it-unfolds-in-portland-oregon/
9. “NAFCON CONGRATULATES UAW for winning their contract fight after 46 days of strike!” NAFCON USA. November 18, 2023. Accessed December 4, 2025. https://nafconusa.org/2023/11/18/nafcon-congratulates-uaw-for-winning-their-contract-fight-after-46-days-of-strike/
10. “NAFCON Statement on the October Kaiser Strikes.” NAFCON USA. October 6, 2023. Accessed December 4, 2025. https://nafconusa.org/2023/10/06/nafcon-statement-on-the-october-kaiser-strikes/
11. “NAFCON and Kabataan Alliance: 50 Years Later, Decrying Martial Law in the Philippines is Still Relevant.” NAFCON USA. September 22, 2022. Accessed December 4, 2025. https://nafconusa.org/2022/09/22/ml50/
12. “An Open Letter to all Philippine Consulate Generals in the U.S: Ensure the Rights of Overseas Voters to Participate in Clean and Honest Elections.” NAFCON USA. Accessed December 4, 2025. https://nafconusa.org/22elections/
13. “Coalition against the Trump Agenda.” Coalition Against the Trump Agenda. Accessed December 4, 2025. https://www.coalitionagainsttrumpagenda.org/.
14. “Endorsers.” Coalition Against the Trump Agenda. Accessed December 4, 2025. https://www.coalitionagainsttrumpagenda.org/endorsers.
15. “NAFCON Remains Resolute in Fight for Justice, Rights, and Democracy for Filipino Community Under Another Trump Presidency.” NAFCON USA. Accessed December 4, 2025. https://nafconusa.org/2024/11/06/nafcon-remains-resolute-in-fight-for-justice-rights-and-democracy-for-filipino-community-under-another-trump-presidency/