BREAKING: ICE Rescinds International Student Rule Requiring In-Person Classes
Just one week after ICE announced they would require international students to attend in-person classes in order to remain in…
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Rep. Judy Chu Arrested at Rally Demanding Passage of Clean DREAM Act
Representative Judy Chu, the first Chinese American woman elected to the US Congress and the current chairperson of the Congressional…
Over 100 Cambodian American Refugees Face Deportation after Targeted ICE Round-Up
The Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC) reports that over one hundred Cambodian American refugees have been arrested and detained…
University of Maryland Students Organize Rally for Immigrant Rights as Part of Week of #AAPIAction
This past week, Asian American scholars and activists (organized under the group, AAPIVoices) staged a nationwide week of action (#AAPIAction)…
Survivor of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Faces Deportation by US Immigration | #FreeNy
Ny Nourn was born into war and violence. Nourn’s mother fled genocide in Cambodia to a refugee camp in Thailand…
Widow At Risk of Deportation Following Hate Crime Murder of Her Husband
Earlier this year, I reported on the hate crime murder of 32-year-old Srinivas Kuchibhotla, an engineer shot and killed at…
Asian American Advocacy Group Launches 22-Day, 24hr White House Vigil to Defend Immigrants | #DREAMAction17
Asian American advocacy group, National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC), is currently one week into a marathon 22-day vigil…
BREAKING: Gold Star Father Says his Travel Privileges are being “Reviewed”?
Khizr Khan, the Pakistani American and Muslim father of US Army Captain Humayun Khan who was killed in 2004 while…
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Why I Will Join Thousands of Women as we March on Saturday
When I first heard about a planned march to amass the nation’s women to highlight women’s rights and in protest…
900+ Asian American Studies Scholars Issue Collective Statement Decrying Trump’s Proposed Muslim Registry
Over 900 Asian American Studies scholars from across the United States issued a joint statement today decrying President-Elect Donald Trump’s…
Carl Higbie Needs to Learn AAPI History
Yesterday, I reported that Trump supporter Carl Higbie had appeared on Fox News’ The Kelly File to offer Japanese American incarceration (a…
Asian Americans Must Join the Fight to #StopSessions (and #StopBannon)
Earlier this morning, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he has chosen Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions to fill the role of…