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…
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Trump Includes Philippines, Pakistan Among “Terrorist” Nations Whose Immigrants He’d Restrict
Earlier this month, Donald Trump spoke to a rally in Portland, Maine where he repeated one of his most infamous…
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Asian Americans, We Must Stand Strong with our Undocumented Immigrants | #MyAsianAmericanStory
Whether it is Donald Trump’s verbal caricature of overseas Chinese businessmen, or Jeb Bush’s proclamation that when it comes to “anchor…
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Jeb Bush Clarifies his Position on “Anchor Babies”: “It’s more related to Asian[s].”
Snoopy believes Jeb Bush — son of the country’s 41st president and brother to the country’s 43rd president — will ultimately emerge…
BREAKING: Nan-Hui Jo Released From Federal Custody | #StandWithNanHui
Activists tell me that Nan-Hui Jo — the Korean survivor of domestic abuse who fled her abuser with her young…
Petition: Stop Deportation of Adult Adoptees and #KeepAdamHome
Last week, I wrote about Adam Crapser, an adult Korean American adoptee who as a child survived years of incredible…
Obama makes a small – but necessary – first step towards comprehensive immigration reform
In a speech — less than 20 minutes long and snubbed by the country’s major cable networks — President Barack…
Immigration activist Jose Antonio Vargas detained by US Border Patrol at TX airport
Jose Antonio Vargas (@joseiswriting) — journalist, documentary-filmmaker and immigrant rights’ activist — has been handcuffed and detained by US Border…
Did federal ICE agents just racially profile Asian Americans in massive PA raid yesterday?
Yesterday, Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents conducted a massive raid in State College, Pennsylvania. According to reports, ICE agents…
What does Eric Cantor’s primary loss mean for comprehensive immigration reform?
An hour ago, I had to stop the treadmill before I fell off it and broke my neck. See, I found…
Call to Action: Here’s how you can help free the #ElPaso37!
Earlier last week, I wrote about the El Paso 37, a group of between 35 and 40 (or as many…
Free the #ElPaso37! Punjabi men launch hunger strike to protest ~1 year of ICE inaction
Last summer, forty Sikh men from Punjab were brought to an El Paso-based Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility, a…