Canada cancels investor visas: modern Chinese Exclusion, or a sign that Canadian citizenship isn’t for sale?
Although most avenues of legal citizenship to North America involves skill- or job-based visas, one of the lesser-known avenues of…
Category: Immigration
Should there be a White House petition to establish a U.S. federal “Immigrants Day” holiday?
The Asian American blogosphere has been a-twitter over a recent White House petition asking that Lunar New Year be made a U.S.…
Obama Administration Changes Policy to Stop Deportation of Young Illegal Immigrants
One of my chief complaints about the Obama administration (of which there are only a few, mind you) is their…
Why We Need the DREAM Act and What You Can Do: Steve Li’s Story
I’m way late on this story, but thankfully there are others in the APIA blogosphere who have covered it well. Here…
The War on Undocumented Immigrants’ Unheard Victims
(H/T: J.S.) The war on undocumented immigrants has dominated news coverage over the last six months, fueled in large part…
“9500 Liberty” Premiering on MTV
I admit: I’m one of the few folks left in the progressive blogosphere who hasn’t yet watched “9500 Liberty”, the…
Chinese-American Republican Defends Birthright Citizenship
Republican and Chinese-American Congressman Charles Djou, from Hawaii, has an opinion piece on the Wall Street Journal today defending the 14th Amendment. The article…
3 Ways You Can Stop the GOP’s War on the Children of Undocumented Immigrants
Last week, I wrote a piece for Change.org entitled 3 Ways You Can Help End the GOP’s War on Undocumented…
Federal Injunction Blocks Most of the Nasty Bits in SB 1070
Last night, while chatting with some friends, I predicted that a federal injunction would block SB 1070 some time today. I…
The Diverse History of Angel Island
There’s a book coming out late next month that is definitely on my wish-list — Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to…
SB 1070 Rips the ‘Welcome Mat’ Away From Legal Immigrants
I am not Latina. I am not an illegal immigrant. All the same: SB 1070 terrifies me. One of my…
The Fight Begins Against Prop. 107
Surrounded by colourful posters decrying the racism of Arizona’s latest slew of discriminatory and intolerant legislation (e.g. SB 1070), a group of…