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Florida 15 trafficking victims get T visas; families to follow?
The Florida 15 victims of human trafficking have been granted T visas and employment certification cards, according to their lawyer. Lawyer Felix Vinluan said the 15 men and women won the first round of their case against their former employer, Jose “Jojo” Villanueva, proprietor of San Villa Ship Management Co. In a press statement, the […]
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Immigration lawyer says shorter wait time for petitions is ‘logical, reasonable’
By Cristina DC Pastor “It’s crazy to separate husbands and wives.” That was lawyer Alan Lubiner arguing for changes he would like to see in a new immigration reform law widely speculated to pass Congress within a year. A partner at Lubiner & Schmidt in Cranford, New Jersey and the author of two popular books […]
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FILAMSPEAK: What do you know about the Marcoses?
By Cristina DC Pastor They are the children of the Martial Law Babies. In the U.S., they are the Filipino Americans in their teens to their 30s who were born after the Marcoses have fled the country in 1986 or were of a young age with no hint of political consciousness whatsoever during the Conjugal […]
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Rosalyn de Castro eyes the Olympics as her goal
Ten-year-old Rosalyn de Castro led her hockey team to the championship of the Hudson Valley Hockey League, as the captain — and goalie — of the all-boys NYC Skyliners. Rosalyn, a fifth grader at St. Adalbert School, helped the team win its first playoff game with a shutout, usually credited to a goalie’s effective defense. […]
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Why Vargas is the new John Lennon
By Rio Guerrero On the evening of February 19, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) honored Jose Antonio Vargas with a 2013 Justice in Action Award during its annual gala in New York City. Vargas is the proud face of over 11 million undocumented foreign nationals living in the U.S., and is […]
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High five for Ninotchka Rosca’s ‘sanaysay’ anthology
By Joel David While awaiting the international availability of Amazon’s Kindle Paperwhite, I placed some orders for a number of dead-tree editions – which also ran into unexpected delays. Meanwhile a packet arrived in the mail, containing a slim volume titled “Gang of 5: Tales, Cuentos, Sanaysay.” The author, Ninotchka Rosca, was someone I’d never […]
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Fixing immigration: Are we there yet?
By Ludy Astraquillo Ongkeko, Ph.D. Television and other media brought information to the world that the many groups of foreign nationals who have become social action demonstrators in the United States will, in the near future see fruition in their efforts. That huge concern of the heterogeneous groups has now been maximized by legislators. Solidarity […]
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My kind of carnival
By Lenn Almadin-Thornhill Not THAT Carnival. This one had thousands jumping up and down the streets not jumping off a ship. There’s nothing like it anywhere else in the world — a week-long celebration which takes a year to organize. Carnival in the islands of Trinidad and Tobago, on the southernmost part of the Caribbean […]
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Monique Lhuillier laces up
By Elton Lugay A peek into Monique Lhuillier’s Fall collection showed her variant interpretations of tailored and layered dresses and lacey shoes. This androgynous mix made for a stunning array when used on rich textures in colors of pewter gold, amethyst green, garnet red, reminiscent of a jewelry box. Monique said her collection inspires opulence […]