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Some 500K undocumented Filipinos ‘have reasons to be alarmed’: immigration lawyer
By Maricar CP Hampton With less than two months before President-Elect Donald Trump takes over the White House on January 20, 2017, the immigrant community is gripped with fear and worry wondering whether he would really deport 3 million undocumented immigrants – and how. Regina Domingo, a Maryland-based immigration lawyer laid it out there: “Undocumented […]
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DHS responds to calls for TPS via public engagement
One hundred days after Typhoon Yolanda struck the Philippines resulting in massive loss of life and destruction of property, the national movement for Temporary Protected Status for Filipinos in the U.S. received a response from the Department of Homeland Security, which announced its intent for public engagement around this issue. DHS Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas […]
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Maryland non-profit looking to eliminate corruption in the PHL private sector
By Maricar CP Hampton & Cristina DC Pastor EXCLUSIVE TO ‘THE FILAM METRO D.C.’ Graft and corruption in the Philippines is probably as old as the country. While this socio-political scourge is commonly associated with government, the private sector is very much a part of why corruption has remained widespread and largely unmitigated. In some […]
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Memorial mass for lawyer Rod Garcia, 59, on Oct. 29
By Maricar CP Hampton The FilAm community is still in shock over the demise of beloved community leader, musician and lawyer Rodney Garcia Garcia, 59, succumbed to a cerebral hemorrhage on October 26 after battling several strokes over the past few years. His family and close friends were at his hospital bedside in Alexandria, Virginia […]