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Why the November elections is important to Filipino Americans, say leaders
By Carol Ojeda Kimbrough Exclusive to TheFILAMLA.com With only 58 days left before the November elections, the Pilipino Worker Center (PWC)hosted a forum on Sept. 10, 2016 in Los Angeles to discuss the impact of this election on the Filipino American community and to encourage voter participation. Over 50 people attended the event and many […]
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Political power of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders highlights key study
A Special Report for TheFILAMLA Asian Americans and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders (NHPI) are becoming citizens in greater numbers. They are registering to vote and going to polls in increasing numbers in the West, according to Stewart Kwoh, president and executive director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Los Angeles (Advancing Justice – LA). In […]
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DACA ‘Dreamers’ must return their 3-Year work permit by July 21
By Cecile Caguingin Ochoa Los Angeles – Immigration officials may soon start visiting some of the homes of young immigrants awarded three-year work permits with deferred deportation ( under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA) program, but immigrant rights advocates said the recipients should not be alarmed. According to a leading advocate group […]
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Asian Americans are fastest growing racial group in San Diego, with increasing number of poor
Special Report for THEFILAMLA SAN DIEGO – The Asian American population in San Diego County is the fastest growing racial group according to a new report released recently by Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Los Angeles and the Union of Pan Asian Communities (UPAC). The report, “A Community of Contrasts: Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and […]
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Free ESL course offered at San Gabriel Valley Community Center
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Los Angeles (Advancing Justice – LA) is launching its first-ever English as a Second Language (ESL) course at its San Gabriel Valley Community Center in Monterey Park. Despite an increasing number of cities in the San Gabriel Valley with a majority Asian American population, there remains a significant lack of […]
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U.S. could lose billions in taxes with DACA, DAPA injunction, warns Jose Antonio Vargas
By Cecile Caguingin Ochoa Reacting to the preliminary injunction on the implementation of Obama’s new deferred action programs, Pulitzer-prize winning author of Filipino descent, Jose Antonio Vargas said the ruling of Judge Andrew Hanen could essentially impact the U.S. economy with billions of dollars loss in state and local taxes, including sales taxes. On February […]
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JAV among thousands of undocumented immigrants who acquire driver’s licenses in California
By Cecile Caguingin Ochoa “Sitting in my car, which my cousin Gladys and her husband Gerry has generously loaned me. I just passed my driver’s test,” joyfully proclaimed Pulitzer Prize winner Jose Antonio Vargas in a blog after AB 60 was implemented January 2. AB 60 gives undocumented immigrants the right to have a California […]
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Find out if you qualify for DACA or other immigration relief from Obama’s executive order
The Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Los Angeles (Advancing Justice – LA) announced a series of free workshops for immigrants to understand if they are eligible for new or existing administrative relief programs, announced recently by President Obama. Nearly 500,000 undocumented Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States are expected to be eligible for […]
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Confessions of a formerly undocumented youth: Anthony Ng, 25
By Cecile Ochoa A week after President Obama’s announcement that he would take executive action to protect millions of immigrants from deportation, one young man who has already benefited from Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) says he hopes Filipinos will take advantage of it when it becomes available so they will be able […]