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Asian advocates celebrate ‘historic win’ for undocumented residents including 143K Filipinos in California
By Dante D. Ochoa Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles, advocates for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders’ civil rights released statistics in a press conference held Friday, November 21 that President Obama’s executive order directly affects some 416,000 undocumented Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in California including 143,000 Filipinos among the estimated 5 million undocumented U.S. […]
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As legalization looms, Jose Antonio Vargas says, ‘I can now go back and see my mother’
By Cristina DC Pastor One of the much anticipated initiatives in President Obama’s planned executive action was the expansion of DACA or the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Last night Obama made it official: He unveiled a plan to expand the coverage of DACA and offer relief as well to parents of permanent residents if […]
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In 10 years, ethnic minority voters will make up California’s majority; Asians are potential swing votes
By Cecile Caguingin Ochoa In 10 years, the ethnic population of California will make up the majority voters in the state, according to Mark DiCamillo, director of “The Field Poll,” a research group that has acquired a national reputation as a consistently reliable and authoritative source of public opinion trends in California. DiCamillo headed a […]
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Workers’ center extends ‘TEAM and ‘Changes’ to assist low-income Pinoys with utility bills
As Filipino American History Month comes to a close, the Pilipino Workers’ Center (PWC) has continued its outreach to Filipino Americans and Latinos, based at Historic Filipinotown (Hi-Fi), considered to be in absolute poverty. Household income in this neighborhood is lower than the threshold established by the Census of minimal standard of living for the […]
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Local communities including undocumented immigrants encouraged to avail of free multi-health screenings
By Dante D. Ochoa The consulates general of Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Korea, Thailand and the Philippines joined St. Vincent Medical Center in a press conference Friday September 18, to help drum up public interest on the upcoming Free Multicultural Health Fair to be held on September 27 at 2222 […]
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ConGen Herrera-Lim joins Hispanic diplomats in celebrating workers’ rights
In a nod to the Philippines’ Spanish heritage, Consul General Leo M. Herrera-Lim participated with the Consuls General of Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Ecuador and Nicaragua in the celebration of Labor Rights Week on August 29. Aside from the said consulates, the representatives of the Occupational Safety & Health Administration, Department of Labor-L.A. District Office, […]
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Fear of deportation stopping immigrants from seeking health coverage, but senator wants to change that
By Lawrence C. Ochoa California State Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) met September 5 with ethnic media reporters at the Japanese Cultural and Community Center to push for his “Health for All” legislation to benefit undocumented immigrants with no health coverage. The bill died in committee deliberations, but Lara said he plans to reintroduce it […]
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‘Surreal, scary,’ says Jose Antonio Vargas on being arrested by border patrol
By Cristina DC Pastor Several dozen Filipinos braved the July 15 downpour to gather at Union Square and voice their support for detained undocumented journalist Jose Antonio Vargas. The activist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist was released on the same day by U.S. Border Patrol agents who held him at the McAllen-Miller International Airport in Texas […]
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A Mother’s Day love story from Jose Antonio Vargas
By Cecile Caguingin Ochoa Noting that the ending to the documentary he created, directed and produced hasn’t been written, Jose Antonio Vargas, the most famous “American with no papers” of our time, had this whimsical thought: “One day, I will be in back in a beach in Zambales, where I grew up, meeting Mama, holding […]