July 2, 2007, San Francisco Chronicle
By Khin Mai Aung and Christina Wong
When the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions on Seattle’s and Louisville’s school integration cases came down, our offices received a flurry of calls inquiring how the rulings impact Asian Pacific Americans. Without a doubt, the
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Starting on July 30, 2007, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will increase its filing fees for applications, petitions, benefits, and services. Applying for citizenship now costs a total of $400; however, the total fee will become $675 by the end of July. This new t
Since Non-Immigrant Persons are authorized to reside in the U.S. for a limited period of time for limited purposes, such as students or tourists, non-immigrant persons cannot receive most federal public benefits that are based on their need and income level. Similarly, Undocumented Persons can recei
As a Green Card Holder, “Legal Permanent Resident”, you may be able to receive many public benefits from New York State and the Federal Government. In some cases, you are entitled to receive these benefits under some circumstances without residency or work requirements. For other public benefits, th
Public Benefits and Public Charge:
After welfare became workfare during the overhaul of immigration laws in 1996, many immigrant families were confused or afraid of seeking public benefits. Some immigrants and their families believed that receiving public benefits would affect their immigration sta
May 22, 2007, San Francisco Chronicle
The powerful interest groups whose backing is critical to an overhaul of U.S. immigration policy are fracturing over the new bipartisan “grand bargain” in the Senate, setting up a brawl over changes that could tear the fragile deal apart.
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Leading immigrant
May 18, 2007, CNN-IBN
New York: The largest-ever survey of Asian-American voters shows that an overwhelming majority of Indian-Americans support the Democrats at election time.
Though it was assumed that Indians in America mostly vote for the Democratic Party, the survey covering 11,000 Asian-Amer
May 22, 2007, Dan Rather Reports
TIMES SQUARE, CROSSROADS OF THE WORLD, IN A CITY, NEW YORK THAT EXEMPLIFIES THE HISTORY OF IMMIGRATION IN THIS COUNTRY AND IT’S PRESENT. AND NOW IN WASHINGTON LAWMAKERS ARE AT WORK DEBATING IMMIGRATIONS FUTURE. ON THE TABLE IS A NEW COMPROMISED BILL THAT WOULD OFFER
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Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund and Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center in cooperation with APIAVote Asian American LEAD Asian American Studies Prog. at the Univ. of Maryland Asian Americans/Pacific Is. in Philanthropy – Metro DC/Baltimore Chap. Asian Pac. Amer
Kick off the summer in style! Join AALDEF at one of the Citys finest nightclubs on Wednesday, June 13 with hundreds of other professionals.
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) will hold its annual Summer Cocktail Party at HOME532 West 27th Street between 10th & 11th Avenues
May 14, 2007, blogs.usatoday.com
By: Mark Memmott and Jill Lawrence
Presidential candidates take note: Asian-Americans vote mostly Democratic, but exit polling done by a leading Asian advocacy group shows their allegiances do vary somewhat by ethnic lines, USA TODAY White House/Politics editor Cat
CBS Radio has given the boot to shock jocks Jeff Vandergrift and Dan Lay and their WFNY FreeFM show, “The Dog House with JV and Elvis,” after they aired a segment in April ridiculing Chinese restaurant employees in a prank phone call using racist, sexist, and homophobic taunts.
On April 26, AALDEF
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Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund in collaboration with Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association of New Jersey Korean American Bar Association of New Jersey Korean American Voters Council of NY/NJ South Asian American Leaders of Tomorrow
Invite you to a special present
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Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund in collaboration with Asian American Bar Association of New York Asian Pacific American Voters Alliance Chinese American Voter Association Filipino American Human Services, Inc. Korean American Voters Council of NY/NJ Korean American Leag
May 4, 2007, Danbury News-Times
By Steven Choi
A few weeks have passed since Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people at Virginia Tech, and many of us are still dealing with the shock, horror and grief. As a Korean American, I see in this controversy signs for continuing concern—but also reasons for hope.
AALDEF staff attorney Khin Mai Aung will be presenting on her legal work in promoting educational equity and youth rights for Asian Americans nationally. Event details are below.
NAAAP-NY and CAPA invite you to our next Talk Tuesday featuring the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AAL
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Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund in collaboration with APIA Vote Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights National Korean American Service and Education Consortium National A
by Jacques Steinberg
Rosie O’Donnell, who raised both the profile and the ratings of “The View” this season by commandeering it as a bully pulpit for her opinions on the Iraq war, Donald Trump, Oprah Winfrey and even her own cast mates, will leave the show in June after failing to reach a contract
April 25, 2007, San Francisco Chronicle
Prominent Asian American civil rights groups in the Bay Area are demanding that CBS Radio fire New York shock-jocks Jeff Vandergrift and Dan Lay, who were suspended earlier this week for making a prank phone call to a Chinese restaurant seen as racist and sex
Korean-Language Guide Published by the Korean Workers Project
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The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) and YKASECEmpowering the Korean American Communitys Korean Workers Project today announced the publication of the Workers Guide to New York Small Claims Court, th
