By Jack Tomczuk
Chinatown community leaders and business owners pleaded with City Council on Tuesday to vote down legislation authorizing the 76ers to build an arena on East Market Street in Center City.
Debbie Law, whose family runs a shop, Chinese Culture & Arts, in the neighborhood, said her st
By Carl Samson
Undocumented Chinese immigrants reportedly stand to be among the first targeted by President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation plan, raising alarm among immigrant advocacy groups.
Driving the news: Sources close to the Trump campaign indicate that undocumented Chinese nationals,
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Donald Trump has confirmed his plan to declare a national emergency and use the military for mass deportations.
Watch the segment here: https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/trump-confirms-plan-to-declare-national-emergency-use-military-for-mass-deportations-224829509629
Sources previously told NBC News that undocumented Chinese nationals of military age will be among the first groups targeted for deportation by the incoming Trump administration.
By Kimmy Yam
Asian American organizations say they are scrambling, but not completely surprised, over President-elect D
By Shea Schrader
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) — Victims of an alleged labor trafficking situation in a Savannah warehouse are now taking action at the federal level.
A number of Chinese migrants have filed a charge with the National Labor Relations Board against Egreen Transport Corporation, a logistics c
By John Sheridan
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — A judge ruled it unconstitutional to enforce a law protecting voters based on race or national origin. She struck down the John Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York (NYVRA), deciding that such protections represent unequal treatment from the state and violat
By Jane Park
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) released results for their nonpartisan and multilingual Asian American Exit Poll, revealing language access was the most prominent issue for Asian American voters this election year.
AALDEF stationed more than 600 volunteers
A recent poll finds 23% of Asian voters in New York City lacked access to interpreters and 39% were only offered English ballots.
By April Xu
On the morning of Election Day, long lines of voters snaked around the P.S. 020 polling station in Flushing when someone shouted, “We need a Chinese interpr
By Ricky Rillera
NEW YORK — The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) has sued the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) on behalf of Red Canary Song, an advocacy organization composed of Asian and migrant massage workers and sex workers, for failure to respond to Freedom o
By Jay Domingo
ATLANTA, Georgia – A group of Filipino immigrant nurses filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against their former employers, TGS Healthcare Solutions, a health care staffing agency; Compleat Rehab & Sports Therapy Center, Kare Partners; a
By Elton Lugay
NEW YORK CITY — Filipino American Democrats were deeply disappointed as Vice President Kamala Harris failed to secure the required electoral votes to win the presidency.
On November 5, millions of voters participated in what many consider as the most consequential election in Americ
By Taylor Jung
New US senator, a Korean American, looks forward to the day when he’s ‘no longer unique’
Andy Kim’s victory in the U.S. Senate race makes him the first Korean American elected to the Senate and the first Asian American senator on the East Coast.
While Kim’s win is historic, it is
By Zoe Seiler
DeKalb County, GA — Voters across DeKalb and Fulton counties have had a smooth experience so far on Election Day. There has been some confusion about polling locations and where to drop off absentee ballots, but the lines have been short.
According to the Secretary of State’s office,
The mayor gave her endorsement in a social media video. Chinatown leaders vowed to press their fight in City Council.
By Jeff Gammage, Sean Collins Walsh, and Ximena Conde
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker decisively stepped into the city’s biggest development fight Wednesday, announcing that
By Anne-Marie Caruso
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By Rachel Kim
Three Filipino immigrant nurses were among many health care workers who their attorneys say were subject to harsh working conditions and coercive contractual provisions set by their employers. On behalf of current and former employees, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fu
A fall deadline for decision-making has been called crucial.
By Jeff Gammage
In July 2022 the Sixers announced their intention to construct a world-class showplace on East Market Street, a billion-dollar project they said would not only benefit the team but bring new life and economic vitality to
An exit poll showed that among the Asian Americans who voted in New Jersey's Democratic Senate Primary, more than 77% voted for Kim.
By Kimmy Yam
Asian Americans showed strong support for New Jersey Senate candidate Andy Kim in the state’s primary this week, an exit poll showed.
The survey, conduc
By Rachel Lu
For the third year in a row a bill designed to improve working conditions and protect the health of nail salon workers, could potentially be blocked by the New York State Senate.
Coalition partners and workers recently organized a “nail salon caravan,” where over 50 workers from all o
New Jersey officials downplayed the group’s deadly attacks against Indian Americans. Over 36 years later, little has changed.
By Isha Banerjee
Navroze Mody, a 30-year-old Citicorp bank manager, had recently bought a house in Jersey City and invited his parents to move in with him. He was feeling g
