WASHINGTON…Two immigration rights groups have filed an amicus brief in a US court arguing that an H-1B employee should not face arrest, detention or deportation after his initial period of admission expires if a pending extension request remains under review.
The brief, filed in federal district co...
So Democrats lost the House, but the Republicans couldn’t win the Senate.
It means on the national level, we are in for two years of “incremental nothing,” when things only seem to be happening but aren’t. We’ve seen gridlock before. And it really isn’t too bad–if you’re at a parade. Makes it go sl...
Asian Americans Demonstrate Strong Approval for Dems in Northeast, Support for Republican Govs in the South
New York…While Asian Americans strongly supported Democratic gubernatorial candidates in New York, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, Asian American voters in Georgia and Texas mirrored the bro...
Even before the results are in, the Tea Party has impacted this year’s mid-terms.
But have you seen any Asian Americans in its ranks?
I haven’t noticed any. Which leads me to wonder, how can you call yourself a TP and not have enough Asians in it to fill a teepee?
Where are all the Asians? Servin...
by Karoun Demirjian and Delen Goldberg
The rising political profile of Las Vegas’ Asian-American community hasn’t been lost on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and the Democrats, who spent Saturday in Chinatown lobbying business and community leaders for votes.
A half dozen candidates, including ...
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), a 36-year old New York-based national civil rights organization, announced that it will dispatch 400 attorneys, law students and community volunteers to over 50 poll sites in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Georgia, and Texas to do...
by Isaiah Thompson
As the new freshman class entered South Philadelphia High for the first time last month, students had reason to be wary. Last year, a pattern of violence against Asians at the school culminated in an attack on 20-plus Asian students by a large group of their peers. The incident w...
While we wait to see if New Jersey prosecutors will pursue hate crime enhancements against Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei in connection with the outing of Rutgers student Tyler Clementi, is there anyone out there in the community who may want to see this with a more positive spin?
Just think, after year...
By Sarah Hoye — They were roaming the halls of South Philadelphia High School looking for a fight. Their target, according to police: Asian students.
By the end of the school day, as many as 30 students of Asian descent had been physically attacked and many were sent to the hospital for treatment, ...
by Arun Venugopal
At this weekend’s dueling rallies over the proposed Islamic cultural center and mosque near Ground Zero, this much was clear: The opposition to the project is larger and much better organized. In addition to having at least double the turnout of supporters, opponents had a stage a...
UPDATE: On Sept. 29, the House of Representatives passed the 9-11 health bill by a vote of 268-160. We will be urging the Senate to take action soon on the bill.
AALDEF calls for passage of the Zadroga 9-11 Health and Compensation Act, which will address the health care concerns of the many individ...
by Jesse Washington
PHILADELPHIA — Duong Nghe Ly can’t wait to begin his senior year at South Philadelphia High School. A day of violence there last year changed his life, and he wants to learn if his school has been transformed as well.
Last Dec. 3, after years of attacks on Asian immigrant stude...
by Jeff Gamage
The speakers sat before a backdrop of two Chinese screens that bore the characters for “double happiness,” but no one looked very cheery.
At a Wednesday news conference, Asian leaders responded with doubt to the new programming planned for troubled South Philadelphia High School, wh...
Philadelphia School Superintendent Arlene Ackerman told parents and students at South Philadelphia High that there would be zero tolerance for violence and that the school would have all the resources needed to ensure students’ safety.
“We’re going to do whatever we need to do to make this a safe s...
Philadelphia Inquirer - Federal investigators have informed the Philadelphia School District that they found merit in the claims of Asian students who said they were abused at South Philadelphia High School.
The school exploded in racial violence on Dec. 3, when 30 Asians were attacked during a day...
by Jeff Gammage and Kristen A. Graham
Federal investigators have informed the Philadelphia School District that they found merit in the claims of Asian students who said they were abused at South Philadelphia High School.
The school exploded in racial violence on Dec. 3, when 30 Asians were attack...
Philadelphia Inquirer - Federal investigators have informed the Philadelphia School District that they found merit in the claims of Asian students who said they were abused at South Philadelphia High School.
The school exploded in racial violence on Dec. 3, when 30 Asians were attacked during a day...
by Sameer Ahmed
(Ahmed, a Kansas City native, is a staff attorney and Skadden Fellow at AALDEF.)
There is no “ground zero mosque.”
Despite widespread hysteria from politicians and the media, there is no mosque being built at Ground Zero. I should know; I work a few blocks away. What is being buil...
by Joseph De Avila and Shelly Banjo
A coalition of community groups and co-op boards will release a plan Tuesday seeking to curb high-rise development in Chinatown and the Lower East Side.
The groups say that development south of Houston Street has pushed out long-time residents and small business...
by Arun Venugopal
At this weekend’s dueling rallies over the proposed Islamic cultural center and mosque near Ground Zero, this much was clear: The opposition to the project is larger and much better organized. In addition to having at least double the turnout of supporters, opponents had a stage a...
