Sign up for our virtual legal clinic on Thursday, January 28, 2021 and get the latest updates on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Biden’s proposed new immigration bill, and an initial screening to see if you’re eligible for DACA!
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On Inaugural Day, Kamala was the best Asian American among us. All day. Hooray.
As an Asian American of Filipino descent with a sense of history, I couldn’t keep my eyes off her as she graced my screen adorned in purple, or was that royal blue? It all depended on the light. It was enough to drive m...
I keep thinking of Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ), who made the front page of the Wall Street Journal as he went to his knees to pick up the pieces in the Capitol after the Jan. 6 insurrection. Two weeks later, we’re all still picking up the shards of our shattered democracy. And as we reassemble for a more v...
As House Speaker Nancy Pelosi began the impeachment debate, she quoted Abraham Lincoln, “We cannot escape history.”
Still, Republicans tried in vain to escape truth, justice, and the Constitution, as they attempted to defend the indefensible, Donald J. Trump.
If you have any doubts about impeachin...
In the aftermath of last Wednesday’s insurrection, I’ve had the luxury of nursing a stunned silence. Perhaps to pray. Was I seeing this correctly—Trump declaring war on Congress? That’s what it seemed like. It leaves us with this dilemma: Can we allow the president to stay in office after he urged h...
New York, NY - According to preliminary results of the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund’s (AALDEF) multilingual exit poll on Jan. 5, 2021, Asian American voters in Georgia favored Democratic candidates Raphael Warnock (64%) and Jon Ossoff (68%) over their Republican challengers Kelly ...
My older Filipino American friends who fought and escaped martial law in their native land know it when they see it–democracy in turmoil.
Now it’s America’s turn.
Can our country survive the final weeks of the Trump stress test?
While hundreds die every day of Covid, our nation is dying political...
I was trying to drink up all the leftover vegan eggnog from the holiday parties I didn’t have, when, of course, Donald Trump signed the $900 billion pandemic relief bill.
Why? He’s setting us up for the real con.
You can’t be the hero of the pandemic you helped spread if you don’t pass out some mo...
When I talked about a pro-democracy movement in a recent column, that was no idle chit-chat. If you’re one of the nearly 160 million who voted in the last election, it’s time to protect your franchise and let people know that the votes have been counted. Now that the electors have certified the Bide...
Join us on Monday, Dec. 21 at 6 pm for our virtual immigration clinic with RAISE. (Revolutionizing Asian American Stories on the East Coast). AALDEF attorneys will share important updates about the latest court orders in DACA lawsuits and conduct screenings for initial DACA requests. Register here f...
After one memorable visit, I unabashedly love Hong Kong and still keep a watch on what’s happening there. But the story there is often overshadowed by the dual viruses affecting our world, Covid and Trump.
If you’ve wondered about the conservative response to the recent arrests of Hong Kong pro-dem...
NBC News - On Election Day last month, poll worker Bobby Lee helped an Asian American voter at a polling station in Malden, near Boston – the man who spoke limited English asked him if he had to fill in every bubble on the ballot. . .
Poll monitors in Malden found that “seven out of 10 poll sites d...
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (“AALDEF”) applauds the federal district court’s Dec. 4, 2020 order in Batalla Vidal v. Wolf, which vacated the Department of Homeland Security’s July 2020 memorandum (“Wolf memo”) and reinstated the 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DAC...
On January 5, 2021, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), in partnership with the Center for Pan Asian Community Service (CPACS), will conduct a nonpartisan multilingual exit poll to provide a snapshot of voting patterns, candidate preferences, party enrollment, and issues of...
History is always worth reading simply because you’ll never know the new things you’ll learn. Or the old beliefs you’ll have to revise.
That’s especially true with subjects you think you know so much about. And that might make you marvel at how miraculous it is that we can even have a coalition of ...
On #GivingTuesday, a day of global giving, we hope you will invest in change for a better future.
2020 has been a challenging year for all of us. As we approach the winter months and an uptick in coronavirus cases, Asian immigrant workers are struggling to survive and small business owners are wond...
A Filipino American friend, an ardent Republican, posted online something about voter fraud and election theft. He’s one of the 30 percent of Asian Americans who are Trump supporters, and he was hopping mad.
He believes the election was stolen and he has proof! Information from a conservative websi...
NY Law Journal - The coronavirus pandemic will likely complicate the timing of New York’s redistricting efforts ahead of the 2022 elections, but members of the commission charged with redrawing districts for the state’s U.S. House of Representatives, State Senate and State Assembly districts said Tu...
Donald Trump has finally acknowledged the exit sign.
After nearly a month, reports say someone on his staff, plus other top Republicans, finally appealed to his vanity and convinced him that he was doing more harm to himself than to our democracy.
Always putting himself first, making Donald Trump ...
Nevada Independent - Early data shows that white voters again heavily backed Donald Trump this cycle, but it’s a diverse coalition of younger voters and people of color who helped push Joe Biden over the edge in Nevada and nationwide. Here’s a closer look at what polls and experts tell us about turn...
