Undocumented
Stop Deportation of the Choi Family
from NAKASEC (National Korean American Service & Education Consortium)
CA Asians Divided but Favor AZ Law in Poll
A poll taken this month In CA showed that majorities of white, African-American and Asian-American voters all approve of the Arizona anti-immigrant law, SB1070. Latinos oppose it. Fifty-eight percent of white voters, 53 percent of African-Americans, and 50 percent of Asian-Americans back the law. 43 percent of Asian Americans oppose the law, while 71 percent of Latino voters oppose it and 24 percent support it.
The poll was multi-lingual with four Asian languages/dialects - Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese and Korean - alongside English and Spanish.
Arizona's New Immigration Law and Undocumented Asian Americans
Asian American Undocumented Falls to 1 Million: DHS Estimate
Department of Homeland Security estimates of the number of undocumented Asian American immigrants fell 20% from 1.2 million in 2008 to 1 million in 2009. Estimates of the total undocumented immigrant population also fell from 11.6 million to 10.8 million over the same period.
Undocumented Immigrants Rights are Immigrants Rights!
by Amee Chew
A historic wave of marches, boycotts, and strikes for immigrant rights, including amnesty and family reunification, has swept the U.S. On May Day, striking workers shut down Los Angeles international airport, and 75,000 Los Angeles middle and high school students were absent from school. The Port of Aztlan in Long Beach, the largest container port of entry in the United States, came to a complete halt. One million people marched in L.A., 700,000 in Chicago, and half a million in NYC.
Congressional Testimomy Puts Vietnamese Family in Stateless Limbo
In May, Tam Tran, a 24-year-old UCLA graduate spoke before Congress to advocate for the DREAM Act, which would allow undocumented college students who have lived in the U.S. for five years to get legal status. She herself was undocumented.
ICE-Abused Immigrant, Jiang Zhen Xing, Wins Asylum
by Mike Liu
A Philadelphia mother, who miscarried twins when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents rushed to deport her from ICE offices to a New York airport. Has won U.S. asylum. Immigration Court Judge Barbara A. Nelson granted her request for political asylum based on China's one-child policy. The same judge had previously denied Ms. Jiang's other asylum appeals.
