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Many Filipino caregivers in Los Angeles County have yet to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. With the danger that comes with their job, Fil-Am welfare advocates are ramping up efforts to make sure they receive the...

Following the U.S. Supreme Court deadlock on President Obama’s executive orders on immigration relief programs, undocumented immigrants who would have benefited from those programs are now living in a sort of limbo. Don Tagala spoke with...

As the Supreme Court handed its decision on President Barack Obama’s extended deportation relief programs, immigrant rights advocates quickly gathered at the Coalition for Humane Immigration Reform of Los Angeles to voice out their disappointment.  ...

The Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking has been fighting for victims of modern day slavery for nearly two decades. CAST recently held a star-studded gala to recognize advocates in the anti-trafficking fight. Yvee Tadeo-Guevara tells...

LOS ANGELES – Immigrant rights advocates also gathered in Downtown Los Angeles on Monday, crying out for the U.S. Supreme Court to approve President Barack Obama’s relief orders. Steve Angeles reports.  ...Read More

NEW YORK – It has been nearly a year since President Obama announced an executive order that would allow about four million undocumented immigrants to live and work in the US without fear of deportation. But...

SAN FRANCISCO – Dozens of immigrant workers and their advocates gathered in San Francisco Tuesday morning to protest the renewal of a controversial program to fast-track green cards for wealthy foreign investors. The EB-5 is a...

By Rowena Papasin, ABS-CBN North America Bureau VANCOUVER – Some Filipino Canadian groups are deploring the amendments to Canada’s citizenship law where those convicted of terrorism and similar serious offenses can be stripped of their citizenship....

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – LGBT advocates Jay Mercado and her partner Shirley Tan have not only been fighting for the right to marry, but for equal rights, including the right to petition same-sex partners through immigration....

LOS ANGELES – President Barack Obama’s executive orders on immigration may be on hold for now, but Asian Americans Advancing Justice LA says that they believe the president acted within his authority and they remain confident that...