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One of the main issues for candidates in this midterm election is immigration, particularly finding ways to address migrants illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. In this Special Report from correspondent Lenn Almadin Thornhill — we meet...

by Gerald Bohulano, ABS-CBN News PHOENIX, AZ — In a recent statement, leaders from the Arizona Republican party called on the resignation of Representative David Stringer, who said, “ Sixty percent of public school children in the state...

LOS ANGELES — Whether it’s bringing toys, or making letters and signs, hundreds of Americans had a simple message for the thousands of children detained at the border. The 11-year-old Fil-Am who came with his mother Samantha...

Over 100 activists took to the streets outside of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Detention Center to criticize President Donald Trump, who signed an executive order to stop the separation of migrant families at the border —...

National Nurses United, the country’s largest labor union for nurses — which counts a Filipina among its co-presidents — is adding its collective voice to the outrage over the forced separation of families and detention of...

As California is set for the primaries next week, one Pinay Republican businesswoman in her first run in politics, takes on a career Democrat for her seat in the US House of Representatives. Democratic Congresswoman Jackie Speier’s...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA — A caravan of Central American refugees are expected to arrive at the US-Mexico border in a few days. Immigrant rights activists plan on marching through  Southern California’s anti-sanctuary towns to welcome these aspiring...

By Balitang America Staff, ABS-CBN North America Bureau July 24, 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – It may take the United States government a little longer to compromise on a law that would deal with the influx...

By Merpu Roa, ABS-CBN North America Bureau July 17, 2014 MCALLEN, Texas – Administrative relief from deportations and the expansion of deferred action for childhood arrivals program is what drove Raymond Jose, 22, to travel from...

Balitang America Staff, ABS-CBN North America Bureau July 15, 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Award-winning journalist and undocumented Filipino immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas was released Tuesday afternoon from a McAllen, Texas border patrol station where he...