immigration
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Filipino Voter Empowerment Project shifts focus towards the census
Nov 13, 2018LOS ANGELES — The Filipino Voter Empowerment Project celebrated Election Day. The non-partisan FVEP spent the past few month canvassing, encouraging Filipinos in the Los Angeles area to turn up for the midterm elections. “We’ve made over... -
Unpacking the midterm elections and participation at the polls
Nov 6, 2018To dig deeper into what’s at stake in the midterm elections, and how immigrant participation — or lack thereof — could impact America’s future is BA resident political expert, Golden Gate University Professor Jay Gonzalez....Read More -
Trump and Obama rally before Tuesday’s midterms
Nov 5, 2018by Paul Garilao, ABS-CBN News PENSACOLA, FL — President Trump embarked on a final three-state election swing in Ohio, Indiana and Missouri — in an effort to salvage Republican majorities in the House and Senate. Filipino Republicans... -
Filipinos encourage participation at the polls, react to Trump’s plans for birthright citizenship
Nov 2, 2018LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump continued talking about his plans to use executive powers to end birthright citizenship for children born in the US to non-US citizen and undocumented immigrants. Filipinos at this Halloween-themed “Get Out... -
Pinoy Panawagan: USCIS implements Notice to Appear policy
Oct 25, 2018At the beginning of this month, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced the implementation of its new Notice to Appear policy, also known as NTA. Here to discuss how this new NTA policy will impact... -
Pinoy Panawagan: Undocumented status
Oct 3, 2018This question comes from an anonymous viewer: I want to know if I am undocumented. My wife and my 2 children arrived in the United States in 2000. In April 2001, my wife was petitioned by... -
Canadian Border Services Agents raid home of immigration consultant in three-year investigation
Oct 2, 2018ALBERTA — Canadian Border Services Agents or CBSA raided the home and office of Carl Benito, a well-known Filipino-Canadian who was a former member of the legislative assembly now turned immigration consultant in Edmonton, Alberta. The... -
Community joins elderly Filipino in deportation fight
Sep 27, 2018LOS ANGELES — It starts with some prayer, a unity clap, and activists on standby outside the immigration court, hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst. On this day, the Pilipino Workers Center accompanied... -
White House proposal could crack down on green card-holders with public benefits
Sep 27, 2018A proposed rule by the Trump administration could make it harder for legal immigrants to get green cards if they received certain kinds of public assistance — including Medicaid, food stamps and housing subsidies. A final... -
BA Special Report: These Filipinos are helping migrant families along the US-Mexico border (Part 3)
Sep 27, 2018One 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...
