immigration

In his first House floor speech, newly-elected Filipino-American Congressman TJ Cox shed light on the government shutdown’s impact on struggling federal workers. “We say we’re a nation that values work and workers. Today, we’re forcing thousands of...

MCALLEN, TX — President Donald Trump visited Texas border towns on Thursday, wanting to meet those on the frontlines of the crisis. Customs and Border Patrol agency and various ports are located along McAllen area, and so...

Joining us now via Skype from his office in San Francisco is BA’s political expert, Professor Jay Gonzalez of Golden Gate University, to talk about Trump’s address on immigration and the crisis at the border, as...

Elected Filipino-American leaders had their own Twitter responses to the President’s address. Democratic Congressman Bobby Scott of Virginia calls the border wall costly, ineffective, and diplomatically obnoxious. He accuses the president of using fear-mongering to shift...

WASHINGTON DC —  “My fellow Americans, tonight I am speaking to you because there is a growing humanitarian and security crisis in our southern border… everyday, Customs and Border Patrol agents, encounter thousands of illegal immigrants trying...

NEWARK, NJ — At least 52,000 TSA workers nationwide who have been working without pay during the federal government shutdown, because they are considered essential. Another 400,000 federal employees have also been working without pay including 26,000...

by Marjorie Carmona Newman, ABS-CBN News EDMONTON — Some kababayans in Edmonton are disappointed with the delay in the opening of the application to sponsor parents and grandparents into Canada. The application period was set to re-open January...

As the government shutdown continues over disagreements on immigration, thousands of lives — especially for federal employees — are being disrupted. In Congress, no resolution has been made regarding security at the border....Read More

NEW YORK CITY — A federal court unsealed a six-count indictment, charging business owner Ralph Colamussi and Filipino labor recruiter, Roberto Villanueva, with conspiring to engage in visa fraud and forced labor of immigrants, including Filipinos, as...

White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that the Trump administration is finding other ways to fund the campaign-promised border wall, without the additional support from Congress....Read More