Undocumented Filipinos
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Filipino community helps separated migrant families at the border
Jul 28, 2018Around 1,820 children, ages 5 to 17, according to the Department of Homeland Security, have been reunited with their families by Thursday evening — meeting the deadline, the DHS said, that a California judge set last month.... -
In Southern California, ICE reportedly apprehended five Filipinos in one week
Jun 28, 2018As the immigration debates continue from the border to Capitol Hill, Filipinos are also being swept up in their Southern California homes. The Philippine consulate has verified that between June 7th through the 14th, five Filipinos... -
On Father’s Day, immigrant advocates protest at ICE detention center in New Jersey
Jun 19, 2018ELIZABETH, NJ — It took nearly two hours for 7 congressional members to be allowed entry into this ICE detention facility in Elizabeth, New Jersey. “This is a perfect example of the disorganization that they have, this... -
ICE arrests 162 in Los Angeles-area operation, including two Filipinos
Jun 15, 2018CALIFORNIA — Immigration officials have rounded up two Philippine nationals in its latest operations. ICE has announced that they have arrested 162 immigrants in several Southern California counties. Two Filipinos were among those arrested. This series of... -
Supreme Court invalidates vague immigration provision, sparing a Pinoy from deportation
Apr 17, 2018The Supreme Court Justices have ended a provision in federal immigration law that they consider unconstitutionally vague — and now, a Filipino immigrant is spared from deportation. With President Donald Trump appointee, Justice Neil Gorsuch, casting the... -
Pinoy immigrant detained in 7-Eleven raids released from NY jail
Feb 16, 2018NEW YORK — After spending a month inside the Hudson County Jail, Filipino undocumented immigrant Larry Villena posted bond, and was finally released on Wednesday afternoon. “Anong masasabi niyo, Nakalabas na kayo? Masya po masaya, hindi... -
Trump to DACA recipients: “We’re going to solve the problem”
Jan 28, 2018The latest developments on President Trump and the future of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, DACA....Read More -
Pinoy Panawagan: Petitioning beneficiaries
Jan 24, 2018My dad has an approved sibling petition — but when he came to the U.S. in 2003, he didn’t bring us with him because he wanted to be established first. Plus, we were minors then and were... -
Jose Antonio Vargas signs book deal for upcoming memoir, “Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen”
Dec 21, 2017A book deal from one of the country’s most high profile undocumented Filipinos. Pulitzer prize-winning journalist turned immigrant rights activist Jose Antonio Vargas has signed a book deal with Harper Collins Imprint Dey Street Books. Vargas,... -
Activists applaud California’s new pro-immigrant laws, becoming a sanctuary state
Oct 29, 2017ROSEMEAD, CA — Immigrant rights advocates are relieved over a series of recently signed laws that benefit undocumented immigrants in California. California Governor Jerry Brown has recently signed off on several pieces of legislation that benefit undocumented...
