Carl Samson

South Korean workers prepare class action suit after Georgia ICE raid

Nearly 200 South Korean engineers detained at the Hyundai-LG Energy Solution battery plant in Georgia in September intend to sue Immigration...

ICE has detained over 170 US citizens in its immigration sweeps: report

More than 170 U.S. citizens were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) between January and early October, a ProPublica inves...

US appeals court OKs Florida’s ban on Chinese citizens buying property

A federal appeals court ruled last Tuesday that Florida can enforce a 2023 law restricting property purchases by Chinese nationals, dismissi...

Congress moves to end shutdown as Asian Americans face disproportionate impact

Following Monday’s 60-40 Senate approval, the House is set to vote today on compromise legislation to end the nation’s longest government sh...

Second racially motivated sexual assault of Sikh woman shakes UK community

U.K. authorities have charged a 32-year-old Birmingham man with rape and other offenses following what police describe as a racially aggrava...

Vance doubles down on desire for Hindu wife’s conversion to Christianity

Vice President JD Vance has defended his public statements about wanting his Hindu wife, Usha, to embrace Christianity, dismissing criticism...

Border Patrol, ICE sued over escalating tactics in Chicago crackdown

Federal immigration officers deploying chemicals against Chicago protesters are using tactics that experts say breach professional norms and...

Texas freezes program helping Asian American, minority-owned businesses

Texas Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock has frozen the state’s Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) program, blocking Asian American, Hi...

SNAP freeze leaves Asian American families scrambling for food

The Trump administration’s month-long government shutdown cut off food stamp benefits for millions of Asian Americans over the weekend, leav...

Mamdani makes history as NYC’s first Muslim, first South Asian mayor

Zohran Mamdani won New York City’s mayoral race Tuesday, defeating former Gov. Andrew Cuomo By the numbers: The 34-year-old state lawmaker, ...

Canadian McDonald’s video piles on surge in anti-Indian racism worldwide

A video showing a young white man hurling racist abuse at an Indian worker inside an Oakville, Ontario, McDonald’s outlet has gone viral, hi...

Trump claims he ‘very much opposed’ Hyundai raid amid South Korean warning

President Donald Trump said he was “very much opposed” to last month’s controversial immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia, while S...

GOP lawmakers push to strip Mamdani of US citizenship ahead of election

With New York City’s mayoral election set for Tuesday, Republican legislators are pressing federal authorities to investigate Democratic nom...

Mamdani maintains lead in final polls

Despite narrowing margins in the final polls, Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani retains his frontrunner position heading into tomorrow’s New...

Trump courts allies in Asia as high-stakes China summit looms

U.S. President Donald Trump touched down in South Korea on Wednesday, concluding a week-long Asian tour that will culminate in a closely wat...

Hmong refugee pardoned by Michigan governor still faces deportation to Laos

A gubernatorial pardon in Michigan has not ended the deportation threat for Lue Yang, a 47-year-old Hmong refugee and community leader who r...

New York AG launches portal to report ICE following Chinatown raid

New York Atty. Gen. Letitia James has opened a “Federal Action Reporting Portal” to collect photos and videos of possible violations during ...

Could GOP’s outreach efforts to Asian Americans help flip New Jersey governorship?

The battle for New Jersey’s governorship may hinge on Asian American voters, with Democratic officials acknowledging the party’s uphill clim...

Harvard’s Asian American enrollment surges in 2nd year after affirmative action ban

Harvard College’s Asian American enrollment has climbed to 41% in the Class of 2029, an 11-percentage-point jump since the Supreme Court ban...

Oregon officials address burglaries targeting Asian Americans

A public safety forum drew more than 100 attendees to the Korean Presbyterian Church in Eugene, Oregon, last Thursday, where officials discu...

Japan elects its 1st woman prime minister — but will it advance gender equality?

Sanae Takaichi has become Japan’s first woman prime minister since the country established its modern parliamentary system 140 years ago, ye...

Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao

President Donald Trump this week pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the convicted Binance founder whose company provides infrastructure for the Trump ...

Man convicted in execution-style killing of Chicago Chinatown grandfather

A Chicago jury on Thursday found a man guilty of first-degree murder in the execution-style killing of a 71-year-old grandfather in Chinatow...

Trump nominee withdraws over anti-Asian, pro-Nazi remarks

Paul Ingrassia, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), withdrew from consideration earlier this week fol...

Federal raid on Manhattan’s Chinatown sparks fear among Asian Americans

Federal agents targeting street vendors in Manhattan’s Chinatown earlier this week detained nine immigrants on counterfeiting charges, an en...

Indian American GOP political figures face racist attacks over Diwali celebrations

FBI Director Kash Patel faced a torrent of racist and Hinduphobic comments on social media earlier this week after posting Diwali greetings,...

S. Korea preps sanctions against Cambodia scammers as US intensifies crackdown

South Korea plans to impose financial sanctions on Cambodia-based criminal organizations involved in online scams and human trafficking, a m...

Blackpink’s ‘Most Influential Women’ Asia ranking reflects rising K-pop power

K-pop’s global ascent reached a new benchmark with Blackpink securing the No. 1 position on Fortune’s inaugural “Most Influential Women” Asi...

Vietnamese mother released after 154 days in ICE detention

A Maryland woman separated from her four children for 154 days under the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign reunited with her ...

For Asian Americans, ‘No Kings’ is about more than partisanship

Asian American leaders emerged as prominent voices in the nationwide “No Kings” demonstrations on Saturday, where an estimated seven million...

How Trump’s immigration policies will hit Asian workers hardest

The Trump administration’s immigration policies will reduce the U.S. labor force by 15.7 million workers by 2035, including 4.7 million from...

Author Baek Se-hee dies at 35, saves 5 lives through organ donation

Baek Se-hee, the South Korean author whose bestselling memoir candidly explored living with depression, died at age 35, the Korean Organ Don...

Immigration advocate Kent Wong dies at 69

Kent Wong, the longtime director of UCLA Labor Center and prominent advocate for immigrant and worker rights, died Oct. 8 at a Los Angeles h...

Taiwanese visitors wear badges in S. Korea to avoid anti-Chinese hostility

Taiwanese tourists visiting South Korea have begun wearing identification badges to avoid being mistaken for Chinese nationals amid escalati...

ICE plans round-the-clock social media surveillance of immigrants, activists

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is establishing dedicated social media surveillance teams at two facilities, with plans to hire ne...

Trump’s approval plunges among Asian Americans: poll

Disapproval of President Donald Trump’s immigration approach has risen sharply among Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander ad...