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· Carl Samson
Senior art student detained by ICE in NYC, held in Louisiana
A University at Buffalo (UB) fine arts student has been detained by immigration agents after appearing at a scheduled court hearing in New York City and is now being held at a correctional facility in Louisiana. What happened: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers…
· Ryan General
Louisiana woman recounts spontaneous move to Japan, being homeless in Thailand
A woman from Baton Rouge seeking a digital nomad lifestyle in Tokyo recently recounted on social media how she ended up becoming homeless in Thailand. Digital nomad aspirations: In August 2023, 25-year-old Louisiana native Kiawanna Moore booked a one-way flight to Japan to…
· Carl Samson
‘It’s been a pretty common thing’: More arrested for running prostitution ring in Louisiana massage parlors
More arrests have been made in connection with a months-long investigation into a string of massage parlors accused of offering sexual services in Louisiana. Huang Weng, 39, was arrested for his alleged role in the prostitution ring on Feb. 27. He has been charged with promoting…
· Carl Samson
Man who transported ‘Asian female masseuses’ charged with promoting prostitution in Louisiana massage parlors
A man from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been arrested in connection with a months-long probe into multiple massage parlors across the city suspected of prostitution. Huang Weng, 39, was first seen in the parking lot of All Natural Spa on Dec. 5, 2022, according to police. Two…
· Bryan Ke
TikTok user slams Louisiana Asian restaurant for allegedly ignoring Black customers: ‘Why are Asians like this?’
A now-viral video shared earlier this month by TikTok user Toni Freeney shows how she and her companion were allegedly ignored by staff members at an Asian restaurant in Lake Charles, Louisiana. “Stop saying Black people don’t tip!” Toni wrote in her post’s caption. “We always…
· Michelle De Pacina
Buddhist temple leader in Louisiana accused of recruiting Vietnamese nuns for sex
Abbot Quyen Van Ho, the head of Tam Bao Temple in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was accused of recruiting nuns from Vietnam and engaging in sexual misconduct, including allegedly impregnating one of them. Temple members have called for Ho’s removal from the temple. Ho has denied the…
· Sarah Yukiko
Louisiana-style vs. Korean fried chicken: Popeyes plans to open hundreds of locations in South Korea
American fast food chain Popeyes, known for its “Louisiana-style” fried chicken, has signed an agreement to re-open hundreds of locations in South Korea. Popeyes previously closed all South Korean locations in 2020 after failing to find a buyer in the country. The first…
· Kimberly Nguyen
Filipino Sailors Created the First Asian American Settlement in Louisiana
The first permanent Asian American settlement was a village in 18th-century Louisiana where Filipino fishermen resided. What was Saint Malo: The Manilamen were part of a group of people who created the first Filipino and Asian American settlement in North America, according to…
· Editorial Staff
Store in Louisiana Puts Up Sign Banning ‘Chinese Communists’
A store in Louisiana has recently drawn backlash over its sign refusing “admittance to any Chinese Communist MoFo.” Louis Pizzolatto, the owner of collectibles store Coin & Treasure on Lafayette’s Congress Street, allegedly put the sign up last year to condemn the Chinese…
· Ryan General
Lawsuit Claims Teen With Severe Autism Died After Louisiana Police Sat on Him For 9 Minutes
A Louisiana couple is suing the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office after the death of their severely autistic 16-year-old son, who they claim was killed by deputies who sat on him for over nine minutes.
· Bryan Ke
Dominatrices Arrested in Louisiana for Having Threesome With Priest in Church
Melissa Cheng, also known as Empress Ming, was arrested with her fellow dominatrix Mindy Dixon, or Lady Vi, after engaging in sexual acts with Rev. Travis Clark while inside a Louisiana church on Sept. 30. The scandal: A passerby noticed the lights were still on inside the…
· Bryan Ke
Louisiana Man Drives Truck Into Indian-owned Store Because He Thought They Were Muslim
A man from Denham Springs, Louisiana, has recently been arrested for hate crime after he purposefully ran a white pickup truck into a Sikh-owed store that he thought was owned by Muslims. The man, identified as 27-year-old Chad Horsley, is being accused of several offenses…
· Carl Samson
How Georgia’s emergency redistricting impacts Asian American voters
Georgia’s Republican-led legislature is set to redraw the state’s political maps in a June 17 special session, a move believed to roll back gains for communities of color including Asian Americans. Catch up Georgia is entering its third redistricting cycle this decade following…
· Carl Samson
Maine could soon see its first Asian American governor
Dr. Nirav Shah, a former public health official who guided Maine through the COVID-19 pandemic, has taken the lead in the state’s Democratic gubernatorial primary, putting him within reach of becoming the state’s first Asian American governor and the first Indian American…
· Carl Samson
5 Vietnamese American candidates compete for California’s 45th Congressional District seat
An almost entirely Vietnamese American field of candidates is competing for California’s 45th Congressional District seat, anchored by Orange County’s Little Saigon. A reshaped district Democrat Derek Tran, 45, won the seat in 2024 by 653 votes over two-time incumbent Michelle…
· Carl Samson
Vivek Ramaswamy wins Ohio GOP gubernatorial primary
Vivek Ramaswamy captured the Republican nomination for Ohio governor on Tuesday, defeating political newcomer Casey Putsch and setting up a competitive November race against Democrat Amy Acton. A decisive win Ramaswamy carried roughly 86% of primary ballots to Putsch’s 14%, with…
· Carl Samson
How the Voting Rights Act ruling threatens Asian American political power
The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision narrowing the Voting Rights Act lands as Asian Americans, the nation’s fastest-growing racial group, are only beginning to build the geographic concentration needed to elect representatives of their choice. A rising bloc The country’s Asian…
· Ryan General
ICE uses Japanese American internment era law to prosecute immigrants in Alabama
Federal courts in Alabama have charged undocumented immigrants with Failure to Register under the Alien Immigration Act, a Japanese American internment era law that has rarely been used in modern immigration enforcement. The Trump administration reinterpreted the statute and…
· Carl Samson
DHS targets Vietnamese community in New Orleans
A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) immigration enforcement operation in New Orleans has arrested Vietnamese immigrants alongside other undocumented residents, sending fear through communities that rebuilt their lives in the city after fleeing the Vietnam War five decades…
· Carl Samson
JD Vance calls mass migration ‘theft’, gets told Usha ‘go back to India’
Vice President JD Vance drew yet another sharp criticism online, this time after declaring that mass migration is “theft of the American Dream,” leaving social media users pointing out that his wife is the daughter of Indian immigrants. What he said: In an X post over the…