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· Carl Samson
DOJ says UC San Diego med school used race against Asian, white applicants
The University of California San Diego School of Medicine unlawfully weighed race in admissions to favor Black and Hispanic applicants over better-credentialed Asian and white applicants, the Justice Department has alleged. What the DOJ is saying In a July 20 news release, the…
· Carl Samson
Trump backs ICE traffic stops after deadly week for immigrants
President Donald Trump has overruled his administration’s day-old decision to halt most Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) vehicle stops, a pause prompted by the fatal shootings of two motorists by ICE officers. Two deaths in a week Immigration officers fatally shot…
· Carl Samson
Birthright citizenship loss still leaves Trump’s immigration agenda largely intact
The Supreme Court’s rejection of President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship has not closed off Republican efforts to restrict it as a concurring opinion and other rulings offer new openings. The legislative opening Last week, we reported that six…
· Carl Samson
Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s birthright citizenship order
The Supreme Court affirmed Tuesday that children born in the U.S. are automatically citizens, rejecting President Donald Trump’s order denying that right to kids of undocumented or temporary immigrants. Constitution prevails The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Trump’s Jan. 20,…
· Carl Samson
Rep. Khanna grills GOP witness over his call to denaturalize Chinese Americans
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) confronted a congressional witness Thursday over past social media posts calling for the denaturalization of Chinese Americans, escalating tensions at a House hearing on Chinese Communist Party economic espionage. How it happened Khanna, ranking member…
· Carl Samson
Supreme Court clears way for Trump to end TPS
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Thursday to allow the Trump administration to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians, removing judicial oversight from a humanitarian program covering 1.3 million people across 17 countries. Latest…
· Carl Samson
Trump attacks Supreme Court ahead of birthright citizenship ruling
President Donald Trump’s attacks on the Supreme Court are colliding with a slate of pending rulings, including on birthright citizenship, that could carry outsized consequences for Asian American families. State of play Some of the court’s biggest unresolved cases this term test…
· Carl Samson
Asian American enrollment up at elite colleges after affirmative action ruling, but unevenly
Asian American freshman representation has risen at the nation’s most selective colleges in the first admissions cycle following the Supreme Court’s ban on race-conscious admissions, but the gains are far from uniform across individual elite institutions, according to a new…
· Carl Samson
DOJ says Yale med discriminated against Asian, white applicants
The Justice Department has accused Yale’s medical school of illegally considering race in its admissions decisions, the second medical school finding the agency has issued in eight days. What the department is saying A year-long probe by the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division concluded…
· Carl Samson
DOJ says UCLA med school favored Black, Hispanic applicants over Asian, white students
The David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, violated federal law by favoring Black and Hispanic applicants over white and Asian American applicants in its admissions process, the Justice Department announced last Wednesday. Finding and…
· Carl Samson
Asian immigrants weigh exit plans as legal ground shifts
Court rulings, executive orders and enforcement campaigns are making immigration status feel increasingly conditional for Asian immigrants and their families across the U.S., pushing tens of thousands to leave and others to prepare for a future outside the country they have long…
· Carl Samson
3 years after Allen mall shooting, families seek justice and healing
Three years after a gunman killed eight people at Allen Premium Outlets in Allen, Texas, community members are still reeling while victim families pursue a civil lawsuit now before the Texas Supreme Court. Lives lost, lives changed Eight — four of them Asian — were killed and…
· 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…
· Carl Samson
Asian enrollment surge at Johns Hopkins sparks debate over admissions equity
The share of Asian American students in Johns Hopkins University’s incoming class has surged by nearly 20 percentage points in two years, accelerating a national debate over who benefits and who loses when elite universities move away from race-conscious admissions. A campus…
· Carl Samson
ICE arrests of Asian and Pacific Islanders have nearly quadrupled under Trump, new report finds
President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant policies are exacting a quantifiable toll on Asian and Pacific Islander (A/PI) communities regardless of citizenship status, a new report reveals. By the numbers: In their latest “Keeping Count” report, Stop AAPI Hate analyzed Immigration…
· Carl Samson
New York threatened with suit over college program that excludes white, Asian students
New York could face federal legal action over a state-funded college enrichment program that two civil rights groups say discriminates against white and Asian students by imposing additional eligibility hurdles based on race. Driving the news: The Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF)…
· Ryan General
Confidence in US Supreme Court falls to historic low in new poll
Confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court has reached a historic low, according to an NBC News poll released this week. Just 22% of registered voters say they have strong confidence in the court, the lowest figure recorded since the survey began tracking the measure in 2000. The…
· Carl Samson
Senate holds hearing on birthright citizenship ahead of Supreme Court arguments
The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution is convening a hearing on ending automatic birthright citizenship this week, ahead of a Supreme Court ruling that could redefine who is considered an American at birth. Latest developments: The March 10 hearing precedes the…
· Carl Samson
Trump admin begins collecting 10% global tariff amid promise of higher rate
Following the Supreme Court’s ruling last week, the Trump administration has begun collecting a 10% global import tariff Tuesday, with plans to raise it to 15%. Latest developments: After the Supreme Court struck down his emergency tariffs 6-3 on Feb. 20, Trump invoked Section…
· Carl Samson
Trump eyes new tariffs after Supreme Court blow
After the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Friday that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority in imposing sweeping tariffs under a 1977 emergency law, Trump vowed to use other legal powers to escalate his trade war. Latest developments: Friday’s ruling struck down tariffs Trump…