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Government
Orange County Viet Americans challenge Rep. Derek Tran over his response to ICE raids
Vietnamese American activists in Orange County’s Little Saigon are demanding Rep. Derek Tran take bolder action against federal immigration ...
Carl Samson
Trump orders ICE to increase deportations in Democratic cities
President Donald Trump has ordered federal immigration officials to focus deportation efforts on Democratic-controlled cities, intensifying ...
ICE deports more than 100 Chinese nationals in major op
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), led by its Dallas office, deported 122 Chinese nationals earlier this month as part of a...
Civil Rights
How ILRC’s ‘Red Cards’ can help protect immigrants during ICE encounters
As immigration enforcement actions grow under the Trump administration, the Immigrant Legal Resource Center’s “Red Cards” remain a practical...
Ryan General
Kash Patel’s jail threat to ICE protesters draws accusations of hypocrisy
FBI Director Kash Patel has faced backlash over his jail threat to anti-ICE protesters, with critics accusing the administration of applying...
Community
Federal immigration raids in Los Angeles spark protests nationwide
Federal immigration enforcement operations across Los Angeles on Friday culminating President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard tr...
Boston
Boston mayor Wu draws federal backlash for comparing masked ICE agents to neo-Nazis
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is taking heat from federal officials after comparing masked ICE agents to “secret police” and suggesting similarit...
ICE gained backdoor access to nationwide license plate camera network: report
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has allegedly obtained informal access to a nationwide network of automatic license plate reader (...
Editorial Staff
Navy vet’s daughter remains in ICE detention despite US citizenship claims
A Filipino woman has been detained at a Georgia immigration facility since March after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested he...
ICE officials ousted amid White House order to triple number of daily arrests
Two senior ICE officials are being removed from their positions amid White House pressure for dramatically higher arrest numbers of undocume...
Missouri community rallies behind Chinese woman facing deportation
A Chinese immigrant and mother of three has become the center of a grassroots support campaign after federal agents arrested her during what...
Fear grips Hawaii’s Filipino teaching community after ICE home raid
A federal immigration raid at a Maui residence housing Filipino teachers has heightened anxiety among educators and drawn sharp criticism fr...
Crime
ICE raids Irvine couple’s home over son’s alleged involvement in personnel doxxing
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents raided a couple’s home in Irvine, California, last week as part of an investigation into po...
Vietnamese refugee suffering from dementia dies in ICE custody in Texas
A 55-year-old Vietnamese refugee with dementia reportedly died of natural causes while in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) cus...
Feature
Deported Cambodian refugee returns home to Southern California after 11 years
In 2011, ICE deported Cambodian refugee Sophea Phea to a country her family fled from in the 1970s to escape genocide. While in Cambodia, ...
News
California lawmakers reject bill that aims to stop prison-to-ICE transfers
VISION Act (AB 937) fell three votes short of the 21 it needed to pass in the California Senate on Wednesday. Introduced by Assemblymember...
Food
Burger King Japan releases world’s first Ice Whopper for a limited time
In what may be considered an eyebrow-raising move, Burger King Japan has announced a limited-time Whopper with ice shavings as part of a new...
Bryan Ke
Education
Cambodian American domestic abuse survivor graduates from college after serving 16 years in prison
A Cambodian American woman who faced deportation after serving 16 years in prison has graduated with a degree in sociology. Ny Nourn, who ...
Khier Casino
California Governor Urged to Pardon Vietnamese Refugee Facing Deportation
A petition with nearly 2,000 signatures is asking California Gov. Gavin Newsom to directly pardon a man facing imminent deportation to Vietn...
ICE Releases Man Set for Deportation Back to His Family in California
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released a man headed for deportation to Laos after lawmakers, organizations and members of th...
ICE Releases Former Firefighter Inmate Set for Deportation to Laos
A Khmu American man who was incarcerated for over two decades before being held for deportation has been released by the Immigration and Cus...
Controversial Acting Ice Director Tony Pham to Quit After 5 Months
Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Tony H. Pham will step down from office by the end of the year, citing personal re...
Man Who Helped Fight California Wildfires Sent to ICE for Deportation
Kao Saelee was supposed to be released last month after serving 22 years in prison, but he was transferred instead to the U.S. Immigration a...
Trump Admin Walks Back Plan to Deport International Students Enrolled in Only Online Classes
After sparking a series of lawsuits, the Trump administration backed out of its proposed visa policy that planned to deport international st...
Elderly Korean Man Kept in ICE Detention for Nearly 90 Days Allegedly Kills Himself
A 74-year-old South Korean man died of an apparent suicide inside his cell in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention cen...
ICE Agents Let Sex Traffickers Go Free After Getting Hand Jobs From Asian Prostitutes
Agents of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) — a division of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — reportedly paid “Asian fe...
Cambodian Refugees Who Escaped the Killing Fields Now Face Deportation from ICE
Advocates representing Cambodian Americans and supporters from across the United States are protesting the recent arrest of two refugees who...
Elderly Filipina Who Helped Chicago Church Community Deported After 30 Years in the U.S.
In her search for a better life, Julita Bartolome left the Philippines to work as a maid in the United States back in 1988. Over 30 years la...
ICE Finally Releases Asian Trans Man Kept in Solitary Confinement for 19 Months
A transgender man from Hong Kong, who has been kept in solitary confinement in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center...
Japanese American Running ICE Detention Center Had Mother Born in a U.S. Concentration Camp
President Donald Trump’s order for deportation raids reportedly commenced last weekend, vowing to send at least 2,000 undocumented immigrant...
Asian Immigrants May Be the Easiest Targets in Trump’s Upcoming ICE Raids
The U.S. administration’s plans to commit mass raids of the homes of undocumented immigrants has the Asian community on edge. Undocum...
L.A. Judge Stops ICE From Conducting Raids on Cambodian Immigrants For Now
A judge in Los Angeles ordered federal immigration officials to temporarily halt any surprise raids on Cambodian immigrants living in the U....
NYC Dad Married to U.S. Citizen Arrested During Green Card Interview, Faces Deportation
A man in Flushing, Queens, was separated from his wife and two children after being arrested during his green card interview. Xiu Qing Yo...
Vietnamese Man Dies In ICE Custody While Waiting to Be Deported
A Vietnamese man has died while under the custody of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. According to the Associ...
Thousands of Vietnamese Immigrants Protected By Treaty Now Targeted By ICE For Deportation
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is preparing to deport thousands of Vietnamese immigrants who have been in the U.S. for m...
Uncategorized
U.S. Army Vet May Be Forced to Move His Entire Family To South Korea If Adopted Daughter is Deported
A United States Army veteran may soon be forced to move his entire family to South Korea next year over the immigration status of his adopte...
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