Minnesota Hmong American lawmaker responds to backlash over her immigration story

Minnesota State Representative Kaohly Vang Her, one of the nation’s few Hmong American lawmakers, clarified on Monday that she and her...

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 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 (...

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...

Woman condemns Vietnamese husband’s deportation to South Sudan

A woman in Pierce County, Washington state, has expressed outrage after her husband was unexpectedly deported to South Sudan instead of Viet...

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...

Judge rules Trump admin’s deportation of immigrants to South Sudan violated court order

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration breached his court order when it sent immigrants — including from Asian countr...

Deaf Mongolian man faces deportation without due process

A deaf Mongolian man has spent over 80 days detained at California’s Otay Mesa Detention Center without seeing an immigration judge or acces...

Trump’s attempt to deport Asian immigrants to Libya blocked

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration’s plan to deport Asian immigrants to Libya would violate an existing court ord...

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...

Indonesian father faces possible deportation after secret visa revocation

An Indonesian man is now facing possible deportation as he remains detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after agents secret...

24 Filipinos deported, more being processed

Twenty-four Filipino nationals were recently deported for alleged illegal activities, according to Philippine Ambassador to the U.S. Jose Ma...

Trump unleashes sweeping immigration crackdown

President Donald Trump could soon deploy thousands of additional troops to the southern border, following through his campaign promise of a ...

Org launches free multilingual app aimed at empowering immigrants in need of help

The National Korean American Service and Education Consortium (NAKASEC) has launched a free mobile app, “Know Your Rights 4 Immigrants...

Trump confirms he will declare national emergency, use military for mass deportation

President-elect Donald Trump has confirmed he will declare a national emergency and use the military to carry out mass deportations of undoc...

Undocumented Chinese among the first Trump will target for mass deportation: report

Undocumented Chinese immigrants reportedly stand to be among the first targeted by President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation plan, rai...

Anti-immigrant rhetoric, policies endanger South Asians in Canada

Anti-immigrant political rhetoric and online hate speech have sparked a disturbing trend of anti-South Asian sentiment in Canada. The prejud...

Vietnamese human smuggler wants UK to increase anti-illegal immigration effort

A repentant Vietnamese human smuggler has spoken out, urging the U.K. government to increase its efforts in publicizing the difficulties for...

Trump calls USA ‘garbage can for the world’ in latest escalation of anti-immigrant rhetoric

Donald Trump described the U.S. as “like a garbage can for the world” at a rally in Tempe, Arizona, on Thursday while denouncing the Biden a...

Japan’s foreign population hits record 3.5 million amid labor shortage

The number of foreigners living in Japan hit a record high of 3.5 million by mid-2024, according to Japan’s Immigration Services Agency. Dri...

Trump reveals anti-immigrant plan based on law used to incarcerate Japanese Americans in WWII

Donald Trump has laid out a new immigration plan invoking a centuries-old law that led to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during Wor...

New poll shows how AAPI adults view legal, illegal immigration

A new poll shows that 8 in 10 Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AAPI) adults believe legal immigration significantly boo...

Why most Asian immigrants move to the US: survey

Most Asian immigrants come to the U.S. to be with family, according to a survey recently published by the Pew Research Center. While ethnic ...

Why rich Asian countries are now eager for foreign workers

Wealthier Asian countries are increasingly looking to foreign workers to address their growing labor shortages, driven by shrinking native p...

Racism, social inequities can affect heart health of Asian Americans, experts warn

A recent scientific statement from the American Heart Association (AHA) highlights how social factors such as racism, immigration status and...

Indian migrants surge in US via Canada border

Indian nationals are increasingly entering the U.S. illegally through Canada, driven by economic opportunities and facilitated by smuggling ...

Chinese students report harassment during US entry

Many Chinese students and tech professionals are raising alarms on social media about harassment during secondary inspections by U.S. immigr...

Canadian truck driver accused of smuggling 10 Vietnamese into US

Canadian truck driver Husain Al Kawwaz, 34, appeared in the U.S. District Court of Eastern Michigan on Friday to face a criminal complaint o...

Biden calls Trump ‘loser’ over border security at APAICS gala

President Joe Biden slammed former President Donald Trump as a “loser” in his speech at the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congression...

White House clarifies Biden’s ‘xenophobic’ remark on Japan, India

The White House has offered explanations after President Joe Biden’s controversial comments in which he labeled allies Japan and India as “x...

Indian-origin woman becomes US citizen at 99 yrs old

A 99-year-old Indian-origin woman living in Orlando has recently been granted American citizenship. Key points: ...

8 Chinese migrants en route to the US found dead on Mexico beach

Mexican authorities are probing the tragic death of eight Chinese migrants whose boat capsized en route to the U.S. Key points: ...

Elodie Yung on power of storytelling in shaping perspectives on undocumented immigrants in ‘The Cleaning Lady’

The narrative of the Fox drama series “The Cleaning Lady,” focusing on the complex story of an undocumented immigrant in the U.S., has taken...

LAPD appoints its first Asian American chief

Dominic Choi was sworn in as the interim chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), making him the first Asian American to hold the ...

Study reveals how Chinese migrants in LA forged their own economy amid racism

A study of Los Angeles Chinatown reveals that Chinese migrants in the late 1800s established a self-reliant economy by engaging in pig-raisi...