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Economy
Japan PM warns country will cease to ‘function as a society’ if population decline persists
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida declared a dire need for policies tackling the country’s declining birth rate, calling it “now or neve...
Iris Jung
Civil Rights
New Ohio law requiring IDs to indicate if individual is ‘noncitizen’ sparks controversy
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has signed a controversial law that requires driver’s licenses and state identification to indicate whether ...
Ryan General
Government
New State Department program lets private citizens directly sponsor refugees in US
A newly launched refugee sponsor program from the U.S. State Department will allow Americans to sponsor and assist refugees entering the Uni...
Bryan Ke
Canada
Asians make up most new immigrants to Canada: study
According to recent data released by Statistics Canada, Asians make up the largest share of new immigrants to Canada by 62%, with India, th...
Michelle De Pacina
Filipino woman allegedly abused by her employers pleads to stop her family’s deportation from Canada
Migrante Alberta and the supporters of a Filipino mother and her six-year-old daughter who require special medical attention plead with the...
Media
Majority of Republicans believe immigrants ‘hurt the country and make it a worse place to live,’ says poll
The majority of Republicans believe immigrants are hurting the country, according to a new survey conducted by Fox News. The poll asked pa...
News
‘They tricked me’: Vietnamese refugee sues ICE for trying to deport him three times
An Thanh Nguyen, who was formerly incarcerated, says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has tried to deport him three times sin...
Carl Samson
Hong Kong
Rally against anti-Asian hate in London devolves into brawl as Hong Kong and Chinese protestors clash
A group of Hong Kongers clashed with Chinese protesters who were holding a rally against racism over the weekend in London. The Chinese side...
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...
Immigrant Activist Arrested For Protesting at ICE Director’s Home, Littering
An immigrant rights activist was arrested on Thursday over alleged trespassing and littering on ICE Director Tony Pham‘s lawn during a...
Vietnamese Refugee Appointed the New Acting Director of ICE
A Vietnamese refugee is taking over Immigration and Customs Enforcement as the agency’s new acting director. Director in an “acting ca...
Cambodian American ‘Unjustly’ Deported Returns Home After Almost 2 Years
A Cambodian American refugee deported in August 2018 has returned home to his family in Massachusetts this week. Thy Chea, a resident of Low...
First Asian American Sheriff Says SF Won’t Help ICE Deport Immigrants
California’s first Asian American sheriff, Paul Miyamoto, said that the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) will not help federal agents ...
What to Do When ICE Agents Knock at Your Door, According the ACLU
As the Trump administration gears up for immigration raids across the country after July 4, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement age...
ICE Raids Korean Market in San Diego, Detains 26 Workers
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) detained 26 workers after a raid conducted at a Korean market in San Diego, Califo...
ICE Created A Fake University to Trick Indian Immigrant Students and Arrest Them
Emails revealed this week show how the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) set up a fictitious school called the “University of ...
Entertainment
New T.V. Series ‘Warrior’ Inspired By Bruce Lee’s Writings Looks Extremely Epic
A new Cinemax series called “Warrior,” inspired by the writing of Bruce Lee, has just released an exclusive trailer, a project t...
Kimberly Nguyen
Trump is Looking to Deport Thousands of Vietnam War Refugees
Protections that have enabled Vietnam War refugees to live in the United States for decades are now under threat following the Trump adminis...
15 Shocking Facts About Asian American History They Never Taught You in School
When I was in high school, my U.S. history teacher spent an entire month — I shit you not — teaching the class about Andrew Jack...
Jin Hyun
Mindy Kaling Slams Donald Trump’s Plan to Abolish Birthright Citizenship
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has come under fire for his plan to sign an executive order that aims to officially end bi...
50,000 Sign Petition to Stop Chinese Boy’s Deportation from Ireland
Eric Zhi Ying Xue, a nine-year-old boy from the town of Bray, County Wicklow in Ireland, is facing deportation to China, according to the So...
Ziye Wang
U.S. Army Veteran’s Daughter to Be Deported to Korea Because She Was Adopted a Year Too Late
A South Korean-born teenager will be deported back to her home country because her uncle adopted her too late. Hyebin Schreiber, a senior at...
U.K. Woman Slaps Indonesian Immigration Officer After She Overstayed Her Visa in Bali
A British tourist who lashed out at an immigration officer has been detained in Indonesia and is facing criminal charges, according to the D...
Khier Casino
Chinese Restaurant Employees Targeted By Immigration Raids in London’s Chinatown
Locals in London’s Chinatown have been holding demonstrations against disruptive immigration raids carried out by the Home Office. The prote...
Asians Have the Highest Income Inequality in America
Asian Americans have the highest income inequality among all ethnic groups in the United States, a new report from the Pew Research Center s...
Chinese Immigrant and Ph.D. Candidate Feels ‘Dropped to Hell’ After Sudden U.S. Army Discharge
A 31-year-old doctorate student who enlisted in the U.S. Army in 2016 is outraged after his sudden discharge from a special program that sup...
The U.S. Army is Allegedly Discharging Immigrant Recruits They Promised Citizenship To
The U.S. Army is allegedly discharging some immigrant reservists and recruits who enlisted through the special recruitment program that offe...
Constance Wu Goes to Detention Center in Texas to Take a Stand to #KeepFamiliesTogether
Several Hollywood celebrities and singers recently flew to Tornillo, Texas to take a stand against the government’s “zero tolerance” policy ...
Politics
Badass Ted Lieu Nearly Escorted Off House Floor for Playing Audio of Crying Immigrant Kids
Representative Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) clashed with Rep. Karen Handel (R-Ga. ) on Friday during a congressional session after he played the audi...
NYC Dad Reunites With Family After Judge Puts Deportation on Hold
Xiu Qing You, the 39-year-old father who was separated from his family for deportation, has reunited with loved ones after a federal judge o...
The U.S. is Keeping 123 South Asians Seeking Asylum in an Oregon Prison
The U.S. government detained 123 migrants hoping to seek asylum in a federal prison in Sheridan, Oregon, over the last month. Most of the de...
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...
Retired Army Officer’s Adopted Daughter Faces Deportation to South Korea Because She’s a ‘Dreamer’
A retired military officer’s daughter covered in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is facing deportation as the futu...
Asia
ICE Sued By OC Vietnamese Immigrants Over Unlawful Detentions
Vietnamese immigrants in the United States have filed a class action lawsuit against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for putt...
Wife of Chinese NYC Construction Worker Denied Visa to Bury Her Dead Husband
The family of a 33-year-old Chinese construction worker who died in a fall last Tuesday will not be able to attend his funeral in New York a...
California Governor Jerry Brown Defies Trump, Pardons 132 Cambodians Set for Deportation
Just before the holidays, Governor Jerry Brown of California granted clemency to 132 Cambodian immigrants detained by the Immigration and Cu...