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California city settles anti-Asian discrimination lawsuits for $700,000
The city of Folsom, California, has paid $700,000 to two former police officers who sued over anti-Asian discrimination and whose departures...
GOP senator pushes bill to end dual citizenship
Ohio Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno introduced legislation earlier this month that would require Americans to hold only U.S. citizenship, for...
Trump admin ramps up efforts to revoke citizenship of foreign-born US citizens: report
The Trump administration is directing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to refer 100 to 200 denaturalization cases each mont...
Most Pacific Islanders don’t report racism despite high incident rates: survey
Sixty-one percent of Pacific Islander (PI) adults who experienced hate acts in 2024 never reported them to authorities, according to a Stop ...
Homan begs Democrats to stop ICE criticism as Asian deaths in custody rise
White House Border Czar Tom Homan urged Democratic leaders last week to end their criticism of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) per...
Chinese whistleblower who exposed Uyghur camps faces deportation
A Chinese national who filmed detention facilities in Xinjiang at great personal risk now faces removal from the U.S., drawing widespread ca...
Bondi gunmen’s travel to Philippines before terror shooting under probe
The two suspected gunmen in a terror attack that left 16 dead at a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach last weekend had traveled to...
Hirono, Tran honor 50 years of Southeast Asian diaspora in new resolution
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Rep. Derek Tran (D-Calif.) introduced a bicameral resolution on Dec. 11 commemorating the 50th anniversary ...
UC Berkeley suspends lecturer over pro-Palestine remarks
UC Berkeley has suspended a computer science lecturer for six months without pay over pro-Palestinian remarks made in the classroom, drawing...
Noem faces impeachment calls after Korean American vet’s deportation
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem faced intense congressional scrutiny last Thursday after Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-...
Trump launches ‘gold card’ visa that fast-tracks immigration for the rich
President Donald Trump has officially launched his “gold card” visa program, offering expedited U.S. residency for $1 million in a move that...
US man convicted of murdering Chinese woman in London
A 26-year-old U.S. man has been convicted of murdering a 31-year-old Chinese graduate student in her south London flat after a violent confr...
Trump admin wants 5 years of social media history from tourists entering U.S.
The Trump administration is proposing mandatory social media screening for tourists from 42 visa waiver countries, requiring them to disclos...
6-year-old Chinese boy finally speaks with father after 2-week separation, detention
Yuanxin, a 6-year-old Chinese immigrant separated from his father over Thanksgiving, spoke with his parent by phone last weekend for the fir...
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 ...
Trial begins for man accused in Vicha Ratanapakdee’s death
Nearly five years after the fatal attack on an 84-year-old Thai immigrant helped galvanize the Stop Asian Hate movement, his accused killer ...
San Jose high school students’ human swastika formation triggers hate crime probe
San Jose police have opened a hate crime investigation after eight students at Branham High School formed a human swastika on the school’s f...
Mamdani guides immigrants on what to do during ICE encounters
Following an ICE operation that drew protests near Chinatown last week, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani posted a video on social me...
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 Dre...
Toddler, 3, forced to represent herself in immigration court
A 3-year-old girl was reportedly forced to represent herself in immigration court in Tucson, Arizona, on Nov. 24, one of 25 unaccompanied ch...
Oregon family breaks silence on anti-Asian burglary that took life savings
Editor’s Note: The following article has been updated to indicate that Gloria Kim has worked with, but is not currently a member, of t...
South Korean man detained at green card interview remains in ICE custody
A South Korean man who has lived in the U.S. since infancy was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during a routine green ...
Hmong refugee leader released after months in ICE custody
A Michigan community leader detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) since July walked free last Wednesday after bipartisan adv...
XG’s Cocona comes out as transmasculine nonbinary
Cocona, a member of the global hip-hop and R&B group XG, has publicly come out as transmasculine nonbinary, sharing the announcement in ...
JD Vance dismisses marriage rumors after Usha seen without wedding ring again
Vice President JD Vance dismissed speculations about his marriage after Second Lady Usha Vance was photographed without her wedding ring for...
Why Pete Hegseth’s ‘fog of war’ excuse sounds familiar to many Asian Americans
Embattled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth invoked the “fog of war” during a Cabinet meeting Tuesday to explain his role in a September milita...
6-year-old Chinese boy separated from father after ICE arrest
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a Chinese man and his 6-year-old son at a scheduled check-in in New York City last week, ...
Nikki Haley’s son: Vivek Ramaswamy has ‘third world parenting style’
Nalin Haley, the 24-year-old son of former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, called out Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy once again las...
Kash Patel faces mounting criticism as damning report questions his FBI leadership
An alliance of retired and active-duty FBI special agents and analysts has issued a 115-page assessment declaring that FBI Director Kash Pat...
NYPD response to Chinatown anti-ICE protest sparks condemnation
The NYPD is facing backlash for how it handled anti-ICE protests in Manhattan’s Chinatown, where multiple arrests and violent confrontations...
US and South Korea move to repair relations after Georgia raid
Washington and Seoul are taking steps to mend diplomatic and economic relations after September’s immigration raid that detained hundreds of...
Taiwan’s 2027 defense push reflects deepening U.S.-China-Japan strategic competition
President Lai Ching-te unveiled Taiwan’s most ambitious military spending program last week, committing $1.25 trillion Taiwan dollars ($40 b...
Trump orders migration freeze from ‘Third World Countries’
President Donald Trump pledged to “permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries” following a deadly shooting in Washington, D....
Myanmar refugees face return to civil war after Trump admin ends protection
Roughly 4,000 Myanmar nationals in the U.S. face deportation to a war-torn homeland after the Trump administration ended their temporary pro...
UT Austin’s first woman, Asian American police chief files discrimination suit
Eve Stephens, the first Asian American woman to lead any University of Texas (UT) System police department, has filed a federal lawsuit agai...
Rep. Young Kim condemns socialism as she prepares for GOP primary
Rep. Young Kim (R-Calif.) recently condemned socialism with a personal take, echoing President Donald Trump’s “communist” branding of NYC Ma...
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