Carl Samson

FBI renews search for fugitive in 1991 Boston Chinatown Massacre

The FBI is offering a new $30,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Hung Tien Pham, a Vietnamese man wanted in ...

Northern California county reaches settlement on Asian American discrimination claims

After years of legal battles over allegations of systematic racial bias, a northern California county has committed to overhauling its polic...

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol gets five years in prison

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to five years in prison last week, the first of eight criminal verdicts stemming from his 2024 ...

Border Patrol detained a man over his accent. For Asian immigrants, it’s an alarm bell

Border Patrol agents detained a U.S. passport holder based solely on his accent in Minneapolis last week, raising concerns about expanded ra...

Vicha Ratanapakdee’s killer acquitted of murder, convicted of manslaughter

A San Francisco jury found Antoine Watson guilty of lesser charges in the 2021 death of 84-year-old Vicha Ratanapakdee, but cleared him of m...

Trump’s America just hit a migration milestone no one wanted. For Asian Americans, the implications are profound

Over 100,000 visas were canceled by the State Department throughout 2025, setting an unprecedented record with more than double the 40,000 r...

Trump admin suspends visa applications from 75 countries

The Trump administration will halt immigrant visa processing for applicants from 75 countries starting Jan. 21. About the policy: A State De...

Chinese national charged after photographing Missouri military base

A Chinese man faces federal charges for photographing B-2 stealth bombers and sensitive military infrastructure at a Missouri air base. The ...

Trump admin pulls US out of foundational climate treaty

President Donald Trump directed the U.S. to withdraw from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) last week, mark...

Wealth-based immigration gatekeeping expands with visa bond list tripling

The Trump administration has expanded the number of countries whose passport holders must post bonds of up to $15,000 to apply to enter the ...

Rohingya genocide case opens at UN court as Myanmar denies allegations

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) began hearing Gambia’s genocide case against Myanmar on Monday, with the West African nation accusi...

Trump admin prepares to strip citizenship from naturalized Americans

President Donald Trump has confirmed that his administration is pursuing denaturalization of some U.S. citizens, with particular focus on So...

Calls for Kristi Noem’s impeachment escalate after Minneapolis shooting

Calls to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem have gained momentum following last week’s fatal shooting of Minnesota resident Ren...

ICE agent who shot Renee Good is married to Filipino immigrant: report

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis is married to a Filipino immigrant whose paren...

House drops effort to revive China Initiative

Following pushback from civil rights groups, House lawmakers withdrew language from a fiscal year 2026 spending bill that would have ordered...

Supreme Court ruling more and more for the rich: study

Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices now rule for wealthy parties 70% of the time, up from roughly 45% seven decades ago, according t...

New Jersey township’s first Indian American mayor ends 42-year GOP streak

A Marine Corps veteran and cybersecurity professional took the oath of office last Saturday to become the first Indian American mayor of Par...

Gabbard’s past Venezuela comments resurface amid Maduro arrest

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard faces renewed scrutiny over her 2019 statements against U.S. intervention in Venezuela follo...

Mamdani pushes forward with higher taxes for the rich

Mayor Zohran Mamdani is moving ahead with higher taxes on New York City’s wealthiest residents and corporations, dismissing concerns about t...

Mamdani makes history with Quran swearing-in as NYC’s 1st Muslim mayor

Zohran Mamdani, 34, became New York City’s 112th mayor on Thursday, using the Quran for his oath of office in what marks the first time the ...

Asian Americans pushed out of Chinatowns at accelerating rate: report

Manhattan’s Chinatown has lost more than 20% of its Asian residents over the past decade, nearly quadruple the previous decade’s displacemen...

Military lawyer’s role in Caribbean strike comes under scrutiny

The staff judge advocate at Joint Special Operations Command, Col. Cara Hamaguchi, advised that a second strike against shipwrecked survivor...

Trump admin drops plan to deport Chinese whistleblower

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has abandoned efforts to send Guan Heng to Uganda, reversing course after growing calls to protect...

Chinese father and son deported after weeks-long ICE separation

A Chinese father and his 6-year-old son who were separated for weeks after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrest in New York C...

ICE detainees hit all-time high

Federal immigration authorities detained more than 68,400 people as of Dec. 14, marking the highest number ever recorded, according to data ...

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...