Vietnamese American Priest Offers to Give Up His American Citizenship

posted by Brittney Le

Vietnamese priest Reverend Chuong Hoai Nguyen recently wrote a letter to President Donald Trump offering his own citizenship to a Syrian refugee. Commonweal Magazine, an independent journal run by Catholics, released the letter this week.

In his letter, Rev. Nguyen shows his support for Syrian refugees, having been a refugee … Read more

Asian Woman’s Viral Post Highlights Job Discrimination Based On Race

posted by Zara Zhi

By Zara Zhi
AsAmNews Staff Writer
 
A social media post about job discrimination by an Asian American woman is quickly going viral. Tiffany Trieu was excited about a job she had applied for and sent a LinkedIn message to the company’s president.
 
But, as she explains on Facebook, her enthusiasm quickly turned … Read more

Help Your Parents Become U.S. Citizens

posted by Randall

By Gene Wu
New American Media
 
Like millions of other immigrant families, my family came to this country with not much more than the change in our pockets. Born in Guangzhou, China, I was four years old when we moved to the … Read more

Blog: California Assemblymember Rob Bonta Cooks Up Citizenship with a Side of Adobo

posted by Randall

Washington Post: Adoptees Left Without Citizenship

posted by Randall

As many as 18,000 people adopted from South Korea by American parents find themselves without American citizenship.

Their parents either wrongly assumed their children would automatically receive citizenship or failed to complete the necessary paperwork.

An unknown number of other adoptees from numerous other countries are in … Read more

Supreme Court Denies Appeal for U.S. Citizenship for American Samoans

posted by Randall

 
By Ed Diokno
 
It was Samoans vs. Samoans. That made it easier for the U.S. Supreme Court to turn down an appeal that would have granted automatic citizenship to residents of American Samoa.

 

American Samoans Go to U.S. Supreme Court to Gain Citizenship

posted by Randall

By Ed Diokno

Attorneys representing a group of American Samoans seeking U.S. citizenship Monday (Feb. 1) asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their case.

OC Register: Asian Americans Urge President Obama to Clear Visa Backlog

posted by Randall

A coalition of 40 Asian American groups is uging President Obama to clear a 20 year visa backlog that is keeping families separated, reports the Orange County Register (photo by IHMEC).

“Many have been waiting more than 20 years for family members to join them in the United States. The current system is clearly … Read more

Washington Post: Filipino American Veterans Wait Decades to Be Reunited with Children

posted by Randall

26,000 Filipino nationals who fought alongside the American military during World War II were granted American citizenship in 1990. It came under an immigration law signed by then President George H.W. Bush.  Yet, these American citizens can’t get green cards for their children, reports the Washington Post (file photo of wreath laying ceremony)

That’s because … Read more

KLAS: Five legal Chinese immigrants denied opportunity for citizenship

posted by Randall

KLAS is reporting that the path to citizenship for five Chinese nationals in Las Vegas has been derailed.

The five came to the United States under the federal EB-5 Immigrant Investor program. Participants are eligible for citizenship if they invest a half million dollars and employ 10 American citizens within two years.

All five were … Read more