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Thursday 21st September 2017,
Photo by USAG Weisbaden PAO
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution to recognize the month of May as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Thursday.
Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai‘i), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) led the bill to celebrate the contributions of the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community.
Sen. … Read more
When the first Muslim Ban executive order was first implemented in January, protests like the one above at San Francisco International Airport, broke out across the country.
By Ed Diokno
Views from the Edge
No matter how you try to couch it, yesterday’s “new” Executive Order restricting travel from six Muslim-dominated countries is still a … Read more
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee reaffirmed the commitment of his city to remain a sanctuary city despite threats from President Donald Trump.
Wednesday, the president signed an executive order to deny federal grant funds to “sanctuary cities.” These cities have policies in place to restrict local law enforcement’s cooperation with federal immigration agents, with the … Read more
By Louis Chan
AsAmNews National Correspondent
Executive orders signed by President Trump withholding federal funding to sanctuary cities and building a wall along the U.S. Mexican border received an immediate rebuke from Asian American Pacific Islander leaders.
“This is taking Mr. Trump’s perverse attack on immigrants to a new level,” said Rep Judy Chu, chairwoman … Read more
On Feb. 18, 1946, the Rescission Act was signed taking away the rights, benefits and honors promised to 250,000 Filipino WWII veterans who fought with the American soldiers against the invading Japanese military.
By Louis Chan
AsAmNews National Correspondent.
President Obama has signed a bill into law that awards the Congressional Gold Medal to … Read more
#FilAmVets bill now goes to @POTUS for his signature. Thinking of all the vets & families I’ve met throughout this journey pic.twitter.com/YNiWr5l9Ap
— Senator Mazie Hirono (@maziehirono) November 30, 2016
Awesome and overdue news https://t.co/xg3VcjGjsM
— AsAmNews (@AsAmNews) November 30, 2016
By Ed Diokno
In the late afternoon of Wednesday, Nov. 30, the House passed … Read more
Stephanie Murphy became the first Vietnamese American woman elected to Congress
By Louis Chan
AsAmNews National Correspondent
As AsAmNews predicted, voters elected a record number of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to Congress Tuesday.
16 AAPI voting members of Congress were elected, surpassing by 2 the previous record.
Those elected include California Attorney General … Read more
Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
A man who used to live in Hawaii has been arrested in Tennessee and charged with threatening the lives of Hawaii Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Rep Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), reports KHON.
Keahiokahonua Stewart, 36, was arrested at his home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee near Nashville.
He’s accused of sending threatening … Read more
Secretary Julian Castro speaking at the AAPI Caucus on Day 3 of the DNC. (Photo Credit: DNCC AAPI Media Center)
By Nick Lee
Chinese Americans for Hillary
My third day at the DNC began with the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Caucus, where elected officials kept driving home the theme, “Now is our time”. … Read more
By Louis Chan
AsAmNews National Correspondent
The Supreme Court appears deeply divided over the legality of President Obama’s executive order expanding protection from deportation to millions of undocumented immigrants.
As hundreds of immigrant right advocates rallied outside the steps of the Supreme Court, the eight justices argued inside whether the president’s order to safeguard 5 … Read more
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Although Lucy Liu was nominated for an Emmy in 1999 for her role in "Ally McBeal" and Sandra Oh was nominated each year from ...
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Ally said:
RE: Daniel Dae Kim Confirms He has Taken the Hellboy role: I hope the community buys tickets and shows support. Reminding eve ...
Guy Aoki said:
RE: Let's hope an AAPI actor wins an Emmy tonight: Sandra Oh won for Grey's Anatomy & I thought Lucy Liu won for somethin ...
Nancy Wang said:
RE:Let's Hope an AAPI wins an Emmy Tonight:And they chant "we will not be replaced"! Ha!! ...
Randall said:
Re: Beach Bum's comment on Miss America can no Longer Ignore Diversity: We would call that carelessness on our Part. Inexcusa ...
Nancy Wang said:
RE: Chinese American adoptee doesn't know who to trust:When I went to China in 1978 I tried to stay to teach English. I was ...
Beach Bum said:
RE: Miss America can no longer ignore diversity:Miss Philadelphia? Or should it be Miss Pennsylvania? I don't want to be the ...
