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“Asian Americans Value Racially Diverse Public Schools”
July 2, 2007, San Francisco Chronicle By Khin Mai Aung and Christina Wong When the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions on Seattle’s and Louisville’s school integration cases came down, our offices received…
Fees Go Up for Green Cards and Citizenship
Download PDF Starting on July 30, 2007, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will increase its filing fees for applications, petitions, benefits, and services. Applying for…
Immigrants and Public Benefits
Public Benefits and Public Charge: After welfare became workfare during the overhaul of immigration laws in 1996, many immigrant families were confused or afraid of seeking public benefits. Some…
Federal and New York State Public Benefits for Non-Immigrants and Undocumented Persons
Since Non-Immigrant Persons are authorized to reside in the U.S. for a limited period of time for limited purposes, such as students or tourists, non-immigrant persons cannot receive most federal…
Federal and New York State Public Benefits for Green Card Holders
As a Green Card Holder, “Legal Permanent Resident”, you may be able to receive many public benefits from New York State and the Federal Government. In some cases, you are entitled to receive these…
“Indians in U.S. Back Democrats”
May 18, 2007, CNN-IBN New York: The largest-ever survey of Asian-American voters shows that an overwhelming majority of Indian-Americans support the Democrats at election time. Though it was assumed…
“Immigration Deal Already Appears to Be Unraveling”
May 22, 2007, San Francisco Chronicle The powerful interest groups whose backing is critical to an overhaul of U.S. immigration policy are fracturing over the new bipartisan “grand bargain” in the…
“The Immigration Debate”
May 22, 2007, Dan Rather Reports TIMES SQUARE, CROSSROADS OF THE WORLD, IN A CITY, NEW YORK THAT EXEMPLIFIES THE HISTORY OF IMMIGRATION IN THIS COUNTRY AND IT’S PRESENT. AND NOW IN WASHINGTON…
The Maryland Asian American Vote 2006
Download PDF Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund and Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center in cooperation with APIAVote Asian American LEAD Asian American Studies Prog. at the…
Join Us for AALDEF’s Annual Summer Cocktail Party June 13th
Kick off the summer in style! Join AALDEF at one of the Citys finest nightclubs on Wednesday, June 13 with hundreds of other professionals. The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)…
“Asian-Americans Mostly Vote Democratic, Could Be Key in Some Early Primary States”
May 14, 2007, blogs.usatoday.com By: Mark Memmott and Jill Lawrence Presidential candidates take note: Asian-Americans vote mostly Democratic, but exit polling done by a leading Asian advocacy group…
CBS Radio Cancels “The Dog House with JV and Elvis” following Outrage over Racist, Sexist, and Homophobic Programming
CBS Radio has given the boot to shock jocks Jeff Vandergrift and Dan Lay and their WFNY FreeFM show, “The Dog House with JV and Elvis,” after they aired a segment in April ridiculing Chinese…
The New Jersey Asian American Vote 2006: Presentation on May 10th
Download PDF Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund in collaboration with Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association of New Jersey Korean American Bar Association of New Jersey Korean…
The New York Asian American Vote 2006: Presentation on May 17th
Download PDF Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund in collaboration with Asian American Bar Association of New York Asian Pacific American Voters Alliance Chinese American Voter Association…
In Tragedy, Korean Americans Struggle against Invisibility
May 4, 2007, Danbury News-Times By Steven Choi A few weeks have passed since Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people at Virginia Tech, and many of us are still dealing with the shock, horror and grief. As a…
The Asian American Vote 2006: National Presentation in Washington, D.C. on May 14th
Download PDF Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund in collaboration with APIA Vote Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus…
AALDEF to Present at Talk Tuesday on May 8, 2007 in New York City
AALDEF staff attorney Khin Mai Aung will be presenting on her legal work in promoting educational equity and youth rights for Asian Americans nationally. Event details are below. NAAAP-NY and CAPA…
Rosie O’Donnell Will Say Goodbye to “The View” – New York Times
by Jacques Steinberg Rosie O’Donnell, who raised both the profile and the ratings of “The View” this season by commandeering it as a bully pulpit for her opinions on the Iraq war, Donald Trump, Oprah…
“Asian American Groups Call for CBS to Fire New York Shock-Jocks”
April 25, 2007, San Francisco Chronicle Prominent Asian American civil rights groups in the Bay Area are demanding that CBS Radio fire New York shock-jocks Jeff Vandergrift and Dan Lay, who were…
Workers’ Guide to New York Small Claims Court
Korean-Language Guide Published by the Korean Workers Project Download PDF The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) and YKASECEmpowering the Korean American Communitys Korean…
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