by Kevin Wang | Jul 25, 2012 | Business & Tech, Immigration
WASHINGTON –Politicians are waking up to the importance of courting Asian-Americans, but advocates worry that Democrats and Republicans still don’t understand the issues facing the growing minority group or how to move the community to participate in elections....
by Shaina Humphries | Jul 12, 2012 | Business & Tech, Immigration
WASHINGTON—Corporate executives from the Coca-Cola Co., Microsoft Corp. and AT&T Inc. gathered Thursday at the Center for American Progress to discuss why diversifying the workplace is not only the right thing to do—it’s the smartest thing to do for a successful...
by Kevin Wang | Jul 5, 2012 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — Nasim Bolandparvaz said she was too young to understand what culture shock meant back in the early 1990s. At age eight, she left Iran with her parents and younger brother, heading to the United States, a country about which she knew almost nothing....
by Jean Song | Apr 30, 2012 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — Immigration is often seen as a Hispanic issue in the United States. However, a group of Asian Americans raised their voice on the steps of the Supreme Court to protest the Arizona immigration law and show solidarity with the other immigrant...
by Meghann Myers | Apr 25, 2012 | Immigration, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — “Los immigrantes, somos importantes!” protesters chanted Wednesday outside the Supreme Court. Immigrants, we are important. Others carried signs saying “Exporting illegals = Importing Jobs for Americans!” Inside the Supreme Court building, the...
by Andy Matarrese | Apr 25, 2012 | Immigration, National Security
An employee form President Lincoln’s cottage helps one child, who was given his certificate of citizenship at the ceremony at the cottage that day, make a Lincoln-style top hat. (Andy Matarrese/Medill News Service) One child doffs her homemade hat before the...
