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Yesterday, Democratic Representatives urged Congress to pass the Uniting American Families Act as part of Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR). The bill seeks to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow for permanent partners of U.S. citizens and permanent residents to obtain lawful permanent resident status. House Democrats are hoping to garner the support of the gay, lesbian, and transgendered…
Wow – a proud moment for me as the daughter of a Filipina immigrant mother (a pediatrician who is now a longtime U.S. citizen) and for the Filipino American community: Governor Schwarzenegger has nominated Tani Cantil-Sakauye, an appellate justice and moderate republican for California Supreme Court Justice. Justice Cantil-Sakauye, a Filipina American who is the daughter of farm workers and…
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has extended its deadline for processing immigration applications for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from July 12, 2010 to January 18, 2011. TPS is granted to eligible nationals of certain countries (or persons without nationality who last habitually lived in that country) who have experienced temporary negative conditions, such as armed conflict, environmental disaster,…