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“Documented” by Vargas gets to heart of immigration debate

April 18, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Evangeline Cafe Northwest Asian Weekly Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas spurred conversations about what it means to be American when he outed himself as an undocumented immigrant in an essay published in the New York Times Magazine in June 2011. Vargas is now shedding more light on his story of heartbreak and […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features Tagged With: 2011, 2014, Eric Liu, Evangeline Cafe, Jose Antonio Vargas, Mitt Romney, New York Times Magazine, Northwest Asian Weekly, Philippines, President Barack Obama, Pulitzer Prize, Seattle, Senate Judiciary Committee, Social Security, United States, Vol 33 No 17 | April 19 - April 25, Washington Post

Political odd couple together on voting law

July 27, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Laurie Kellman The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — The white Wisconsin lawyer and the black preacher from Georgia strode into the Senate hearing room together and took their seats, shoulder-to-shoulder, at the witness table. Veteran lawmakers and experts in civil rights law, they had been here before.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, 2014, GOP, George Zimmerman, Georgia, House Judiciary Committee, Influential House Republicans, John Lewis, Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, President Barack Obama, Republican Rep, Senate Judiciary Committee, South Carolina, Speaker John Boehner, Trayvon Martin, Vol 32 No 31 | July 27 - August 2, Voting Rights Act

Senator: Immigration bill to pass by beginning of July

June 8, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Philip Elliott The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — A lawmaker who helped negotiate a bipartisan bill to overhaul the U.S. immigration system predicted on June 2 that comprehensive legislation would overwhelmingly pass the Senate by July 4 while House Republicans cautioned that they would write their own version, one piece at a time.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Chuck Schumer, Congressman Boehner, Florida Republican, Fox News Sunday, House Republicans, NBC, New York, President Barack Obama, Republican Party, Republican-led House, Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Immigration, Speaker John Boehner, United States, Vol 32 No 24 | June 8 - June 14, WASHINGTON

Binational couples await Supreme Court DOMA ruling

April 20, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Dave Gram The Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Jason Kirchick and Christian Pinillos are worried not only about their future working at a struggling ski lodge, but also about their marriage.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, 2013, Canada, DOMA, Immigration Services, MONTPELIER, Nancy Wasserman, Senate Judiciary Committee, Supreme Court, United States, Uniting American Families Act, Vol 32 No 17 | April 20 - April 26, japan, letter

EDITORIAL: Family reunification is the right thing to do

March 21, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

This week, sources near the U.S. Senate’s Gang of Eight, an informal bipartisan group working on immigration reform made up of Senators Marco Rubio (R–Fla.), John McCain (R–Ariz.), Lindsey Graham (R–S.C.), Jeff Flake (R–Ariz.), Chuck Schumer (D–N.Y.), Robert Mendez (D–N.J.), Michael Bennet (D–Colo.), and Richard Durbin (D–Ill.), said that the Senate will have an immigration […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2012, 2013, Asian American Justice Center President Mee Moua, Senate Judiciary Committee, United States, Vol 32 No 13 | March 23 - March 29

Judge Chin confirmed for landmark position

April 29, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jocelyn Chui Northwest Asian Weekly U.S. District Judge Denny Chin was confirmed as a second circuit judge by a 98–0 vote by the U.S. Senate on April 22, making him the only active Asian Pacific American (APA) federal appellate court judge. It has been more than five years since an APA has served anywhere […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2010, Asian Americans, Asian Pacific American, Chinatown, Chinese American, District Judge Denny Chin, Fordham University, Hong Kong, Jocelyn Chui, Judge Chin, NAPABA, New York City, President Barack Obama, Princeton University, Senate Judiciary Committee, United States, Vol 29 No 18 | May 1 - May 8

Republicans step up opposition to liberal nominee

April 15, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

WASHINGTON — Republicans intensified opposition to the nominee for a San Francisco-based appeals court, setting up a test of whether President Barack Obama can win confirmation for an unabashed liberal.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2008, 2010, American Bar Association, Asian American, Bill Clinton, Circuit Court, Goodwin Liu, President Barack Obama, San Francisco-based, Senate Judiciary Committee, Supreme Court, Taipei Times, Vol 29 No 16 | April 17 - April 23

Asian Americans all over U.S. win jobs as government officials

December 3, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Asian Americans around the country have made history in 2009 in their efforts to become part of the political realm.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2009, Asian Americans, Atlanta Ga, Cambridge Mass, City Comptroller, City Councilor-elect Leland Cheung, Democratic National Convention, Filipino American, First Chinese American, First Korean American, Hong Kong, John Garamendi, Liz Coyle, Northern District, Redwood Shores, San Francisco, Senate Judiciary Committee, Third-generation Japanese American, Vol 28 No 50 | December 5 - December 11

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