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Skilled immigration masks APA poverty, report shows

July 25, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Asha DuMonthier New America Media The influx of highly skilled, highly educated workers on H1-B visas from Asian countries in the last decade has skewed poverty statistics, according to a new report by the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development (National CAPACD). In 2011 alone, “there were over 90,000 H1-B visas issued […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, APA, Asian Americans, Asian Indian, Bay Area, Census Bureau, Chinese, Josh Ishimatsu, New America Media, Pacific Islanders, Vietnamese, Vivian Yi Huang, Vol 32 No 27 | June 29 - July 5, poverty

Asian groups, White House seek better race data

June 22, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Suzanne Gamboa The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On paper, Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders appear to be a high-achieving bunch with few of the challenges faced by other racial and ethnic minorities in U.S. schools.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, 2013, American Community Survey, Asian Americans, Bhutan, Census Bureau, Don Yu, Education Department, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Native Hawaiians, New York University, Nicholas Jones, Pacific Islanders, Pearl Imada Iboshi, Robert Teranishi, Vol 32 No 26 | June 22 - June 28, White House Initiative, attention

US whites fall to minority in under-5 age group

June 20, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hope Yen The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — In a first, America’s racial and ethnic minorities now make up about half of the under-5 age group, reflecting sweeping changes by race and class among young people.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, 2013, Brookings Institution, Census Bureau, College Board, Europe, President Barack Obama, SAT, Social Security, Thomas Mesenbourg, Timothy Smeeding, Vol 32 No 26 | June 22 - June 28, WASHINGTON, poverty

Illegal immigration drops after decade of growth

December 15, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hope Yen The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — New census data released Thursday, Dec. 6 affirms a clear and sustained drop in illegal immigration, ending more than a decade of increases.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, Asian Americans, Brookings Institution, Census Bureau, Define American, Fewer Mexican, Foreign-born Asians, House Republicans, Jeffrey Passel, Latin Americans, Mark Mather, Mexico, National Asian American Survey, New York, Population Reference Bureau, President Barack Obama, Republican Mitt Romney, Senate Democrats, United States, Vol 31 No 51 | December 15 - December 21, WASHINGTON

Census seeks changes in how it measures race

August 18, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

To keep pace with rapidly changing notions of race, the Census Bureau wants to make broad changes to its surveys that would treat “Hispanic” as a distinct category regardless of race, end use of the term “Negro,” and offer new ways to identify Middle Easterners …

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, African Americans, American Indian Alaska Native, Angelo Falcon, Arab American Institute, Arab Americans, Asian American Justice Center, Asian Americans, Asian Indian, Census, Census Bureau, Census Director Robert Groves, Middle Easterners, Nicholas Jones, Terry Minnis, Vietnamese

Asian Latinos; two check boxes on Census form reveal complex identities

April 12, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sarah Yee Northwest Asian Weekly It was only a little more than a decade ago. The 2000 U.S. Census was a milestone because

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2012, Asian Latinos, Canada, Census Bureau, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ha Na Park, Honduras, Hong Kong, Kawing Poon, Korean, Latin Americans, Mandarin Chinese, Seattle, Steve Leon, United States, Vol 31 No 16 | April 14 - April 20, language

Federal government orders bilingual ballots in 25 states

October 22, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

  By Hope Yen THE ASSOCIATED PRESS   WASHINGTON (AP) — In the run-up to the 2012 elections, the federal government is ordering that 248 counties and other political jurisdictions provide bilingual ballots to Hispanics and other minorities who speak little or no English.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, American Indian, Asian Americans, Asian Bangladeshi, Asian Indian, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Census Bureau, Election Day, Eugene Lee, James Thomas Tucker, Justice Department, Los Angeles, United States, Vietnamese, Vol 30 No 43 | October 22 - October 28, Voting Rights Act, language

Calif. gov. signs bill on accurate info gathering on AAPIs

October 21, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

  Assembly Bill (AB) 1088 requires two key state agencies to include the full spectrum of Asian American (AA) ethnicities, as well as Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander (NHOPI) ethnicities, in their data collection, consistent with the groups reported by the U.S. Census.  

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2011, AB, Asian Americans, Assemblymember Eng, Census Bureau, Chinese, Filipino, Governor Brown, Korean, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, Sri Lankan, Vol 30 No 43 | October 22 - October 28

In a first, women surpass men in advanced degrees

May 7, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, American women have passed men in gaining advanced college degrees, as well as bachelor’s degrees

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, American Enterprise Institute, Beth Latshaw, Census Bureau, Mark Perry, Rose Kreider, Vol 30 No 19 | May 7 - May 13

More services for Asians? An unexpected benefit in tolling 520

March 31, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

When the groundhog failed to see its shadow this past February, people were eager to usher in spring early. But as trees and flower begin to bloom

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2011, 2012, 2016, Andrew Lee, Bellevue Deputy Mayor Conrad Lee, Census Bureau, International Community Health Services, Lake Washington, Microsoft Game Studios, Northwest Asian Weekly, SR, Seattle, Vivian Nguyen, Vol 30 No 14 | April 2 - April 8, Washington State Transportation Commission

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