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Eight brought in workers illegally for Asian eateries

July 25, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Joe Mandak Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Eight men recruited immigrants who were in the country illegally to work for low wages at six Asian restaurants the suspects owned or managed in central Pennsylvania, federal prosecutors said. The suspected ringleader — 51-year-old Jing Mei “Jimmy” Jiang of Boalsburg — and the others have agreed […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, 2015, Associated Press, Chinatown, District Court, Eight Asian, Guatemala, Homeland Security Investigations, Internal Revenue Service, Justice Department, Mexico, New York City, State College, Thailand, Vol 34 No 31 | July 25 - July 31

Honda admits failing to report deaths, injuries

December 7, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tom Krisher AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Honda is admitting that it failed to report more than 1,700 injury and death claims about its vehicles to U.S. safety regulators, a violation of federal law.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, Ashley Parham, Clarence Ditlow, Executive Vice President Rick Schostek, Honda Accord, Justice Department, Midwest City, NHTSA, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Oklahoma City, TREAD, Takata Corp, Vol 33 No 50 | December 6 - December 12, parking

Legal scholars: Obama’s immigration actions lawful

December 4, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jim Kuhnhenn Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 100 immigration professors and scholars declared Tuesday that President Barack Obama’s decision to make several million immigrants illegally in the United States eligible to be spared from deportation is constitutional and within his administrative powers.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, Justice Department, Los Angeles, President Barack Obama, United States, Vol 33 No 50 | December 6 - December 12, letter

NONPERMANENT RESIDENTS (Part 3) — Local Cambodian men facing deportation for crimes committed when young

June 20, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Part 1 Part 2 Rithy Yin, 33, pointed toward his church, Victory Outreach Church, from the kitchen of his sister and brother-in-law’s townhouse, where he lives with his new wife, Jackie, and stepson, Jacob.<!–more–> “We go to the streets and we minister to people — to the homeless or […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: 2014, AEDPA, Assistant Federal Public Defender Jay Stansell, Customs Enforcement Public Affairs Officer Andrew Munoz, IIRIRA, Justice Department, KPLU, Local Cambodian, Mexico, Northwest Detention Center, President Barack Obama, Ram Son, Rithy Yin, SEARAC, Touch Hak, United States, Vol 33 No 26 | June 21 - June 27, Yoon Joo Han

U.S. charges Chinese military officials in cyberspying case

May 24, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eric Tucker Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – In a landmark case alleging international economic spying, the United States announced on May 19 unprecedented cyber espionage charges against five Chinese military officials accused of hacking into U.S. companies to gain trade secrets.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2014, Allegheny Technologies, Associated Press, Beijing, China, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Cyber Command, East Asia, Gu Chunhui, Huang Zhenyu, Justice Department, Mark Rasch, NSA, National Security Division, President Barack Obama, Sun Kailiang, United States, Vol 33 No 22 | May 24 - May 30, Wang Dong, Wen Xinyu

‘Troubling’ reports of schools make it tough to enroll immigrants

May 17, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Kimberly Hefling Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – Despite a 32-year-old court ruling, school districts continue to raise barriers to enrollment for children brought into the United States illegally, the Obama administration said last week, characterizing reports of hindrances as troubling.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, 2014, Associated Press, Attorney General Eric Holder, Education Department, Georgia, Henry County, Jocelyn Samuels, Justice Department, Matt Cardoza, New Mexico, Obama, Palm Beach County, Social Security, South Carolina, Supreme Court, United States, Vol 33 No 21 | May 17 - May 23

Kim pleads guilty of leaking to Fox News

March 1, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Former senior adviser Stephen Kim agreed to a 13-month sentence in the case stemming from a report on North Korea’s military that he leaked to Fox News. By Frederic J. Frommera By Associated Press WASHINGTON — A U.S. State Department expert on North Korea pleaded guilty Feb. 7 to passing classified information to a journalist. […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2014, FBI, Fox News, James Rosen, Justice Department, Korean Peninsula, Korean War, North Korea, President Barack Obama, Security Council, State Department, Stephen Kim, Vol 33 No 10 | March 1 - March 7, poverty

Judge OK’s anti-bias policy for Seattle police

January 31, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SEATTLE (AP) – A federal judge has approved new Seattle Police Department policies designed to eliminate concerns over biased policing and unjustified stops.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2011, 2014, Attorney Jenny Durkan, Justice Department, Seattle Police Department, Vol 33 No 6 | February 1 - February 7

Calif. shark ban argued in Federal court

August 24, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Obama administration is supporting Chinese-American business organizations in their effort to block enforcement of California’s ban on shark fin soup.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, 2013, Asian Americans, Chinatown, Chinatown Neighborhood Association, Chinese, Circuit Court, District Judge Phyllis Hamilton, Joseph Breall, Judge Andrew Hurwitz, Justice Department, San Francisco Chronicle, Vol 32 No 35 | August 24 - August 30

Complaint alleges bias by New Orleans school officials

August 10, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Michael Kenzelman The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Legal advocates on August 2 asked federal authorities to investigate their claims that New Orleans school officials discriminate against the parents of Asian American and Latino students.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Asian American, Civil Rights Act, Collegiate Academies, Dena Iverson, Education, Einstein Group Inc, Justice Department, New Orleans, Orleans Parish School Board, Recovery School District, SPLC, Southern Poverty Law Center, Vietnamese, Vol 32 No 33 | August 10 - August 16, communication, language

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