Contra Costa Times
LONG BEACH - The pain stitches across the face of 91-year-old Sath Um as she recalls the horrors she witnessed and her brushes with death. Roth Prum fingers the leaves of a small plant she holds as she talks about how "I became the cow" when relating her work pulling a plow through rice fields.
New America Media-Latino
Los Angeles (USA) - Pro-immigrant organizations will ask the U.S. Census Bureau to include Central American countries on the forms of the next decennial Census to identify the origin of residents from that area.
"In late May of this year Central American activists are going to meet with census officials to demand that the 2020 census forms include each of the countries of Central America," said Francisco Rivera, president of the Central American Roundtable (Mesa Redonda Centroamericana).
89.3 KPCC
In the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting in Florida, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on racial profiling Tuesday. Among the groups submitting testimony is Los Angeles's Asian Pacific American Legal Center.
Koream
More than 2.3 million Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who are now uninsured can gain health coverage from the new law, but many don’t know it.
The Asian American community needs health care reform.
Latin American Herald Tribune
LOS ANGELES – Immigrant-advocacy groups say Central American countries should be listed on the 2020 U.S. Census questionnaire to more accurately determine the number of individuals with roots in that region.
India West
More than 100 civil rights organizations, members of Congress, and former immigration officials last month sent 22 amicus briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court opposing Arizona’s controversial SB 1070 legislation, one of the nation’s harshest anti-immigrant measures.
Taiwan Daily
(記者林蓮華/洛杉磯報導)亞太法律中心為鼓勵亞太裔選民登記及入籍，將擴充服務範圍，協助移民提供每月兩次入籍服務，由於要參加11月總統選舉投票，需在4月21日前提交入籍，因此會在每月第一及第三個週五下午一點至四點進行。
Nguoi Viet
Ngọc Nguyễn, Esq. (Asian Pacific American Legal Center)
Ðỗ Dzũng/Người Việt (chuyển ngữ)
Hiểu lầm 1: Tại California, vợ chồng có nghĩa là đàn ông và phụ nữ sống chung trong 10 năm.
Neon Tommy
The Asian Pacific American Legal Center announced the launch of a Health Access Project Tuesday morning to help the Asian American community receive better health care by informing them of the benefits of Affordable Care Act.
La Opinion
El asambleísta Gil Cedillo, el activista Stewart Kwoh, los trabajadores de lavado de autos que lograron formar un sindicato y los 34 abogados que conforman una red de defensa de inmigrantes fueron los homenajeados la noche del jueves durante la gala anual de CHIRLA que este año fue bautizada como "Caminos a la promesa".
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