New America Media, News Report, Odette Keeley Above photo is from a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services poster announcing the Feb. 16 “Jiao Liú” forum in Chinese and English versions. SAN FRANCISCO–San Francisco will host the first-ever national Chinese-language public engagement forum, Feb. 16, where federal immigration officials will answer questions in Mandarin and Cantonese [...]
Senate resolution 201 passed by unanimous consent on Oct. 6. The bill now heads to the House where it will have a more difficult time with Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, saying that he will not bring the issue to the floor for discussion.
Lum told his story this month at the Dynasty Seafood Restaurant in Cupertino, where the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation announced plans to expand its exhibits commemorating the Chinese immigrants who were detained on the island during the immigration process.
New America Media/Sampan, News Feature, Alissa Greenberg Although they lived almost a century apart, Erika Lee speaks about Soto Shee with warmth, as if she were a friend instead of a historical figure. Soto Shee, the wife of a Chinese merchant, was detained on Angel Island—the immigration station in San Francisco Bay often called the [...]
Sing Tao Daily/New America Media, News Report, Lotus Chau Editor’s Note: They call him Old Li (in photo with cap).Too ashamed to return to China, he endlessly rides buses from New York to casinos. Never gambling, he lives on rebate coupons. Part 2 or 2 articles. Like many other immigrants, the man his friends simply [...]
Sing Tao Daily/New America Media, News Report, Lotus Chau, Posted: Aug 25, 2010 Editor’s Note: Recent deaths in New York’s Chinatown have focused new attention on elderly immigrants isolated far from home. Sing Tao Daily’s Lotus Chau profiles one of them. This is Part 1 of two articles. When Daisy Ding, 83, fell in her [...]
New America Media: China Press, News Report Undocumented Chinese immigrants are under more stress as a result of Arizona’s new immigration law, and they are rely on the church for comfort, reports the China Press. After coming to America, they joined the “restaurant fellowship,” working in Chinese restaurants and seeking help from Christian churches to [...]
