Immigrant Magazine Online

The Education of a Vietnamese-American Writer

Publisher — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:53:36 +0000

New America Media, News Feature, Andrew Lam, Editor’s Note: An author reflects on a decision years ago to choose a creative writing program on his path to becoming a writer, defying deeply-held cultural values of filial piety. One summer afternoon many years ago, I stole home and robbed my parents of their American Dream. I [...]

California Border Schools to Ask Students for Papers

Publisher — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:33:26 +0000

New America Media-La Opinión, News Report, Claudia Núñez, CALEXICO, Calif.—California school districts will soon begin implementing a controversial measure meant to prevent nonresidents from attending school in the United States, by deploying district staff to the border to monitor the residency documents of students entering the country. The Unified School District of Calexico—just across the [...]

9TH ANNUAL INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL OF LOS ANGELES (IFFLA) ANNOUNCES 2011 FEST DATES AND CALL FOR ENTRIES

Publisher — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:47:56 +0000

HOLLYWOOD, CA, September 2, 2010 – The 9th Annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) announced its Call for Entries today. The festival will be held April 12-17, 2011 at ArcLight Hollywood, the premier cinema in Los Angeles. Early deadline includes reduced fees for all film submissions is November 12, 2010. The final deadline [...]

ICE Comes Clean—S.F., Other Cities Can Opt Out of S-COMM After All

Publisher — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:09:22 +0000

New America Media, News Report, Sandip Roy: When San Francisco Sheriff Mike Hennessy wanted to opt out of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)’s Secure Communities program earlier this year, he was told he didn’t really have that option. “I wrote to the state attorney general, I wrote to ICE officials, and I was [...]

Repeal of Birthright Citizenship: Déjà-Vu for Japanese Americans

Publisher — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:20:47 +0000

New America Media: Caroline Aoyagi-Stom In the 1940s the group Native Sons of the Golden West launched a concerted effort to deny all Japanese U.S. citizenship. They also sought to deny citizenship to their U.S.-born children. Their efforts failed but now some Republicans are resurrecting the idea some 60 years later. In July, Republican Sen. [...]

11&1/2 Polish Film Festival Los Angeles

Publisher — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:26:32 +0000

Dear Friends, The 11&1/2 Polish Film Festival Los Angeles (just to get our dear audience used to the new timeframe of the 12th Film Festival in October of 2011) is around the corner, and we look forward to celebrating with you the achievements of Polish filmmakers from October 14 to 21, 2010. At the Gala [...]

ICE to Suspend Some Deportations

Publisher — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:10:12 +0000

New America Media-El Nuevo Herald, News Report, MIAMI, Fla.- The head of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has ordered the cancellation of deportation proceedings against foreigners with pending residency applications or whose family members are citizens or legal residents and are petitioning for them to stay in the country legally, El Nuevo Herald [...]

Steele, Republicans May Be Split on Immigration Reform

Publisher — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:14:44 +0000

New America Media: Washington Afro, News Report, Staff Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele once again talked his way into the news this week with comments on Arizona’s controversial immigration law. Steele, speaking to Spanish-language television network Univision, said the views of Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer don’t necessarily represent his view or those of all [...]

International Community Must not Neglect Haitians

Publisher — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:13:13 +0000

New America Media, Question & Answer, Erin Marcus: Dr. Herold Merisier earned his medical degree at the State University of Haiti and then trained in Port-au-Prince, Paris, France, and Miami. He is president of the South Florida chapter of the Association de Medecins Haitiens a l’Etranger (Association of Haitian Physicians Abroad), and is a board-certified [...]

Mexico’s Migrants Outraged by Massacre

Publisher — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:17:46 +0000

New America Media- La Opinión News Report MEXICO CITY — Immigrant organizations, mothers of the disappeared and coordinators of shelters for deportees blame the Mexican government for the massacre of 72 Central and South Americans in Tamaulipas. Xicotencalt Carrasco, director of the Belen Posada del Migrante shelter in Saltillo, Coahuila told La Opinión the Mexican [...]