Immigrants face more pressure in housing situations than local residents, spending a lot more on housing expenses. Immigrants also have to deal with more crowded housing than local resident, according to the study "Housing the City of Immigrants."

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Because of stricter enforcement of federal immigration, labor, and tax laws, Chinese restaurants have started a series of changes to seek, employ and pay employees in a legal way, in order to escape persecution. more>

Currently, the employment prospects for new immigrants are as harsh as the winter season this year.  Employment agencies in New York City indicate there is a lack of work outside of New York, business owners are becoming more unreliable, and immigration enforcement is becoming more stringent.   more>

In 2009, Liu was elected by a landslide of 76 percent to become the first Asian American to serve as comptroller of New York City.  Now many involved in City politics believe that Liu is aspiring to a higher office. more>

Ailin Chen, Education Policy Manager at the Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF), and Peter Chu, from Asian Americans for Equality, gave a joint testimony to the City Council to share strategies on how to help immigrant students.  more>

An open letter from PS 184M states that "using false facts, outdated materials, misrepresentation of parents' views and misquoted letters," the reporter distorted the image "of one of the nation's highest achieving public schools into a lowly criminal enterprise." more>

Many Chinese teenagers are being smuggled to America. But, due to lack of life experience and limited venues for legal immigration, they are struggling and facing problems here. more>

Fourteen former employees of Tomo Sushi, a restaurant located on the Upper West Side, alleged that their former employer Tsu Yue Wang discriminated against unionizing workers and purposely closed shop to avoid legal responsibility. more>

A $5 million budget cut to programs such as the Immigrant Opportunities Initiative could make assimilating into American society even more difficult.  more>

VIDEO :: The election of Margaret Chin is an indication of the strength of the Chinese vote. more>

VIDEO :: The New York Public Library system is facing a $37 million funding cut included as part of the city government's 2011 budget proposal, World Journalism Institute reports. more>

Unfamiliar with his options for treatment and fearing the costs, Mr. Cai passed up the chance for early intervention. Now his cancer has advanced to Stage III and the 45-year-old father can no longer walk.

VIDEO :: Understanding the details of the American healthcare system is challenging for native speakers, much less Chinese immigrants with limited English proficiency. more>

The New York Police Department announced yesterday that five recent assaults on Chinese women in the Lower East Side of Manhattan may have been hate crimes, causing great concern throughout the Chinese community.

VIDEO :: Police arrested three out of five juvenile suspects in a series of attacks on five Chinese women on the Lower East Side earlier this month. According to the NY1 report, their parents turned them in. more>

Current immigration law strictly forbids immigration judges from taking an immigrant's children into account when considering a case.

VIDEO :: The Real News reports on the inhumanity of the U.S. detention and deportation system. more>

If last year's figures are any indication, this year's NY State budget cuts could leave the adult literacy program with only 60 percent of its original funding more>