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Due to serious budget concerns, hundreds of Filipino teachers at the Prince George County (PGC) Schools in Maryland will be laid off and Filipino-American groups have started campaigns to save these teachers from arbitrary dismissals. more>

Leticia Moratal and Jacqueline Aguirre, both victims of human trafficking in New York, spoke about heir ordeals with their employers at a press conference on January 18. more>

Undocumented Filipinos working illegally in the United States have renewed fears as the Department of Homeland Security expands its deportation program. A new report said close to 47,000 people have been removed from the United States. 

AUDIO :: Obama Administration is deporting thousands of immigrants who have no criminal record, according to internal documents released last month. Free Speech Radio News reports. more>

ICE reported that a total of $640,000 in fines have been levied against New Jersey business owners caught employing undocumented aliens in the last 10 months.

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Filipinos are worried that a proposed bill by Arizona Republican State Senator Russell Pearce, who drafted the tough immigration bill in Arizona, will prohibit the children of illegal immigrants from becoming citizens; even though they were born on U.S. soil.

VIDEO :: A new proposal in Arizona would deny U.S. citizenship to children born in the U.S. to illegal immigrant parents. CNN reports. more>

Damayan, a Filipino-American pro-immigrant group, expressed concern over the community ID programs that several cities in the state of New Jersey have been issuing for their legal and even illegal residents.  They fear carrying such a card opens a person to further discrimination.

VIDEO :: On May 17th, NJN Public Television reported that some NJ towns are looking to help the undocumented by issuing them ID cards. Princeton is the latest municipality gearing up to issue the cards that are generating some controversy. more>

As the invasion of Iraq enters its eighth year, the Alliance for a Just and Lasting Peace in the Philippines (Alliance Philippines) expresses their solidarity with the people of Iraq, Afghanistan, the Philippines and every place there are occupying U.S. forces. more>

Dolores C., a Filipino caregiver, undocumented immigrant, lives in a shoe-box apartment with freight boxes loaded with things she wants to take home in case she gets picked up. Among her packages: her husband's ashes.   more>

Lawyer Eliza Navarro Bangit revealed that some health firms have hidden out-of-pocket expenses that forced patients to pay upfront when struck with illness, sending some into bankruptcy. more>

According to Yves Nibungco, deputy secretary general of Anakbayan New York/New Jersey, "the state [puts] the burden on students who do not have anything more to shell out." more>

As early as 1946, the United States reversed their original promise to newly enlisted Filipino volunteers who pledged their blood to the Americans. The Americans promised these young Filipino soldiers full benefits once the war ended; they are still waiting. more>

Sixty-two years after the infamous Rescission Act of 1946 was signed into law denying benefits to more than 200,000 Filipino veterans of World War II, the surviving 18,000 aging veterans came within arm’s length to finally getting the recognition and benefits they deserved. more>

Tales about Filipinos tearing down one another are not rare in this side of town. It is in fact as common as help wanted ads asking for Filipino domestics. Though most of these tales are petty, some manage to grow and become headlines. more>

Since the implementation of the FBI name checks, many U.S. citizenship applications have been left lingering for over two years. There is concern the delays will prevent thousands of possible new voters from participating in next year’s elections. more>

Many Filipinos believe their community is immune from attacks such as those constantly happening to the Arab, South Asian and Mexican communities. So seldom they see ICE raids on the news, but that is precisely because Filipinos are afraid to speak up. more>

Filipino WWII veterans asking for benefits equal to those of the U.S. soldiers who fought alongside them have been told by U.S. government lawyers that their claims are “without merit.” more>

Twenty-six Filipino nurses, who accused their employer of violating their employment contract, received a much-needed boost, as two major U.S. nurses’ associations expressed their support. more>

According to the author, the new immigration bill is unworkable, and a “formula for more illegal immigration.” more>

Felisa “Fely” Garcia, 58, was found hanging inside her closet by her landlady on March 14. She reportedly left four suicide letters in the kitchen for her landlady to find. One of the letters claimed of “abuse and harassment” from her employer, who remains unnamed. more>

As with other immigrant communities, Filipinos are finding that sometimes they can’t depend on fellow Filipinos to not take advantage of them. more>

The NY senator allegedly sent letters to the Consul General and the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency interceding on behalf of Bent Philippson, owner of Sentosa Care, LLC, a healthcare management company based in Woodmere, NY, which the complainants accused of unfair labor practices. more>

“It is high time for our elderly Filipino-American heroes to have their children join them in their twilight years in the United States,” said the American Coalition for Filipino Veterans. more>