Thanks to a new policy by the Obama Administration, it makes it easier for the illegals who are spouses and family members of Americans serving in the military to gain legal status. more>

A Filipino newspaper is in trouble. The U.S. Labor Department says it has violated many rules when it brought workers from the Philippines. more>

A Filipina Catholic nurse has filed a second civil lawsuit against Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan and some members of its medical staff, charging that her conscience rights were violated when she was forced to assist in a late-term abortion, against her will and religion. more>

After signing into law what is touted as the most wide-ranging social legislation in years, President Obama now needs to sell his pet health care reform to a skeptical public. more>

There is a growing number of illegal immigrants that the Rev. Seth Kaper-Dale and Linda Lachesnez, of the Reformed Church of Highland Park, have helped obtain low-level "orders of supervision" from the federal government. more>

An attorney responds to a reader's worries about receiving jury duty even though he is undocumented. more>

Since they immigrated to the United States in 2006, there has been a dramatic reversal in those roles. Rosette is now a reg­istered nurse who works for a nursing home, while her husband Ronaldo has been managing the household chores.

VIDEO :: As the economy knocks men out of the work force, the women are keeping the money flowing. Henni Espinosa of the Filipino Channel reports. more>

VIDEO :: In the first of a two-part video press conference, Melissa Roxas tells the story of her abduction and torture.

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VIDEO :: Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) Speaks in support of H.R. 760, the Filipino Veterans Equity Act. more>

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Before leaving office, former Attorney General Michael Mukasey signed away years of legal juriprudence for immigrants with the stroke of his pen.

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The quality of nursing education has also been declining, and this has affected the chances of Filipino nurses getting hired. The Philippine Nurses Association reiterated the need to focus on the quality of nursing education in the Philippines instead of commercializing the profession. more>

Amidst the chants of hundreds of protesters outside the Danbury city hall in Connecticut, on Feb. 6, 2008, the Danbury Common Council voted 19-2 to approve a plan that will authorize city police officers to enforce immigration law pursuant to Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. more>

Should newspaper endorse a candidate during election? The editorial explains why being neutral and unbiased is essential for news media to provide fair coverage of the candidates to their audience and readers. more>

ABC network apologized this week for a dialogue in the hit series “Desperate Housewives” which pokes fun at medical education in the Philippines that prompted angry calls and e-mails from thousands of viewers around the world, and an online petition from Philippine officials and medical leaders demanding an apology. more>

ABC network apologized this week for a dialogue in the hit series “Desperate Housewives” which pokes fun at medical education in the Philippines that prompted angry calls and e-mails from thousands of viewers around the world, and an online petition from Philippine officials and medical leaders demanding an apology. more>

Dr. Minerva Rasalan is among thousands of foreign-born doctors working across the United States under special visas that allow them to practice in underserved rural and inner city areas with the promise of eventual green card. But critics argue the so-called “brain drain” of doctors leaving for work in the United States has further strained already faltering health care systems in the developing world. more>

Do undocumented aliens merit protection against police harassment and discrimination? “Yes,” said New York Federal District Judge Colleen McMahon, finding officials and police of Mamaroneck, N.Y. guilty of harassment and discrimination against Hispanic day laborers. more>

The American dream, says a maxim, is to own a home. The Filipino dream, to put it succinctly, is to leave the Philippines. At any given time, one Filipino worker in seven works in at least one of 170 countries, on land or the high seas. more>

“Beginning, middle or end, no matter what role you played in aiding other victims of the tragedy, you are a hero no matter what,” Cesar Borja Jr. said, adding it’s irrelevant if his father was at the WTC site in September or December. more>

"It's actually a major concern within the Philippine Nurses Association in America (PNAA)," disclosed Wilhelmina Manzano, 48, herself a member of PNAA New York. "They're worried about what impressions people would have about the competency or integrity of Filipino nurses." more>

Critics claim subjecting green card holders and permanent residents to fingerprinting and digital photographing will be ineffective and risk hardship for individuals and their families. more>

The former high-ranking Philippine National Police official admitted to possessing classified U.S. intelligence reports, but denied that he had engaged in espionage. more>

Filipino restaurants and businesses lost thousands of dollars in sales during the July 17th through 24th power outage in Queens. Many owners are fuming about the fact that they are only eligible to receive up to $7,000 from Con Ed for their perishable goods. more>

“This is a massive operation,” said Marc Raimondi, a spokesman for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security. “We are watching the country’s borders from the inside.” more>

The author alleges that the massive immigrant population has only three options with the law, and of those options citizenship is the least likely and the least approved. more>

I served my country for years as a U.S. Marine officer with honorable discharge, yet I was the one being questioned incessantly about my background by immigration officers. more>

Filipino legal immigrants and their family members often spend years apart while parents die, children marry, and other life-changing events occur. Petitions filed in October 1983 are now being processed. more>

When the last U.S. ships sailed out of Subic Bay in 1992, U.S. Navy servicemen returned to their old lives in the United States. But they also abandoned thousands of Filipina girlfriends and children, leaving many of them in terrible poverty. more>

The U.S. Embassy in Manila warned all travelers to the United States against bringing any knock-off goods, including pirated DVDs, books and imitation items like Louis Vuitton or Prada bags, or face automatic deportation and cancellation of their visa for the violation of intellectual property rights, or arrest and criminal prosecution in addition to civil fines and penalties. more>

“This is certainly a good piece of news and an unexpected relief for many immigration firms, health care recruiters and, most of all, Filipino nurses and physical therapists who would have endured three years or more delay in filing for the EB3 visas due to the retrogression,” said immigration attorney Alfredo R. Lagamon, Jr. more>

Is the land of milk and honey making the Philippines a land of milking cows? According to Sen. Ralph Recto, the United States Embassy in Manila collects about 2 billion Philippine pesos, $36.5 million US, a year from Filipinos applying for visas. more>

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a 6-2 decision that police can use dogs to inspect motor vehicles for drugs even if the officers have no particular reason to suspect illegal activity. more>

A lawsuit against the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) alleges the agency discriminated against a Filipino couple, when it denied the husband's legal residency because his wife had a sex-change operation nearly 24 years ago. more>

Jerramiah Healy is the likely victor in the recent mayoral election in Jersey City, home to 15,000 Filipino Americans. In response to a strong show of support from Fil-Am voters, Healy promises to keep his pre-election promise to bring community members into his administration. more>

The recruitment of foreign nurses has been considered the most efficient way of solving the critical nursing shortage in the United States and the Philippines has been happy to supply them. But at what cost to its own health care? more>

To work abroad, many Filipino physicians are reinventing themselves as nurses to expedite the migration process, among other reasons. The problem is that they don’t make very good nurses, say hospital administrations. more>

The Philippine Commission on Elections predicts a 300,000 voter turnout of Filipinos overseas, which could provide the swing vote to decide the country’s next president. more>

An anonymous letter attacking Philippine nurses for “ruining American health care” published in a widely circulated nurses’ magazine has outraged numerous Filipino nurses in the area, who described the letter as “sick, disturbing and full of hatred.” more>

In the context of a foreign workplace, where ones’ own government can do little or nothing to protect its own, the domestic migrant worker herself is the first line of defense against abuse and exploitation. more>

Filipina babysitters and the Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence are trying to solve the mystery of a Filipino nanny who was reportedly thrown in jail after the death of her ward who fell onto concrete in a Manhattan playground. Her whereabouts are still unknown. more>

Fifty-two Filipinos will be shipped out of the country by a special chartered flight arranged and paid for by the INS, the first en-masse deportation in the Filipino-American community. It is expected to be a “painful moment,” a wrenching, shame-filled and fearful process for the deportees and their families and friends in the U.S. and in the Philippines. more>

The U.S. Defense Department is considering foul play as a possible cause of the crash in the Philippines that killed 10 soldiers more>