April 12, 2024 | Vol. 53, Issue 7
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Society’s Other Covid-19 Symptom, Bigotry, Takes a Toll

by Max Wei

Low-income Asian American families have faced disproportionate hardships since the Covid-19 pandemic began, as I reported here in the last issue of Sampan. “Many people are surprised to learn that Asian Americans have the highest poverty rate of any racial-ethnic group in Boston — it’s about 29%, ” Carolyn Wong, a researcher at the Institute of Asian American Studies at UMass Boston, told me. Wong is the co-writer of a recently published report on the struggles faced by Asians in the Boston area from the pandemic. “The lowest paid workers […]

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With Immigration Rule’s Fate in Limbo, So Is Fate of Many Asylum Seekers

by Moninisha Yadav

In recent decades, the United States has added approximately 1 million immigrants every year.  This has happened  in accordance with a number of provisions of immigration law, primarily through the sponsorship of family members who are U.S.  citizens.  However, when COVID-19 escalated in March of 2020, the number of immigration admissions, which had already been slowing greatly during the Trump administration, came to a virtual  stop. As part of its approach to reduce immigration,  the Trump administration sought to bypass […]

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Asian Hate Is on the Rise in Massachusetts, but the True Number of Threats, Attacks Remains Elusive

by Chelsea Wang

Last July a Chinese American attorney was approached as she left her office at Tremont Street and Washington Street in Boston. A person came up to her, pulled on her reusable mask, and let the force of the elastic bands slap the mask back against her face. The perpetrator then ran away as the attorney demanded to know: Was she attacked because she was Asian? “I can do whatever I want,” was the response. After the attack, the attorney, who requested […]

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Concerns Linger Over China Initiative’s Fate

by Chelsea Wang

Weeks after news that the Department of Justice’s four-year-old “China Initiative” would be dissolved, some experts now warn the program that largely targeted Chinese immigrants and visiting academics could be revived as easily as it was killed–and that its influence lingers on. “The pendulum could swing back the other way on that,” Mitch Ambrose, who heads science policy newsletters and tracking resources at the American Institute of Physics, told the Sampan. “There’s clearly interest among certain Republicans in bringing back […]

Ayanna Pressley speaks about DACA
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DACA ruling leaves undocumented in limbo

by Shira Laucharoen

On July 16, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas ruled that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) “is illegal,” according to the website of  U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. DACA is an immigration policy that permits some people with unlawful presence in the country, who came to the U.S. as children, to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and to be eligible for a work permit. Local activists in Boston responded […]

The Massachusetts House Asian Caucus
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Call for Biden to end Southeast Asian deportations

by Shira Laucharoen

Under the Biden administration, Southeast Asian refugees have continued to be deported, and in Boston, community organizations and legislators have collaborated to combat the problem. Over the past few years, Greater Boston Legal Services’ (GBLS) Asian Outreach Unit and the Asian American Resource Workshop (AARW) have served as advocates and fought in individual cases. This past June, 15 senators and 44 other representatives joined the Massachusetts House Asian Caucus to sign a statement condemning “the disproportionate rise in deportations of […]

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Ruling in Texas Halts DACA, Throwing Many into Uncertainty

by ehsieh

On July 16, US District Judge Andrew Hanen of the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy is unlawful. This decision does not immediately harm the over 600,000 individuals that have previously attained lawful status while protected under DACA or that have had their DACA applications approved. However, it does effectively halt the DACA review process for approximately 60,000 immigrants currently hoping to receive protection and work authorization […]

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USCIS requests public input to identify barriers in its services

by Carey Lin

On April 19, 2021, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began requesting public input to help “reduce barriers within its regulations and policies, including those that prevent foreign citizens from obtaining access to eligible immigration services and benefits in an effective and efficient manner.” The public comment period is set to end on May 26, with written comments accepted on Regulations.gov until May 19. Click on the blue “comment” button right under the title to be taken to […]

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