Centro C.H.A. Hosts Citizenship Workshop

Apr. 6, 2012 / By
Tags: Centro CHA, Citizenship, Immigration

Written by John Oliver Santiago, VoiceWaves Journalist.

A young girl looks on as her mother works to fill out a citizenship application.  ..

Calif. Schools Lead the Way Preparing Next Generation of Workers: Latinos

Dec. 27, 2011 / By
Tags: communities, Education, Immigration, Latinos, Poverty

In 2011, for the first time, more Latino students than white students applied for admission to California State University’s 23 campuses...

Khmer Girls in Action: State of Cambodian American Youth

Nov. 29, 2011 / By
Tags: Cambodian American, Immigration, Khmer Girls in Action, policy

Text by Cheeravath Aphipunyo and John Oliver Santiago.  Photos by Cheeravath Aphiphunyo.

On Tuesday, November 15, 2011, Assembly members and residents of Long Beach came together for a public hearing where members of Khmer Girls in Action addressed the state of Cambodian American youth.  ..

Human Trafficking: How One Hmong Girl Escaped From China

Nov. 1, 2011 / By
Tags: China, Human Trafficking, Immigration, Law, Vietnam

Pacific Link, First Person, Nhu Tien Lu, Posted: Oct 28, 2011

Editor’s note: This past summer, Nhu Tien Le, a Vietnamese American college student, helped human trafficking survivors restore normalcy to their lives at a re-integration center in northern Vietnam...

New Documents Detail Sex Abuse of Detained Immigrants

Oct. 27, 2011 / By
Tags: Abuse, Human Rights, Immigration, Law, Obama