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AAPI leaders react to Supreme Court DACA ruling By Ruth Bayang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY
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Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) leaders are urging citizens to demand that lawmakers support a pathway to citizenship for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 last week that the Trump administration was not legally authorized to terminate the DACA amnesty program in 2017. Michael Byun, the executive director at Asian Counseling and Referral Service, said 30,000 of DACA recipients are AAPIs. “For these young people, it’s an incredibly emotional victory as they have bought time to continue going to school and working in the U.S, and perhaps most importantly, living in the communities they consider home.” President Donald Trump has said that he will renew his effort to end DACA, even though experts say there isn’t enough time to knock down the program before the November election. Byun said DACA recipients are vulnerable until Congress takes action to protect them.
In this June 18, 2020, photo, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students celebrate in front of the Supreme Court after it rejected President Donald Trump's effort to end legal protections for young immigrants.
Nagasaki survivor turns 100
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Groups blast Momiji owners for pacifying racist guilt Washington Building Leaders of Change (WA-BLOC) is calling on Momiji Restaurant to pay reparations to a Black woman who was called the n-word by Momiji’s former general manager. The incident, caught on video and circulated on June 22, shows the man, who is Asian, inciting a fight with a Black woman after calling her the n-word. The man then gets into a physical fight with her and another woman, before bystanders stepped in to break it up. Momiji is located on 1522 12th Avenue—in the heart of the Capitol Hill Organized Protest Momiji owners Steven Han (left) and Lawrence Yeh
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Yoneko Mochizuki (left) and granddaughter Jenn Doane
By Jenn Doane SPECIAL TO THE NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY On June 27, 2020, my dear Obaachan (grandmother), Yoneko Mochizuki, will be turning a cool 100 years old. She will become a
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centenarian—a title reserved for less than 1% of the world’s population, and a milestone that most of us can only dream of reaching. Her birthday comes at an unprecedented time— in the midst of the global see SURVIVOR on 12
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