United States
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Coverage of US politics, immigration policy, courts, and federal news as it affects Vietnamese-American communities across the country.
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Passports, birth certificates: new voting barriers for elderly Vietnamese Americans
Laws requiring passports or birth certificates to prove citizenship may seem neutral, but they directly collide with the naturalization records of Vietnamese refugee voters whose names are transliterated and whose birth …
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IRS Adds Tips and Overtime Deductions to Tax Calculation Tool
The IRS quietly upgraded its payroll tax calculation tool starting in March 2026, adding numerous new deductions for tips, overtime, and car loan interest — income sources familiar to many Vietnamese American families wo…
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U.S. Court Postpones End of Yemen TPS, Businesses Must Revise Form I-9
Although the order to terminate TPS for Yemeni nationals took effect in May, a federal judge in New York unexpectedly issued an emergency stay, forcing USCIS to guide businesses on how to reissue work permits for approxi…
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Massachusetts Suspends Data Center Tax Breaks to Protect Residents and Environment
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has just suspended the tax incentive program for data centers, while simultaneously calling for strict regulations to protect residents from rising electricity costs and environmental …
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Final opportunity to meet IRS staff in person this Saturday: Don't miss it
The IRS just held its final Saturday opening in 2026 at Taxpayer Assistance Centers nationwide on June 27, 2026 — a direct opportunity to meet with tax staff without waiting for a business day, particularly valuable for …
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Paid Leave in Massachusetts: What Vietnamese-American Workers Need to Know
Massachusetts' PFML program allows workers to take up to 26 weeks of paid leave for health or family reasons, even when they need to travel abroad to care for relatives — a benefit many Vietnamese-Americans are unaware o…
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Tens of Thousands of Immigration Attorney Alexandra Lozano's Clients Abandoned After Office Closes Abruptly
Immigration attorney Alexandra Lozano surrendered her law license on 05/26/2026 to avoid a disciplinary hearing, leaving tens of thousands of clients — many of them domestic violence victims — without legal representatio…
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Cook County Reopens Emergency Loan Program as Second Round Property Tax Bills Continue to Delay
The second round property tax bills at Cook County will continue to be delayed in 2025, after the Board of Review received a record 290,000 appeals. The county has reopened an emergency loan program to assist homeowners …
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Medal of Honor and the Memory of the Vietnam War: What It Means for the Vietnamese American Community
The Medal of Honor ceremony for three American former veterans — two of whom fought in Vietnam — is more than just military news: for the Vietnamese American community, it is a moment when their most complex historical m…
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Plot to Attack Public Events with Drones and Sniper Rifles: What Vietnamese-American Communities Need to Know
A plot to attack using drones and sniper rifles targeting the White House raises new questions about security at public events — and Vietnamese-American communities working in the federal sector or technology industry ne…
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When Justice Becomes a Weapon: The Newsom Investigation and Lessons for the Vietnamese American Community
The Justice Department's investigation of Governor Newsom and his wife is not merely Sacramento political drama — it is a direct test of a question that many Vietnamese Americans have asked since arriving here: Is Americ…
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When Asian Americans Control the Narrative: Lessons from Janet Yang and Committee of 100
Film producer Janet Yang's assumption of leadership at Committee of 100 is not merely internal news of the Chinese-American community — it is a lesson about control over one's narrative that every Asian-American communit…
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Midlife in America: How is the Vietnamese American generation experiencing this silent crisis?
American midlife adults born in the 1960s are lonelier, more depressed, and more exhausted than the previous generation — and the Vietnamese American community is bearing a double burden from both traditional family mode…
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166 billion USD in tariff refunds awaiting return — but who is permitted to apply remains an unsettled legal battle
166 billion USD. That is the amount that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) estimates it collected from importing businesses before the Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump's broad tariff policy was …
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California Construction Workers Get $28 Wage Increase: Why Are Labor Unions Leading the Opposition?
An hourly wage of $28 — nearly double California's current minimum wage — should be good news for construction workers. Yet according to KQED's reporting, this is the most controversial provision in a housing bill that h…
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When anti-ICE protests become a legal weapon: The 'Broadview Six' case and the collapse of a repression blueprint
Over one million dollars in legal fees, months of sleeplessness and isolation, a prosecution notice still hanging on a government website — that is the price six protesters in Illinois paid for a case that the federal go…
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Trump's New Green Card Policy: How the Legal Mechanism is Dismantling the Foundation of Legal Immigration
About half of the green cards issued each year in the United States go to people already living on American soil — not people waiting from abroad.[1] That figure, according to the U.S.…
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California 2026: When Mail-in Ballots Flip the Script, The Governor's Race Remains Wide Open
California's preliminary election results from June 3, 2026 failed to determine a winner — not because votes are close, but because voters have changed how they cast ballots in ways no one could have predicted. This shif…
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The Punch in Shelby and the Endless Loop: When Video Is No Longer Enough to Change the System
Since 1991, when video footage captured Rodney King being beaten by four Los Angeles Police Department officers, Americans have heard a repeated implicit promise: video evidence will force the system to be accountable.…
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Iran War Is Burning Americans' Wallets — and the Trump Administration Calls It 'Peanuts'
Real incomes for Americans have fallen for the third consecutive month, according to a report released by the U.S. Department of Commerce on May 29, 2026.…