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AALDEF Provides Free Legal Advice to Southeast/Asian Communities Facing Deportation
AALDEF Provides Free Legal Advice to Southeast/Asian Communities Facing Deportation
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) is partnering with community-based organizations in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Philadelphia to provide free legal-advice about these new federal regulations that may benefit former green cardholders placed in deportation as a result of a criminal conviction. Attorneys will provide legal advice, by appointment only, at the following locations:
Providence,
Rhode
Island
Mar.
6,
1pm-4pm
Providence
Youth
Student
Movement
807
Broad
Street,
3rd
Fl.
Providence,
RI
02907
Lowell,
Massachusetts
Mar.
14,
3pm-8pm
Cambodian
Mutual
Assistance
Association
165
Jackson
Street,
Lowell,
MA
01852
Providence,
Rhode
Island
Mar.
26,
1pm-4pm
Providence
Youth
Student
Movement
807
Broad
Street,
3rd
Fl.
Providence,
RI
02907
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
Apr.
1,
3pm-8pm
Cambodian
Association
of
Greater
Philadelphia
5412
North
5
St.
Philadelphia,
PA
19120
To
apply
under
the
new
regulations,
you
must
meet
these
requirements;
(1)
you
were
a
green
card
holder
until
you
received
a
final
order
of
deportation
or
removal
(2)
you
had
the
green
card
for
at
least
7
consecutive
years
prior
to
the
date
of
your
final
order
of
deportation
(3)
you
pled
guilty
or
no
contest
to
a
criminal
case
where
the
plea
was
made
before
Apr.
1,
1997
Tsunami Aid Distributed Unevenly Between India's Fishing and Farming Villages
Tsunami Aid Distributed Unevenly Between India's Fishing and Farming Villages
By
Ken
Moritsugu
Representative Mike Honda Speaks Out on Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Another Asian Pacific Heritage MonthMay has come and almost gone as quietly as it has arrived. It has been mostly unnoticed by mainstream media, and yet as public servants, this May feels different, for there is a growing political energy, excitement and electricity, for Asian and Pacific Islander Americans (APIAs) across the country.
APIA POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT GROWING NATIONALLY
by Congressman Michael M. Honda
Language assistance available for California’s 2006 Primary June 6
Asian American Voters Numbers are Up! Language assistance is available to voters during Californias 2006 Primary Election, Tuesday, June 6. Report by Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) Reports
ASIAN AMERICAN VOTERS NUMBERS ARE UP IN S. CALIFORNIA
LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE FOR JUNE 6 PRIMARY
LOS ANGELES, June 2, 2006 A new report released by the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) shows that Asian Americans are an increasingly large part of the electorate in both Los Angeles and Orange Counties.
According
to
Asian
Americans
at
the
Ballot
Box,
a
report
that
details
Asian
American
participation
in
the
2004
General
Election
and
provides
detailed
information
on
Cambodian,
Chinese,
Filipino,
Japanese,
Korean,
and