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Building Bridges - National AAPI DACA Video Tour is a national communication campaign to educate AAPI communities on the pains of family separation as well as dreams and hopes of undocumented immigrant youth through the screening of two documentaries followed by community discussions. Two documentaries featuring personal stories of undocumented immigrants and DACA recipients will be shown: Dream Riders Across America and Halmoni (Grandmother). The National AAPI DACA Video Tour is initiated by NAKASEC, KRC, and KRCC.
KRC marched on May Day along with our community, faith and labor allies in the city of Anaheim in Orange County.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments yesterday in U.S. v. TX, the high-stakes dispute over whether two critical immigration policies announced by the Obama administration in November 2014 can finally be implemented. The policies in question, Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) and expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA+), have been blocked by lower courts in response to a politically motivated lawsuit filed by Republican governors and attorneys general in 26 states. A final ruling by the Court is expected in June.
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday in a blockbuster case that threatens to kill the executive actions President Obama took in 2014 to save nearly 5 million illegal immigrants from deportation.
It’s possible the eight-justice bench could deadlock in deciding whether the president overstepped his executive authority. The court has shown signs that it’s struggling to reach consensus without a ninth member since the unexpected death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
A 4-4 tie would still be a win for Texas and the 25 other states challenging a pair of executive actions –– which created the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) initiative and expanded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programs –– that a lower court put on hold in February 2015.
Photo exhibit and stories runs in various US cities to highlight human impact of not having immigration reform or administrative relief
Los Angeles, CA – Today at the Los Angeles City Hall Rotunda, the Korean Resource Center, part of the California Table for Immigration Reform, one of the largest and oldest coalitions in California in support of policy reforms on immigration law, and a project of CHIRLA, along with immigrant families launched a national education effort called “The Faces of DAPA and DACA+”.
On Saturday, March 26th, KRC and KABA (Korean American Bar Association) held a joint Workshop for the Korean community in Los Angeles. We had 43 youth, senior, and attorney volunteers. In total, we assisted over 120 community members and processed 107 applications. We are especially proud to have assisted over 45 applicants with fee waivers.
It is with great pleasure that we announce that Joon Young Bang will be joining our organization as the Los Angeles Director. Prior to joining KRC, Joon was the Associate Director of The UCLA Foundation and Manager of Programs and Operations at the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. Isabel Kang joined our leadership team as the OC Director in November 2015 and comes with over 20 years of experience advocating for the rights of domestic violence survivors. We would like to extend our sincere appreciation to Jenny Seon, who stepped up to play a critical role as our interim Executive Director since May 2015. Jenny will be transitioning to focus her work as KRC’s Immigrant Rights Project Director.
Join us as everyone at KRC - members, volunteers, Community Health Promoters, FOREground, and allies - come together and discuss exciting challenges ahead this year at our quarterly Unity Meeting. We will move our office into the newly built Durae Senior apartment, launch a major civic engagement and voter registration campaign, and engage in a national effort to educate the community about DACA. The meeting takes place on Saturday, March 19, 9:30 am at Church of Peace (1640 Cordova St) Register Online!
The Korean Resource Center is holding California Dream Act Application workshops on Saturday, 2/20, at 11 AM in the LA office, and another one on Saturday, 2/27, at 1 PM in the OC office. The workshops will provide information regarding CA Dream Act, AB 540, and other financial aid resources for undocumented students and parents. AB 540 allows eligible students in California to receive in-state tuition at California's public colleges and universities. AB 540 eligible students qualify to apply for CA Dream Act which allows students to apply for and receive state-funded financial aid such as institutional grants, community college fee waivers, Cal Grant, and others. The deadline to apply for CA Dream Act is March 2nd. Please RSVP for the workshop at krcla.org/CADream.
Los Angeles, CA - In celebration of Lunar New Year, traditional Korean drumming groups of UCLA, UCI, and USC come together for Ji Shin Balp Ki around Koreatown, visiting local businesses, stopping to perform at major locations, and spreading good luck around the city on Saturday, February 13th. The festival will start at 10:00am at the Korean Pavilion Garden on Olympic Blvd and Irolo St. It will then travel east on Olympic toward Vermont, then turn around to head west toward Western. From there, it will continue north up Western. There are planned performance stops at the Koreatown Galleria (3250 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90006) and the Wilshire/Western Metro station. It will conclude at Han Kook Supermarket (124 N Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90004)