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Watch full interview here By Amber Frias An 8th grader at El Sereno Middle School in El Sereno has earned national recognition after he created an app to teach people about their rights regarding immigration, especially when they encounter federal agents. Julian Miramontes, 14, said the Know Your Rights app is the… Read more »

Watch full video here By Laurie Perez Even though Angie Romero is busy running a business in the heart of Little Tokyo, she took a few hours off on Monday to get trained as a legal observer to document immigration operations throughout Los Angeles.  "These are our neighbors, our family members, our daycare… Read more »

By Kyeongjun Kim Rep. Jimmy Gomez, who represents Los Angeles’ Koreatown and surrounding communities, hosted a roundtable on January 13 with the Congressional Korean American Staff Association (CKASA) to commemorate Korean American Day—highlighting the growing presence of Korean Americans on Capitol Hill and the continued need to strengthen pipelines into public service. The… Read more »

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WASHINGTON — A group of U.S. lawmakers has introduced a bipartisan House resolution to celebrate Jan. 13 as "Korean American Day," an annual event to mark the anniversary of the arrival of the first Korean immigrants to the United States in 1903. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Rep. Young Kim (R-CA) and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Chair Grace Meng (D-NY) introduced the… Read more »

By Jennifer Bendery The Congressional Progressive Caucus, a group of nearly 100 House Democrats, is formally endorsing legislation that would strip $175 billion from ICE and put it toward affordable housing. The bill, introduced last month by Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.), would pull tens of billions of dollars in immigration enforcement funding from President Donald Trump's so-called… Read more »

By Andrew Solender A House Democrat is introducing legislation that would block President Trump from making good on his threats to either purchase Greenland or take it by force, Axios has learned. Why it matters: It's in direct competition with a Republican bill also introduced on Monday that would authorize Trump to "take such steps as may be necessary" to acquire the… Read more »

By Jill Replogle L.A. Rep. Jimmy Gomez said he was “impressed” last month when the lawmaker was able to visit the downtown immigration holding facility known as B-18 without a hassle and without giving advance notice. Prior to that, when the government ramped up its deportation campaign last summer, he had been denied entry because he hadn’t given advance notice. He and fellow… Read more »

By Kyeongjun Kim The 123rd anniversary of Korean American Day is being marked with commemorative events across the United States, alongside renewed attention from local, state, and federal lawmakers through related resolutions and ceremonies. Korean American Day was established to commemorate the first official arrival of Korean immigrants in Hawaii on January 13, 1903. The day… Read more »