Showing posts with label DOJ. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DOJ. Show all posts
Friday, August 18, 2023

Man sentenced to four years behind bars for burglarizing Asian homeowners in New Jersey

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ILLUSTRATION A New Jersey, man was sentenced Aug. 15 to 50 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy that targeted local Asian and Asian...
Sunday, May 28, 2023

Two suspects arrested in Beijing-directed targeting of Falun Gong in the US

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Chinese Americans demonstrate against the Peoples Republic of China. A federal court in the Southern District of New York Friday, May 26, u...
Tuesday, May 16, 2023

US agents arrest Massachusetts man for acting as a PRC agent and abridging rights of Chinese Americans

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The federal government arrested Litang Liang, above, for acting as a PRC agent. A Massachusetts man was arrested on May 9 for allegedly act...
Tuesday, March 14, 2023

FBI's updated report now shows dramatic rise in hate crimes

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Hate crimes against Asian Americans are is rising, according to FBI data. In a new report with updated data, the FBI reissued a new report t...
Thursday, January 12, 2023

US Attorney General appoints Asian American as Special Counsel investigating Biden

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Special Counsel Robert Kyoung Hur An Asian American attorney was named special counsel to investigate how classified documents ended up in P...
Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Garland issues Memorandum to improve access to services for people with limited proficiency in English

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Attorney General Merrick Garland A press release from the Department of Justice, opened with this message in Tagalog: Naglathala ngayon ang ...
Friday, April 15, 2022

Filipinos busted in alleged fake marriage scam

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Marcialito Biol Benetiz, right, was the alleged ringleader of a fake-marriage scheme. An illegal operation that  alleg...
Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Justice Department files lawsuit saying Texas' redistricting plan that discriminates against voters of color

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SCREEN CAPTURE / MSNBC Deputy Attorney General Vanita Gupta announces the DOJ lawsuit vs. Texas redistricting plan. Texas' plan for red...
Saturday, April 24, 2021

DOJ translates hate crime info into 8 Asian languages

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SHUTTERSTOCK For the past year, there has been an alarming rise in violence, harassment, and discrimination directed at the Asian American a...
Thursday, April 22, 2021

Embattled Vanita Gupta approved as Associate Attorney General for DOJ

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Vanita Gupta is the new Associate Attorney Genereal. One Republican Senator bucked her GOP colleagues and just like that, Vanita Gupta '...
Saturday, March 6, 2021

White House holds a roundtable on the rise of #AAPIHate

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Hundreds attended a recent rally in New York City. What a difference a few months can make. In December 2020 all we were hearing about were ...