FAA IN THE NEWS...

4/20/96 People’s World Weekly - 50,000 march in S.F. against the ultra-right

1/2/99 San Francisco Chronicle - Filipino WWII Veterans Seeking Funds to Build A Place to Receive Help
Center would coordinate assistance programs

8/31/99 San Francisco Chronicle - S.F. Memorial to Honor Filipino Postal Worker
March for victim of L.A. rampage is `wake-up call'

5/16/01 San Francisco Chronicle - Chinese lead Asian tally -- Indians surge
Work, families cited as reasons for immigration

11/23/01 San Francisco Chronicle - Unsung heroes Marching, shouting, pushing for Filipino rights for 30 years

3/04/02 San Francisco Chronicle - CENSUS 2000 WHO WE ARE Asian Americans still mostly live in western U.S.
Only slightly wider dispersion than 1990

3/18/02 Airport job insecurity - When feds take over, many Filipino screeners will be unemployed

5/29/02 San Francisco Chronicle - Heartfelt book gives voice to Bay Area Filipino Americans

3/07/03 Demanding Patriot Bonus, Filipino Screeners Continue to Ask for Justice

4/24/03 The Nation- Screened Out

4/07/04 Philippine News - Report unveils deportation woes

6/25/04 San Francisco Chronicle - Filipino group marks 30 years of community advocacy
Anniversary dinner features reflection, optimism for future

9/23/04 New citizens unknown factor in election - Turnout, preferences of diverse ethnicities impossible to predict

12/03/04 Asian Week - Pitting National Security Against Jobs

4/31/05 Philippine News - The I-Hotel lives again

7/21/05 Immigrant rights are civil rights, meeting says

1/26/06 New America Media - Bush Immigration Plan Is Way Off the Mark

3/22/06 Contra Costa Times - Protest supports illegal workers

3/27/06 San Jose Mercury News - Students, advocates protest immigration reform bill
HUNDREDS MARCH ON SAN JOSE CITY HALL

4/18/06 Fresno Bee - Immigration debate needs all voices

5/1/05 KQED radio - Amnesty

5/17/06 Philippine News - A gathering of FilAms peering into the future

5/18/06 San Francisco Chronicle - Amnesty touches home for Bay Area Asians
About 1.5 million Chinese, Filipinos, others live here illegally -- many overstayed visas

5/29/06 Global Nation - The Senate Immigration Bill

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