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Controversial Police Raid in Falls Church Vietnamese American Shopping Center

Fri, 09/23/2011 - 10:33

On Saturday August 11th, a police gang task force raided the Eden Shopping Center - a central part of Northern Virginia's Vietnamese American, Southeast Asian American, and Asian American community - in Falls Church, Virginia. Despite disrupting the entire marketplace and swarming the shopping center with agents, the police only arrested 19 people on misdemeanor gambling charges (WaPo article).


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Posthumous Tribute to APAP Unsung Hero 2010 - Tam Tran

Sun, 01/23/2011 - 12:18

Tam Tran Nomination and blog post by: Erin Pangilinan and Gregory Cendana, APALA Executive Director

APAP would like to honor Tam Ngoc Tran with a posthumous award of Unsung Hero. If Tam were alive today, it would be no surprise that she would be receiving this award for her tireless work as a fierce advocate for the DREAM Act.

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Joseph Cao releases statement on healthcare vote (update w/ video)

Sun, 11/08/2009 - 01:16
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UPDATE 11/8 - Here's new video from a CNN interview that Rep. Joseph Cao just did, explaining his vote. It's interesting that he says he called Obama to give him the head's up, but also to reaffirm the needs of his post-Katrina Louisiana district and of Vietnamese Americans all across the United States. Even though he's not a progressive, I have to admit, I sometimes feel for the guy.


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Van Tran's hopes fading?

Wed, 10/28/2009 - 07:15

When Orange County Assemblymember Van Tran jumped into the Congressional race to unseat Democratic incumbent Loretta Sanchez in CA-47, the national Republican Party was all ecstatic, wondering if he were the "GOP's future" and naming him as one of the first thirteen candidates in their Young Guns program, a program to lend assistance to their top challengers.


Van Tran should drop his Congressional Run. And maybe resign.

Fri, 10/23/2009 - 08:23
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On August 2, 2009, Westminster City Councilman Andy Quach, a fundraiser for and political protege of Asm. Van Tran, an Orange County Republican who is challenging Loretta Sanchez for her Congressional Seat, crashed into an electrical pole and was detained on suspicion of DUI.

Apparently, this made the Assemblyman scared.  He had to come to the aid of his friend, even if it meant interrupting a police field sobriety test.  Check out the audio:


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Jacqueline Nguyen and Edward Chen nominations move forward

Sat, 10/17/2009 - 23:33

This past week, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to confirm the nominations of Judges Edward Chen and Jacqueline Nguyen to serve on the federal bench. If both are approved by the full Senate, it would be historic steps. San Francisco U.S. Magistrate Judge Chen would be the first Asian American federal judge to serve in the Northern California federal courts while Judge Nguyen would be the first Vietnamese American to serve on the federal bench.


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Yale Establishes Scholarship Fund in Memory of Annie Le

Thu, 10/08/2009 - 12:46

By now, most of us have heard the tragic news that Annie Le, a young, promising PhD student in pharmacology at Yale University, was apparently murdered just days before her wedding.  On September 25, a memorial service was held for Ms.


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Joseph Cao Defends Obama's Right to Address School Children

Wed, 09/09/2009 - 10:18
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To the left. To the left. Everything he owns in a box to the left. Louisiana Republican Congressman Joseph Cao continues to distance himself from the base of the Republican party. As the GOP extremists were criticizing President Obama's speech to schoolchildren, more "moderate" Republican voices were voicing support for the President. Cao jumped on to this bandwagon.


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Van Tran loses steam

Sun, 09/06/2009 - 09:45
From the Orange County Register comes a report on Republican Assemblymember Van Tran and his growing misfortunes.

Andy Quach Pleads Guilty to DUI

Sat, 09/05/2009 - 09:06

Here's an update on a story we've been covering. Republican City Councilman Andy Quach of Westminster has pleaded uilty to misdemeanor drunk driving charges stemming from an Aug. 2 traffic accident when he crashed his Mercedes S550 into a pole knocking out power to about 300 homes. Quach did not attend the hearing.


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