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	<title>APALC || Immigrant Rights Project</title>
	
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		<title>This Week in Immigration</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Immigration Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[IMMIGRATION REFORM President Obama met with Sens. Schumer (D-NY) and Graham (R-SC) to discuss immigration reform, which has been seen as a way to revive the push for comprehensive immigration reform. Schumer and Graham have been the lead senators on the issue. But some believe the timing has more to do with the thousands of immigration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FRACTURED JUSTICE: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders fighting to Survive California’s Budget Crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 9, 2010
As California struggles to contend with an unprecedented budget deficit, severe spending reductions threaten to collapse the state&#8217;s service systems for low-income seniors, children and families. Like many underserved communities, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) have suffered as a result of the termination of health services, reductions to basic living assistance and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week in Immigration</title>
		<link>http://immigrantrights.apalc.org/this-week-in-immigration-8/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ssadhwani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[DHS BUDGET. The Obama Administration submitted its proposed FY2011 budget in February, and Congress has begun to hold hearings with DHS Secretary Napolitano regarding this matter. Mixed in among the questions were alleged cuts in immigration enforcement funds and securing ports of entry for cargo. These hearings happened amid a new report showing that more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Needs of limited English proficient communities detailed in new report</title>
		<link>http://immigrantrights.apalc.org/needs-of-limited-english-proficient-communities-detailed-in-new-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ssadhwani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Access to Quality Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Language Access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LEP]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) today released a new report outlining the need for health care interpreters in Los Angeles County. Walking the Talk: Investing in Healthcare Interpreting Programs uses original research from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research to investigate the current capacity to provide trained language services in the healthcare [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Report Outlines Impact of Budget Deficit on APIs</title>
		<link>http://immigrantrights.apalc.org/new-report-outlines-impact-of-budget-deficit-on-apis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ssadhwani</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Strengthening the Safety Net]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As California struggles with an unprecedented budget deficit, severe spending reductions threaten to collapse the state’s service systems for low-income seniors, children and families. Like many underserved communities, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) have suffered as a result of the termination of health services, reductions to basic living assistance and cutbacks to California’s education [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week in Immigration</title>
		<link>http://immigrantrights.apalc.org/this-week-in-immigration-7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ssadhwani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
 
Legislative Update 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
APALC has released a new report detailing the needs for interpreters in LA County and assessing the existing capacity to meet that need.

President Obama has laid out his new plan on health care. It does not have the public option, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Struggling Asians and Pacific Islanders Tell Their Stories</title>
		<link>http://immigrantrights.apalc.org/struggling-asians-and-pacific-islanders-tell-their-stories/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Strengthening the Safety Net]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What:               A press conference calling for budget solutions and marking the release of Fractured Justice, a             storybook highlighting the individual impact of devastating budget cuts on diverse Asian and PacificIslander (API) communities
When:              February 9th 2010, 10:30am
Where:             Daylight Adult  Health Center 
2367 W. Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90006
Enter from the corner of Olympic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week in Immigration</title>
		<link>http://immigrantrights.apalc.org/this-week-in-immigration-6/</link>
		<comments>http://immigrantrights.apalc.org/this-week-in-immigration-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ssadhwani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recent Activity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Luis Gutierrez]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There has been mixed reaction to President Obama&#8217;s mention of comprehensive immigration reform in the State of the Union. Some believe that he is strongly supportive of reform, while others argue that he has given up. But we cannot give up on immigration reform for 2010. Too many APIs have been affected by the broken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Immigration Reform Promise Kept</title>
		<link>http://immigrantrights.apalc.org/immigration-reform-promise-kept/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ssadhwani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration Reform]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[AAI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AAJC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CIR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Luis Gutierrez]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[CIR-A.S.A.P. Outlines a Progressive Vision and Workable Solution
 
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) took the first real step toward fixing our broken immigration system. Months in the making, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity Act of 2009 addresses the concerns of the Asian American and other immigrant communities, reunites families, restores [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THIS WEEK IN IMMIGRATION</title>
		<link>http://immigrantrights.apalc.org/this-week-in-immigration-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ssadhwani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration Reform]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Naturalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reuniting Families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Secretary Janet Napolitano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USCIS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Legislative Update 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Immigration is gearing up again in Washington, D.C. Last week, Obama pressed Congress to rework immigration laws, when DHS Secretary Napolitano delivered remarks on the Administration&#8217;s efforts to reform the broken immigration system. She outlined a &#8220;three-legged stool&#8221; strategy for reform: 1) a commitment [...]]]></description>
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