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👋 Welcome to AAPI Nation—The Yappie’s a roundup of the stories impacting Asian American + Pacific Islander communities across the states.
This Friday, raise a glass to Haunani-Kay Trask, a beloved Native Hawaiian poet whose words remind us that “our stories are our weapons, our voices are our power.”
U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche at a press conference announcing the denaturalization requests. Photo: U.S. Department of Justice
🏛️ The U.S. Department of Justice has moved to strip citizenship from 40 naturalized Americans, including 12 Asians, who are accused of crimes like acting as an agent for a foreign government and committing voluntary manslaughter, AsAmNews reports.
The Immigration and Nationality Act allows federal courts to approve denaturalization requests if the government proves that citizenship was illegally obtained by lying or failing to disclose crucial information to federal officials, per The Guardian.
📈 AAPI populations are most rapidly expanding in states like Montana, Kentucky, Utah, Arkansas, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Connecticut, and Kansas, according to a new report from AAPI Data and the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans.
💼 The Trump administration is suspending Microsoft and several other firms from a program that allows foreign workers to apply for green cards, alleging that the companies abused the program to displace Americans, AP reports.
🎓 Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC filed an amicus brief defending minority-serving institutions in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the federal Hispanic-serving institution grant program.
💸 The AAPI United in Action Slate has raised more than $60,000 since launching this summer to support Maryland AAPI political candidates, the Baltimore Banner notes. The organization banded around Delegate Chao Wu after two state lawmakers mocked his accent in a podcast.
⛑️ President Trump has approved federal disaster aid for Hawai‘i in the aftermath of Hurricanes Lala and Lowell, per Hawaii News Now.
🏬 The Coalition of Asian American Leaders announced new investments in 21 small businesses, entrepreneurs and nonprofits across 13 Minnesota cities as part of its Ignite grant program, which launched in 2024 to address gaps in philanthropic funding for AAPI communities.
🩺 A Samoan prostate cancer survivor in Washington state is urging Pacific Islanders to get screened more regularly, Northwest Asian Weekly reports. Research shows the disease disproportionately affects Pacific Islanders.
🗳️ O‘ahu midterm voters will decide whether the city and county of Honolulu should create an agency focused on stewarding Native Hawaiian cultural legacies, such as protecting burial sites and expanding use of the Hawaiian language, according to the Honolulu Civil Beat.
🧬 A pioneering scientific study has identified distinct genetic traits in Polynesian populations that could make Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander descendants more susceptible to rare diseases.
📺 A new exhibit at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia explores the legacy of Japanese American incarceration through the work of six artists, including Ruth Asawa and Isamu Noguchi.
🎨 The long-awaited “Crazy Rich Asians” sequel is getting the HBO treatment, Variety reports. Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Ronny Chieng, and Michelle Yeoh will reprise their roles.
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