Where Are Asian Voices in Immigration Debate?

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Candace Chen with the National Asian Pacific Women's Forum speaks at a protest in San Francisco's Chinatown in April 2013. The protest was part of a national day of action in support of comprehensive immigration reform. Photo by Deborah Svoboda/KQED

By Scott Shafer, KQED News Fix/The California Report

President Barack Obama announces his executive action tonight, likely granting temporary protection from deportation for some undocumented immigrants. Latinos have been at the forefront of calls for immigration reform. But undocumented Asian immigrants also have a lot riding on the president’s announcement.

That much was clear recently in San Francisco, where about 20 Asian immigrants and their family members streamed into a legal clinic. Asian Law Caucus immigration attorney Anoop Prasad describes who’s here.

Read the complete story at KQED News Fix/The California Report.

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