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A prominent Asian American immigration rights attorney has been ordered to suspend her law practice for two years, pay a $5245 fine and sentenced to two years probation in an immigration fraud case, reports the Daily Report.   Bonnie Youn was honored in 2013 by the Obama White House as a...

  As the cliche goes, Bonnie Youn is down but not out. A poor choice of words because Youn is certainly not a cliche. Last year she was honored by the White House for her work as an immigration attorney and as a Champion for Change. According to the indictment, Youn "is...

An immigration rights activist and attorney honored by the White House in 2013 has been indicted on three criminal accounts. Citing court papers filed April 1, Breitbart reports Bonnie Youn faces one count of perjury with regard to an undocumented immigrant, one count of harboring an undocumented immigrant "for the...

Immigration attorney Bonnie Youn of Atlanta comes from a history of fighting for justice and civil rights. The Korean American recalls in the 1960s when a family friend, Chinese American Jack Shaw,    fought to integrate a competition that wouldn't allow his black judo players to compete.  According to the...

By Mimi Chen Unless you were a rock fanatic back in the 70’s, you probably have never heard of the band named Fanny.  Time for a little rock history lesson.  Fanny was the first all female rock band signed to a major label and like many in their era, they...

Walk past many boba tea shops in the San Francisco Bay Area and its common to see a line out the door. The drink is especially popular among young Asian Americans. While green tea is considered a healthy drink filled with anti-oxidants and anti-inflammatory components, reports indicate that boba...

By Shirley Lew AsAmNews Staff Writer   Corky Lee and I met Major General William Chen at a cafeteria at Capitol South at 9:30am.  We were dressed professionally, armed with our schedule, names and location of the legislative aides of the Congressional members that we were to meet. Our first appointment was...

By Ed Diokno The bad news is that the grand, epic Marco Polo teleseries has been cancelled after two seasons. The good news is that a whole host of AAPI actors are now free to sign up for new projects. Netflix opted to cancel the third season of the historical drama about the...

By Ed Diokno Six Asian American students from MIT won a student technology competition by designing and building a device that translates the written word into braille - in just 15 hours. The tight-knit friends, known as Team Tactile, are now among four groups of innovators accepted into the new Microsoft...