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Immigration Reforms Affect Thousands in Orange County by Vickie Vértiz The Orange Country Register reported that at least forty Asian, Asian-American and Pacific Islander organizations are asking President Barack Obama to address the backlog in visa reviews that has prohibited relatives from entering the United States. Orange County is well known for its productive and significant Asian population. “Many have been waiting more than 20 years for family members to join them in the United States. The current system is clearly not working, and it particularly impacts the Asian-American community because nearly half of the 4 million waiting in the backlog are from Asian countries,” Mee Moua told the Register. Moua is the president and executive director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAAJ) based in Washington, D.C. Unfortunately, many Americans are not educated about immigration issues and tend to ignore they are global labor issues exacerbated by
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Man Sentenced for Pimping and Trafficking Defendant was Charged in Case Prior to Passage of Proposition 35
mores from Magnolia, Western, and Savanna high schools who currently participate in Cal State Fullerton’s GEAR UP college-prep program. Many are considered “at risk” because they come from disadvantaged backgrounds, yet they exhibit leadership poten-
A pimp accepted a court offer and was sentenced Feb. 3 to four years in state prison and mandatory lifetime sex offender registration for pimping a 16-year-old girl and trafficking a 22-year-old woman. Omaka Cash Johnson, 25, Oakland, pleaded guilty to one felony count each of human trafficking, pimping, pandering, pimping a minor, pandering with a minor over 16 for the purpose of prostitution, and one misdemeanor count of dissuading a witness from testifying. Circumstances of the Case: In January 2012, Johnson met 16-year-old Jane Doe #1 at a concert in Sacramento and had a sexual relationship with the victim. Approximately two days later, Johnson picked up Jane Doe #1 at her home and exploited her as a prostitute on the streets in Sacramento for two weeks. The defendant also collected the victim's payments she earned from engaging in commercial sex. The defendant had Jane Doe #1 work as a prostitute in Oakland, Chatsworth, and Lake Forest. The defendant
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international policies that force workers out of their countries because their ability to take care of their families has been destroyed. A Gallup poll released in the last two weeks reported that six in ten people say they are “dissatisfied with the level of immigration into the country,” according to the Register. However, it must be noted that the survey is slightly flawed in that
it does not distinguish between legal and illegal immigration. Only 804 adults were polled from Jan. 5th through the 8th. The Register did not say where people were polled. The Register noted that “Orange County is home to the third-largest Asian American population in the country: nearly 600,000 Asians.” They also Please see page 3
AUHSD Business Mentoring Program Off to Great Start Forty-five Anaheim Union students networked recently with Kaiser Permanente professionals who will be acting as their mentors, providing hands-on experience and career guidance. The students and adults came together for the first of four mentoring sessions at the Kaiser Permanente facility in
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Anaheim Hills. Students were warmly welcomed by Kaiser Permanente Executive Director Mark Costa, Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait, AUHSD Superintendent Michael B. Matsuda, and Darren Bush, associate vice president for student affairs at CSU Fullerton. Those selected for the mentoring program are sopho-