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	No Exit: Another Act in American Immigration Policy, Post-Sept. 11 By Shirley Lin | Special to AsianWeek On Dec. 16, hundreds of Middle Eastern men who appeared on time to register with a vast federal tracking program found themselves arrested, detained and under threat of deportation. With the next registration deadline fast approaching, immigrant and civil rights advocates are urging immigrants to comply with a government directive they believe is discriminatory, unconstitutional and a “pretext for mass detention.” COMPLETE STORY...		Year in Review - 2002 (Feature) No Exit: Another Act in American Immigration Policy, Post-Sept. 11 (in National News) Upcoming Welfare Cut to Hurt APA Families (in Bay Area News) Ultimate Diversions: 2002 Gamer's Gift Guide (11/29/02) (in Consumer) APA Community Should Tell Shaquille O’Neal to ‘Come down to Chinatown.’ (in Sports) Hot ‘n’ Sour: Primal Scream (in A&E) INS Roundups Put Nation’s Growing Ethnic Media in Bind (in Opinion)

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APA Republican Group Focuses on Empowerment By May Chow | AsianWeek Staff Writer The underrepresentation of Asian Pacific Americans in politics in California and throughout the country is the impetus for change in the political system, according to members of the National Asian American Republican Coalition (NAARC). On Dec. 21, NAARC held its annual meeting in the City of Industry in Southern California. Called the State of Asian Pacific American Community Conference, the meeting’s main purpose was to provide a forum for the public to address issues affecting the APA community. MORE

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