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  • April 4, 2014 Announcements from Mayor’s Office of New Bostonians


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  • March 28, 2014 Announcements from Mayor’s Office of New Bostonians

    March 28, 2014 Announcements

    Dear Friends and Colleagues,
    Enclosed are this week announcements for your sharing with your networks. Please forward any of your announcements to mayra.canetti@boston.gov and we will be happy to post them on.

    Sincerely,

    Alejandra St. Guillen

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  • SCA-5: A Broken Dream and An Energized Campaign for Peter Kuo

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Immigrated to the US at age 14, Peter Kuo believed in American Dream. “Freedom of upward mobility, accomplishment and the ability to provide for one’s family is the ultimate drive that motivates people to work so hard,” wrote Mr. Kuo recently.
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  • Visa Application of a Chinese Immigrant in 1931

    Ng Shee, Visa Application, p.1 of 2, 1931, File 2500/9086; Chinese Exclusion Act Case Files, compiled 1911 - 1955, Record Group 85 Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; National Archives at Boston. ARC 4856448.
    Ng Shee, Visa Application, p.1 of 2, 1931, File 2500/9086; Chinese Exclusion Act Case Files, compiled 1911 – 1955, Record Group 85 Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; National Archives at Boston. ARC 4856448.

    This Immigration Visa is part of a series of documents in the National Archives at Boston that was used to authenticate the identity of Ng Shee. She was requesting to leave Hong Kong, China, to join her Chinese American husband living in Waltham, MA. The documents include this Nonquota Immigration Visa, her husband’s petition requesting that she be allowed to enter the United States, and the map that Ng Shee drew of her village under interrogation by the immigration official(s) with a Chinese interpreter, and the interrogation questions.
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  • QARI to Offer Free Legal Clinics in Quincy

    Quincy, Mass., Jan. 15, 2014, — Quincy Asian Resources, Inc. (QARI) recently announced a free monthly legal clinic starting on Jan. 27. The clinics will address individual concerns over immigration law, landlord/tenant law, family law, personal injury and criminal issues.

    A lecture at QARI (from quincyasianresources.org)
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  • 美国国税局新移民税务指南

    税务指南

    您刚到美国吗? (Are you newly arrived in the US?)

    如果您刚到美国, 您需要知道自己在税务申报上的责任. 您在这一页可以找到有关申报美国联邦所得税的答案.

    • 我如何知道自己是否有责任申报联邦所得税?
    • 我的移民身份是否决定了我需不需要缴税?
    • 报税对我有什么好处?
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  • Mayor Menino Announces New ESOL Funding for New Bostonians @ “We Are Boston” Gala

    Dec. 16, 2013, — Mayor Thomas M. Menino and the Office of New Bostonians (ONB) tonight handed out awards for four individuals for their outstanding contributions in promoting Boston’s rich diversity at the eighth annual We Are Boston gala on Dec. 12, 2013. Mayor Menino also announced $200,000 in funding to strengthen English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) programming through English for New Bostonians.
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  • Obama Stopped “Deportation” of Hecklers during Speech on Immigration

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    San Francisco, Nov. 25, 2013, — President Obama delivered a speech on immigration reform today at Betty Ong Chinese Recreation Center in San Francisco, California. The speech was briefly interrupted by two hecklers. Obama stopped the secret service agents from removing the hecklers, who yelled “Stop deportations!” repeatedly.
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  • What a Journey — Protests Against ABC on Back-to-back Days in NYC

    New York City, November 9, 2013, — Hundreds of protesters showed up outside ABC headquaters to protest against ABC network and its Jimmy Kimmel Live show yesterday. In the Kids Table segment aired on Oct. 16, a six-year-old boy suggested “kill everyone in China” when Jimmy Kimmel asked how to resolve the $1.3 trillion US debt to China. Jimmy Kimmel responded by saying “It’s an interesting idea”, and later asked the kids “Should we allow the Chinese to live?”
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  • Lost Years Won Best Documentary and Best of the Best Awards at IFFM 2013

    By Luyuan Zhang. Bostonese.com

    New York, October 25, 2013 —- An epic documentary film “Lost Years”, directed by Kenda Gee and Tom Radford, was showcased during the eighth program of International Film Festival Manhattan (IFFM) 2013 at the Anthology Film Archives on Saturday, Oct. 19. At end of Oct. 20, Lost Years took home the award of “Best Documentary” and “Best of the Best” awards at IFFM 2013 .
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    Director Kenda Gee (middle) shows off the two awards.
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