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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Onofre Bejona spent his 34th birthday riding the bus alone, readying himself for the next three years of his life. It was Aug. 14, and the teacher had arrived in Broward ...
The Citizenship Retention and Re-Acquisition Act of 2003 (Republic Act No. 9225) made Filipino Americans eligible for dual citizenship in the United States and the Philippines. [214] Overseas suffrage was first employed in the May 2004 elections in which Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was reelected to a second term.
1898 United States v. Wong Kim Ark: A US-born son of Chinese immigrants was ruled to be a US citizen under the birthright citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment; the Chinese Exclusion Act was held not to apply to someone born in the US. 1915 Guinn & Beal v. United States: [45] Ruling found that Filipinos can naturalize. [46] [47]
By 1938, around 14,000 Filipino students had received their education in the United States, some going onto important positions upon returning to the Philippines. [ 21 ] [ 79 ] Some of these students would go on to fund their education as domestic workers , with some attending Chapman College and the University of Southern California, with a ...
In Fort Worth and across Texas, teacher workforce is whiter than schools. Most years, nearly two-thirds of students in Fort Worth ISD are Hispanic, but Hispanic teachers make up only about a ...
The Philippine Consulate General in Houston is headed by Consul General Gunther Emil M. Sales, who assumed the position on July 30, 2024. [9] Prior to his current post, he served as Assistant Secretary for American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila, [9] and before that was posted at the Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C. as minister and consul. [10]
A Filipino pastor, wanted by federal authorities in the United States for his alleged role in a convoluted sex trafficking scheme, has been arrested, officials said Sunday.
Local libraries may offer free resources to help naturalization applicants prepare for the American Civics Test. The American Civics Test (also known as the American Citizenship Test, U.S. Civics Test, U.S Citizenship Test, and U.S. Naturalization Test) is an oral examination that is administered to immigrants who are applying for U.S. citizenship.