A young Filipino American finds community – and a political mission – by moving to Las Vegas. Now he’s at ground zero as Nevada Democrats race to fix the caucus process in their state, following this month’s high-tech debacle in Iowa.Video by Jeremy Moorhead and Jeff Simon, CNN– On a sunny Saturday morning, just a short drive from the neon and glitter of the Las Vegas Strip, a traditional scene from the Philippines unfolds in the corner of a nondescript office building.
One sign of the growing importance of the Filipino vote: The state’s Democratic Party, for the first time, will print presidential preference cards for the February caucuses in Tagalog, in addition to English and Spanish. Santos, whose parents emigrated separately from the Philippines in the 1990s, grew up in suburban Chicago and graduated from the University of Illinois in 2017. He moved to Las Vegas last April – drawn by a job with Teach for America, which recruits recent college graduates to teach in high-poverty schools.
“It’s truly ‘Asiatown,’ ” Sonny Vinuya, a Filipino-American banker who serves as president of the Las Vegas Asian Chamber of Commerce, says of the commercial strip. “Everybody's represented.
“It was a shock, a slap in the face and a wake-up call,” Santos says of the 2016 results. “To hear the rhetoric about immigrants and about people of color … is really just disheartening.He says he began to reconsider everything about his future during his final year in college. He’s not sure whether he will settle in Las Vegas for the long haul; his girlfriend lives in Seattle, and his family is far flung. But right now, he focused on trying to have an impact on what he calls “the most consequential election of our lifetime” in a state where his vote counts.
The administration has moved to make it make it more difficult for immigrants who rely on public benefits, such as food stamps, Medicaid or subsidized housing, to obtain legal status on the grounds they are likely to become a “public charge,” dependent on US taxpayers. After several court skirmishes over the Trump policy, the Supreme Court in January voted 5-4 to let the new rules take effect.The Asian Night Market is now a popular annual event.
The backlog in legal immigration to the United States is particularly acute for people from Asian countries. “Signs are pointing to a historically large turnout for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, very likely favoring the Democratic Party,” Ramakrishnan says.
I don't have any that look like he either, unless my identical twin decides to enter politics. Why are we so hung up on race?
Maybe he can head up Avenatti's campaign....right dipshits?
don't screw up the delegate math lol
Can you guys at cnn get MichaelAvenatti back on? You really had it goin on. When he was on ...65 TIMES. BUFFOONS
Remember this guy? One of the first to go after Trump and was touted and praised by CNN for it. Oh how the dominoes are starting to fall. Sit back and enjoy the show.
If he wants that it exists in the Philippines. Move back if you want to be around your people.
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