+ Follow JON MELEGRITO Tag
JON MELEGRITO
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[Title] => Pinoys in US urged to seek Kerry’s help
[Summary] => Filipino-American community leaders have urged members and their friends, even non-Filipinos, to appeal to Secretary of State John Kerry to recommend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for the Philippines, a move that could benefit as many as 300,000 Filipinos in the United States currently out of status.
[DatePublished] => 2014-03-21 00:00:00
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[Title] => ABC television group may hire Pinoy talents
[Summary] => The Disney-ABC television group tried to make nice with Filipinos and Filipino-Americans in Washington on Thursday in an apparent attempt to mollify the community outrage over a perceived racial slur in the “Desperate Housewives” TV series six months ago.
[DatePublished] => 2008-04-27 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Jose KatigbakSTAR Wash
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[Title] => ‘Desperate’ uproar opens door for Pinoy talents
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[DatePublished] => 2007-10-12 00:00:00
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[Title] => Community bids rousing farewell to beloved envoy
[Summary] => D.C. was in the house! Maryland was in the house! Virginia was in the house! The evening's mood was definitely light and upbeat as close to 300 guests gathered at J.W. Marriott last Saturday, July 7, to give a warm send off to the Filipino-American community's first couple, Albert and Gretchen del Rosario.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-21 00:00:00
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[Title] => Group says Fil-Ams should use clout for immigration law reforms
[Summary] => WASHINGTON — Filipino immigrants have considerable political and economic clout in the United States and they should use this influence to lobby for immigration reforms that would substantially reduce the time it takes to petition immediate family members, immigration reform advocates said.
"Filipinos suffer from some of the worst immigration backlogs in the world," said Jon Melegrito, founding executive director of the Washington-based National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA).
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-09 00:00:00
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[Title] => Malacañang welcomes US immigration plan
[Summary] => Malacañang welcomed yesterday US President George W. Bush’s proposed immigration program to help millions of illegal aliens — including 300,000 to 500,000 Filipinos — work legally in the United States.
"This is timely because our countrymen in the United States are not a burden to the US government," Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye said.
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January 9, 2004 - 12:00am
