Later this month, the Sacramento Public Library will be holding a special exhibition that explores the history of Asian immigration into the United States.  The exhibit is called Gateway to Gold Mountain: The Angel Island Immigration Experience and will open from March 30th to April 9th at the Robbie Waters Pocket-Greenhaven Library.

Gateway to Gold Mountain: The Angel Island Immigration Experience shows Asian immigrants’ experiences traveling to Northern California in the beginning of the 20th century.  Photographs, poetry and other writings will be on display to try to give people today an idea of the lives of some of the earliest immigrants from Asia and their journey to becoming Americans.

The exhibition is narrated by the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation and is free to the public.  An Asian American History professor from the University of California Sacramento will be giving a talk one day during the exhibition and on April 5th, children are invited to learn how to make traditional Chinese crafts.

Contact the Orange County immigration petitions attorneys of Garg & Associates, P.C. at 949-540-6704 today, if you or someone you know is looking to come to the United States and would like to speak with an experienced immigration attorney.

A bill circulating in the Maryland Senate would allow children of illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition at the state’s colleges.  The bill passed through the Senate’s education committee last week.

The bill, created by state Senator Victor Ramirez, specifies that students would be able to pay in-state tuition at the state’s community colleges and, after two years, students could transfer to a four-year university and continue to pay in-state tuition.

The General Assembly approved a similar bill in 2003 but Governor Ehrlich vetoed it.  In the past decade, the Latin American population in Maryland has doubled.  In addition, the Asian population has increased by 50 percent.

If you are student and are not a citizen of the United States, contact the Orange County student visa lawyers of Garg & Associates P.C. at 949-540-6704 to learn more about the process of obtaining a student visa, or another type of visa.