Tae Heung Kim, a doctoral student who has lived legally in the US for over 35 years, has been held in ICE custody for almost 2 weeks. Customs and Border Protection has released no information about why the researcher has been detained for a prolonged period.
Taehung Kim immigrated to the U.S. with his family at age 5 and is currently a Ph.D. student at Texas A&M University, where he is researching treatments for Lyme disease.
Understanding Gen Z’s mental health requires more than blaming social media or COVID-19—it involves addressing intergenerational trauma, structural racism, and economic instability shaping their lived experiences.
Almost half of Asian Americans said they had been insulted or called a bad name over the past year. 63% believe they will be discriminated against in the next 5 years.
With immigrants threatened under the new federal administration, over 100 Asian American organizations rallied outside the capitol to push for state-level protections.