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A September 9-12, 2017 • LA WeeKeND ASIAN JOUrNAL

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So advances in Georgia chess tiff by Joey

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WESLEY So drew with Colombian Joshua Daniel Ruiz Castillo in 31 moves of a Gruenfeld Defense Monday night, Sept. 4, to complete a 1.5-.5 first round win and advance to the second round of the FIDE World Cup 2017 in Tbilisi, Georgia. So gained the early initiative and a slight positional edge but ended up opting for a draw in the second game knowing he beat Castillo with black in 59 moves of a Caro-kann in their first game to gain the early upper hand the day before. In their first duel, So won the exchange in the middlegame and easily turned it into a victory after finding a way to trap Castillo’s knight in the corner. The win arranged So a secondround encounter with German Matthias Bluebaum, who edged Argentinian Sandro Mareco, 1.5.5.

Wesley So

Julio Catalino Sadorra, the country’s highest rated chesser, could muster just a 33-move standoff in 33 moves of another Gruenfeld to fall to Russian Maxim Matlakov, .5-1.5. Sadorra, who lost their first duel, went desperately for a win that would force a two-game tiebreak with lesser time control but wound up splitting the point. Sadorra though will not

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go home empty-handed as first round losers will receive US$6,000. So for his part is assured of US$10,000 for just making it the second round of this tournament giving US$120,000 to the champion and a spot in the World Candidates Matches, the final round to gain a crack of the world title currently held by Magnus Carlsen. n Dr. Cedric J. Ortiguera performed the robotic surgery at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida.

Trillanes, Paolo Duterte... PAGE A2 t ber, Trillanes further accused Paolo Duterte during the hearing of having at least two bank accounts containing hundreds of millions of pesos. The senator alleged that the vice mayor has P104.28 million in his accounts with Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) and the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) in Davao City. Duterte repeatedly refused to confirm or deny owning any accounts in the said accounts. Responding to Trillanes, he asked, “Mr. Chair, do I have to answer this irrelevant question?� “I refuse to answer anymore,�

waiver. I’m not familiar with those figures,� Carpio said. Duterte added. “This is not part Duterte also remarked, “I have of the inquiry.� the same answer. I will not sign The senator also accused Car- the waiver.� pio of P121 million in his bank In a chance interview after the accounts—which Carpio denied. hearing, Trillanes said he is con“I invoke the Bank Secrecy sidering the filing of a complaint law,� a smirking Carpio said, re- against the vice mayor over his ferring to Republic Act No. 1405, alleged ill-gotten wealth after the which states bank deposits are latter declined to waive his bank “absolutely confidential nature secrecy rights. and may not be examined, in“We have many plans. We quired or looked into by any per- can compel the opening of son, government official, bureau these accounts by having cases or office� without written permis- filed against Paolo for ill-gotten sion from the account owner or a wealth because he is a public court order. official and this is not reported Both Carpio and young Duterte in his SALN,� Trillanes told rerefused Trillanes’ request for porters, referring to the Statethem to sign a bank waiver. ment of Assets, Liabilities, and “I’m not willing to sign the Networth. n

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Fil-Am doctor performs first robotic surgery in Northern Florida JACKSONVILLE, Florida – A Filipino American doctor recently performed the first robotic surgery at the Mayo Clinic here. The procedure was also the first to be done in all of Northern Florida. Dr. Cedric J. Ortiguera performed the robotic surgery, which is a type of minimally invasive surgery using miniaturized surgical instruments that fit through a series of quarterinch incisions instead of large ones. He was born and grew up on

What’s next for DREAMers... PAGE A1 t plications without asking them and make a conscious effort to avoid run-ins with state and government officials. She learned because of her lack of papers, she wasn’t allowed to drive, work or have the same opportunities as her peers, which she found frustrating. “Growing up it was very restricting, and I didn’t really understand why I couldn’t do things like travel, drive or basically do what most teenagers are allowed to do,� Jennifer told the Asian Journal. “It just felt really restricting and that I couldn’t even breathe.� Although she knew she was undocumented early on, it wasn’t until she began applying to college that she hit her “breaking point� and understood the scope of her predicament. She had applied to three universities, excited to finally get the “real college experience� she had always dreamed of. She knew she had the grades to get in and had the determination to do well in a four-year university. But in a cautious effort to protect her, she was advised not to apply anywhere other than community college. ““I kept thinking, ‘Why me?’� Jennifer recalls with tears in her eyes. “I resented my dad for a while even though he wasn’t doing that to be strict; I know he just wanted a better life for us. It’s not what he ultimately wanted for [me and my siblings], but he was just trying to protect us.� For Jennifer, a shining beacon of hope came in the form of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was introduced in 2012. It was the first time she believed her life had some kind of direction. Through DACA, Jennifer was able to get a driver’s license, land

her first job at Disneyland and, at 20 years old, apply to Cal State Long Beach where she majored in kinesiology. In 2016, she graduated from college, the first in her family to do so. “DACA was really life-changing for me,� Jennifer remarked. “Getting that real college experience helped me discover my passion which is physical therapy. I felt very grateful being in a family with three kids and being the first to graduate from college. It was so rewarding and I thank DACA. It was all because of that I was able to accomplish all of that. And I knew it made my parents proud.� Since it came into effect in 2012, nearly 800,000 undocumented youth — called DREAMers — have signed up for DACA and have been able to find higher paying jobs which have helped more DREAMers attend four-year universities. Specific benefits vary from state-to-state; in California, DREAMers may now apply for driver’s licenses. However, on Tuesday, September 5, the Trump administration has announced plans to slowly phase out and end DACA, which could affect a large portion of the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) community. California is home to more than 200,000 “DACAmented immigrants�, the most in the country. Since 2012, more than 16,000 Asian American immigrants — including over 4,500 Filipinos — received protection and benefits under DACA. And those benefits have proven to be effective for, not just individuals, but for the American economy. Impact on the economy The most recent research on the effect of DACA on undocumented youth was conducted last month by the Center for American

Long Island, New York in June 1968. He graduated magna cum laude in biochemistry at Stony Brook University of the State University of New York (SUNY). He earned his medical degree at New York University, also with honors. Ortiguera did his orthopedic residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota with subspecialty in sports orthopedics. He joined the surgical Staff of Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville in 2000. Ortiguera is also an assis-

tant professor of surgery at the Mayo Medical School and lectures at orthopedic conferences in South America and Central America, as well as in some medical centers in the US. Ortiguera is the son of two retired medical doctors who were graduates of the University of Santo Tomas in 1963–Dr. Jose Ortiguera, a gastroenterologist in Queens, New York, and Dr. Aida Domingo, a pediatrician and primary care physician for the New York State of Mental Health. (Inquirer.net)

Progress (CAP), a left-leaning advocacy group. Researchers surveyed thousands of DREAMers, and found the following: Since enrolling in DACA, 54.2 percent were able to land their first job, 69 percent of respondents reported that they found jobs with better pay, 65 percent “pursued educational opportunities that I previously could not�, according to the study which garnered 3,063 responses. Currently, 91.4 percent of DACA recipients are currently working where, before DACA, 56 percent were not able to work. CAP also found that an average of 30,000 people would be out of work each month if DACA was terminated. Moreover, ending DACA would put significant pressure on employers; experts say that ending DACA would impose major costs to employers: nearly $2 billion over two years. “So when I think about the data and what it all points to, it makes clear that DACA works, that DACA not only improves the lives of individual recipients and their families, but positively affects the American economy and society,� Tom Wong, associate professor of political science at UC San Diego, said in a press call on Thursday, September 7. “We also see that DACA recipients are American in every sense of the word but for a piece of paper,� Wong added. In January, the libertarian-leaning Cato Institute also found that terminating DACA and deporting those enrolled would cost the federal government $60 billion and diminish economic growth by $280 billion in the next decade. The announcement of DACA’s end has cast a shadow of doubt over the entire DREAMer community. Many are scrambling to figure out their options before the program ends in six months. “After growing up with these restrictions, I thought that I was

able to breathe again. Now I’m just back to that state of uncertainty, and it’s been really affecting me. I’m not sure what to do,� Jennifer lamented. The news of DACA’s termination has caused a national outrage and started a movement to save DACA. Options for DREAMers However, DACA isn’t the only option for DREAMers to retain their benefits. Legal and civil rights organization Asian Americans Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice) has called upon Congress to pass the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, a bill that proposes granting qualified undocumented youth conditional residency which could lead to permanent resident status. It was first introduced in 2001, and failed to pass multiple times. “We urge Congress to pass a DREAM Act by December when the debt ceiling and government funding is set to expire,� Advancing Justice wrote in a statement released Thursday, September 7. “We need a clean DREAM Act without other immigration provisions. Those in Congress who truly care about immigrant youth should demand its inclusion in upcoming bills. Our affiliation will continue to fight for DACA recipients and fight against an anti-immigrant agenda that is driven by hate and divisiveness.� Sponsor Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Lindsey Graham, (RS.C.) proposed a new version of the bill in July of this year which got a seemingly unfavorable response by the Trump administration. President Donald Trump’s legislative affairs director Marc Short expressed that the administration had “opposed the DREAM Act and likely will be consistent on that.� Still, Durbin and Graham said in a press conference Tuesday af-

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