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Since the launch of the Asian American Disinformation Table (AADT) in 2022, there have been significant developments in technology; dismantling of guardrails on social media platforms; and a fundamental shift in rhetoric targeting diverse communities. In response, Viet Fact Check adapted our approach. The results have been published in the new 2025 AADT landscape report, “Where Do We Go From Here?: Asian Americans, Diaspora, & Disinformation”.
Shortly after returning to office in January, President Donald Trump made major cuts to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the 63-year-old government agency that oversees worldwide efforts to improve health, education, poverty, and hunger. Trump’s cuts have already affected at least 50 countries, and halted life-saving services and medications for millions of people worldwide. Trump called the impact of his own cuts “devastating.”
Harvard University has filed two lawsuits against the Trump administration for slashing billions of dollars from the university’s research funding and preventing them from enrolling international students. The White House announced these cuts after Harvard refused to comply with a list of demands and made similar threats to 60 U.S. higher education institutions in March. Harvard is the first to pursue legal action.
On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order regarding birthright citizenship stating that, in order to be considered a U.S. citizen, a person must have at least one parent who is a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident. The Executive Order is a significant shift in how birthright citizenship has been applied in the United States over the past 150 years.
More Southeast Asian immigrants living in Los Angeles and Orange Counties are being detained and deported in recent months under President Trump’s administration, the Los Angeles Times reported. Immigrants from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos have been targeted after showing up for their routine check-ins at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) offices.
Documented spoke to the Vietnamese popstar Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên to find out how scammers misappropriated her image to market their products.