King-Hinds circulates draft CNMI Labor Stabilization Act, asks Governor and community to weigh in before Congress filing
WASHINGTON, D.C. — CNMI Delegate Kimberlyn King-Hinds has shared a draft proposal to revise the Commonwealth’s immigration transition framework and is asking Governor David M. Apatang and CNMI leaders to review it before she formally introduces the bill in Congress.
King-Hinds previews “Northern Mariana Islands Labor Stabilization Act,” calls for longer-term CW workforce solution
Washington, D.C. — CNMI Delegate Kimberlyn King-Hinds said she is preparing to roll out a proposed measure she calls the Northern Mariana Islands Labor Stabilization Act, framing it as an effort to create a more stable, long-term workforce policy as the current federal CW program heads toward its scheduled expiration in 2029.
King-Hinds: USCIS confirms errors affecting some C37 work permit renewals; correct fee is $520
Washington, D.C. — CNMI Delegate Kimberlyn King-Hinds said her office is hearing from a growing number of CNMI long-term residents in the C37 category who are running into problems renewing their work permits, including applications that were returned by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services or left pending without receipt notices.
King-Hinds to Vets: “We’re fighting to justify a CBOC”
SAIPAN — CNMI Delegate Kimberlyn King-Hinds is urging veterans in the Commonwealth to register with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, saying official registration numbers are a key factor in the CNMI’s push for expanded local medical services.
King-Hinds tells Noem, Burgum: EVS-TAP was built for security and CNMI can’t afford blunt visa waiver changes
WASHINGTON, D.C. — CNMI Delegate Kimberlyn King-Hinds is urging the Trump administration’s top homeland security and interior officials to treat the Northern Marianas as both a border community and a frontline economic outpost, warning that border-security policy changes that ignore local conditions could weaken the Commonwealth’s stability and, by extension, its ability to support enforcement and resilience.
King-Hinds, Moylan press deep-sea mining executives on NEPA review, sediment plumes, and island consultation
WASHINGTON, D.C. — CNMI Delegate Kimberlyn King-Hinds and Guam Delegate James C. Moylan used their time in a House Natural Resources Committee hearing segment to challenge deep-sea mining companies on environmental safeguards, permitting, and what meaningful consultation with island communities would actually look like.
King-Hinds pushes back on senators’ call to revoke EVS-TAP, says CNMI hospital not overwhelmed by tourist births
SAIPAN — CNMI Delegate Kimberlyn King-Hinds is disputing claims cited by three U.S. senators who urged the Department of Homeland Security to revoke the CNMI’s EVS-TAP travel authorization and make other changes to visa waiver programs used by visitors from China and Hong Kong.
House passes King-Hinds bill to expand SBA microloan access for CNMI small businesses
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bill by CNMI Delegate Kimberlyn King-Hinds that would expand access to federal microloans for local small businesses cleared the U.S. House on Tuesday.
King-Hinds urges deeper review, longer public input on BOEM offshore minerals interest in CNMI waters
WASHINGTON, DC — CNMI Delegate Kimberlyn King-Hinds has filed a formal public comment urging the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to slow down and more carefully structure its early-stage process examining potential commercial leasing for Outer Continental Shelf minerals offshore the Commonwealth.
CNMI Leaders Warn Economic Crisis Could Undercut U.S. Indo-Pacific Presence
SAIPAN — Congresswoman Kimberlyn King-Hinds, Gov. David M. Apatang, Senate President Karl King Nabors, and House Speaker Edmund Villagomez said they have sent joint letters to President Donald J. Trump and Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, warning that accelerating economic deterioration in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands could carry direct implications for U.S. national security.
