Op-Ed: To Be Counted by Our Own Name
When Delegate Kimberlyn King-Hinds elevated the issue of Refaluwasch visibility in the 2030 U.S. Census, she moved a long-standing community concern into the arena where it can actually produce results: federal policy. What might appear to some as a matter of terminology is in fact tied to how governments allocate resources, how researchers understand populations, and how future leaders make their case for investment in our islands.
King-Hinds: Refaluwasch census recognition effort depends on self-identification and participation
SAIPAN — CNMI Delegate Kimberlyn King-Hinds said her office looked into a request to include “Refaluwasch” as its own race classification on the 2030 U.S. Census, but found the federal process for changing race and ethnicity categories is complex, slow-moving, and heavily driven by national standards, research, and testing.
Catch your first glimpse of King-Hinds’ proposed CNMI Labor Stabilization Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. — CNMI Delegate Kimberlyn King-Hinds has circulated the draft text of a bill titled the Northern Mariana Islands Labor Stabilization Act, which would amend the Covenant and revise key parts of the CNMI’s immigration transition framework.
Comparison document outlines how King-Hinds’ draft CNMI Labor Stabilization Act would rewrite key parts of existing law
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new comparison document circulated with CNMI Delegate Kimberlyn King-Hinds’ draft Northern Mariana Islands Labor Stabilization Act lays out how the proposal would change existing federal law governing the CNMI’s immigration transition program, including extending the program timeline and creating a new process for possible future extensions.
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.