Taiwan's local election campaigning is heating up in Yilan County, where the ruling DPP's candidate for county chief is courting immigrant families as a voting bloc.

• DPP candidate Lin Kuo-chang appeared at a Father's Day and scholarship event held by a Yilan association for immigrant women.
• Most members came from Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Thailand, and settled in Yilan to raise families.
• He is pitching a policy package aimed at immigrant households, promising the county government will back them.
• The pitch is less about welfare and more about visibility: he says these families should be seen, heard and trusted, not just cared for.

Outlook: Expect more candidates to chase the immigrant-spouse vote as Taiwan's local elections approach.