Elijah Cummings: “Let me be clear. There are powerful interests here that do not want us to interfere with those massive profits.”

Asian Americans are often still seen as outsiders, as foreigners, as aliens.

That year, Bayou La Batre did elect its first Asian-American city council member.

And I don't give a damn how you look at it; there are efforts to stop people from voting. That is not right. This is not Russia. This is the United States of America.

It is only recently in the last 50 years or so that many of these laws have changed.