Elijah Cummings: “I claim the time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Maryland is recognized for 5…”

If we had a House and if we had a Senate that would pass legislation and we had a President that would sign it, this problem which is the subject of this hearing today could be fixed.

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

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

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