Elijah Cummings: “Integrity and honesty, and just calling it like it is.”

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

Asian Americans are becoming more politically visible, and our numbers are showing that.

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.