On the recordOctober 16, 2019
It is only recently in the last 50 years or so that many of these laws have changed.
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congress.govElijah Cummings: “It is only recently in the last 50 years or so that many of these laws have changed.”
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Cummings discusses the historical changes in laws affecting Asian Americans' rights.
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