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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, following President Obama’s appointment of Cecilia Muñoz as White House Director of the Domestic Policy Council, Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-32), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, issued the following statement:

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Judy Chu, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), and Congressman Mike Honda, Chair of CAPAC’s Immigration Taskforce, commended the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on its announcement that the agency is considering regulatory changes that will reduce the time that U.S. citizens are separated from their spouses and children who are in the process of becoming legal immigrants to the United States.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Judy Chu, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), and Congressman Mike Honda, CAPAC Chair Emeritus, released the following statements in response to the passing of Gordon Hirabayashi. 

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-32), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), commended President Obama for appointing Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Cordray is the first official director of the Bureau since its inception last year.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Judy Chu, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), Congressman Bobby Scott, CAPAC Civil Rights Taskforce Chair, and Congressman Mike Honda, CAPAC Chair Emeritus, released the following statements regarding a letter they sent to the House Judiciary Committee and the U.S. Department of Justice calling for a hearing and an investigation of the New York Police Department after the Associated Press revealed that the NYPD and CIA collaborated on efforts to spy on Muslim communities in the New York City area.

Washington, D.C.—Today, Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-32), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), released the following statement in response to a decision by Lowe’s Home Improvement to pull advertising from TLC’s new reality show, “All-American Muslim.” The decision was made after a Florida-based conservative advocacy group accused the show, which chronicles the lives of American Muslim families in a Detroit suburb, as “propaganda that riskily hides the Islamic agenda’s clear and present danger to American liberties and traditional values.”

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-32), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), and Congresswoman Mazie Hirono (HI-2), Chair of CAPAC’s Education Taskforce, issued the following statements on new guidance by the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education that supports voluntary efforts to promote diversity and reduce racial isolation in primary, secondary and postsecondary education:

Congresswoman Judy Chu, CAPAC Chairwoman

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-32), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), and Congressman Mike Honda (CA-15), CAPAC Immigration Taskforce Chair, sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano expressing CAPAC’s concern over Secure Communities and urging the Secretary to immediately end the program.  The letter coincided with a hearing in the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement entitled, "Is Secure Communities Keeping Our Communities Secure?"