Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two years ago today, Assistant Attorney General Matt Olsen announced changes to the Department of Justice’s “China Initiative,” including a change in name and focus to more accurately reflect the global security challenges facing the U.S. without singling out China.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which led to the forced removal and incarceration of over 120,000 individuals of Japanese ancestry during World War II. This day is recognized annually in the Japanese American community as the Day of Remembrance, and was recognized in 2023 by President Biden who called the order “one of the most shameful periods in our Nation’s history.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Members met with Neera Tanden, the Domestic Policy Advisor to the President and Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council. Tanden is the first Asian American to lead any of the three White House policy councils.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Congressional Asian Pacific American (CAPAC)’s leadership members announced today they wrote to the CEOs and heads of America’s Fortune 100 companies, the 100 largest public and privately held companies in the country.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — CAPAC Members and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statements to welcome the Lunar New Year, which begins tomorrow on Saturday, February 10, marking the start of Year of the Dragon:

CAPAC Chair Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28):

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today marks Fred Korematsu Day, the birthday of Fred Korematsu, a Japanese American civil rights activist who objected to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.

In commemoration of Fred Korematsu Day, members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) released the following statements:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tomorrow marks seven years since former President Donald Trump first issued Executive Order 13769, which restricted travel to the U.S. from several Muslim-majority countries and prohibited refugees from entering the country. At the urging of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), President Joe Biden took swift action on Day One of his administration to repeal the ban.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — One year ago today, a gunman sought out and killed seven people and injured one at two farms in Half Moon Bay, California. The victims included five individuals of Chinese descent and two individuals of Mexican descent who were all immigrants and farmworkers.