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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Rep. Grace Meng, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), First Vice Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39), Second Vice Chair Rep. Jill Tokuda (HI-02), and Executive Board Members Senator Mazie Hirono (HI) and Rep.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As communities across the United States and around the world gather for Lunar New Year, U.S. Representative Grace Meng (NY-06), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), reintroduced a legislative package to commemorate the holiday.

I am disappointed that the new Administration decided that it was an important Day 1 priority to dissolve the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Chairs of the Congressional Tri-Caucus—Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Chair Rep. Grace Meng (NY-06), Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair Rep. Yvette Clarke (NY-09), and Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13)— released the following joint statement:

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) released the following statements in celebration of Korean American Day, which commemorates the arrival of the first Korean immigrants to the United States on January 13, 1903, and honors the contributions of Korean Americans.

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today marks 80 years since the Supreme Court issued a ruling in the landmark case of Korematsu vs. United States, which ruled that Executive Order 9066 authorizing the relocation of over 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry to incarceration camps did not violate Japanese Americans’ rights.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today marks International Migrants Day, which honors the important contributions of migrants while recognizing the challenges they continue to face. In the United States, approximately two-thirds of Asian Americans and one-sixth of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders are foreign-born.