Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, leaders of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) issued a joint-statement opposing the anti-immigrant Trump-McConnell proposal that will be considered in the Senate later today. The McConnell amendment would trade temporary protections for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) recipients in order to provide $5.7 billion for Donald Trump’s border wall. It would also further militarize the border and reduce protections for asylum seekers.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Chairs of the Congressional Tri-Caucus – composed of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), and the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) – and the Co-Chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) sent a letter to House Democrats urging them to re-open the government and not to trade immigration poison pills for the President’s vanity wall.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Chairwoman Judy Chu (CA-27) released the following statement following a federal court ruling to block the Trump Administration from adding an untested citizenship question to the 2020 Census:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Chair Judy Chu (D-CA-27), released the following statement on Congressman Steve King’s (R-IA-04) removal from his House Committee assignments following his defense of white nationalism and white supremacy:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) released the following statements to celebrate Korean American Day, which commemorates the arrival of the first Korean immigrants to the United States on January 13, 1903:

Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-27), CAPAC Chair:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) elected its leadership for the 116^th Congress. Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-27) was re-elected as Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC); Congresswoman Grace Meng (NY-06) was elected as First Vice Chair; Congressman Mark Takano (CA-41) was elected as Second Vice Chair; Congressman Ted Lieu (CA-33) was elected as Whip; and Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03) was elected as the Freshman Representative. CAPAC Chair Judy Chu released the following statement:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On January 8, 2019, the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) held an inaugural swearing-in ceremony for the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Members of the 116^th Congress, which includes a record 20 Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Members of Congress. Below is a transcript of CAPAC Chairwoman Judy Chu’s remarks:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The 116^th Congress sworn in yesterday includes a record number of women and people of color, making it the most diverse Congress in United States history. This includes 42 more women in both chambers of Congress, 20 Asian American and Pacific Islander Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), 55 African American Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), 39 Hispanic Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), as well as the first Native American women and Muslim American women ever elected to Congress.