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August 2, 2013

Washington, D.C. – Today, the Department of Justice announced that FBI Director Robert Mueller has approved a number of additional categories to be included in the Uniform Crime Reporting program that tracks hate crimes.


August 1, 2013

Washington, DC – Today, the United States Senate voted 97-0 to confirm Raymond T. Chen to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) released the following statements:


July 31, 2013

WASHINTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-27), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), and Congressman Mike Honda (CA-17), CAPAC Immigration Taskforce Co-Chair, joined several Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) undocumented youth approved under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The DREAMers are in Washington D.C.


July 25, 2013

Washington, DC – Today, President Obama nominated Vince Girdhari Chhabria to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.


July 23, 2013

Washington, DC – Today, 22 Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) met with President Barack Obama at the White House. The meeting covered immigration reform, increasing diversity among presidential appointments, improving language access in enrollment for the Affordable Care Act, and pressing issues impacting Native Hawaiians and the Pacific Island territories.&


July 23, 2013

Washington, DC – Today, 22 Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) met with President Barack Obama at the White House. The meeting covered immigration reform, increasing diversity among presidential appointments, improving language access in enrollment for the Affordable Care Act, and pressing issues impacting Native Hawaiians and Pacific Island Territories, incl


July 18, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – Members of the Congressional Tri-Caucus – comprised of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) – joined House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to announce the “When Women Succeed, America Succeeds: An Economic Agenda for Women and Families” agenda.


June 27, 2013

Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform proposal by an overwhelming margin of 68 to 32. Congresswoman Judy Chu, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), released the following statement:


June 27, 2013

Washington DC—Today, Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), known collectively as the Congressional Tri-Caucus, held a press conference on Capitol Hill to denounce House Republicans’ piecemeal approach to immigration reform.


June 25, 2013

Washington, DC – Today, Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) released the following statements on the United States Supreme Court's decision on Shelby County v. Holder: