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The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Feb. 2 announced that Indian American three-term U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi was appointed as the Caucus’ Immigration Task Force co-chair. Krishnamoorthi will co-chair the task force along with U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., who serves as the chair. “I am honored to be appointed as a co-chair of the CAPAC Immigration Task Force alongside co-chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal as we continue to fight to ensure our immigration system reflects American values. My parents brought our family to the United States from India when I was only a f...

Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA), the head of Congress’s Asian American and Pacific Islander Caucus, is laser-focused on getting more AAPI representation into government. Most recently, Chu has pushed back on the lack of AAPI Cabinet Secretaries in the current administration, and the omission of AAPI members in a previous “unity task force” on immigration. While she welcomes cabinet-level appointees — Office of Management and Budget director nominee Neera Tanden and US Trade Representative nominee Katherine Tai — as well as the historic e...

Raja Krishnamoorthi appointed co-chair of immigration task force of CAPAC SECTIONS Last Updated: Feb 03, 2021, 01:13 PM IST Share Synopsis The aim of the immigration task force is to help in issues like support legislation to protect Dreamers and Temporary Protect Status (TPS) recipients, support comprehensive immigration reform, restore due process for immigrants, promote access to Citizenship and integration of AAPI immigrants among other things. Born into a Tamil-speaking family in New Delhi, his family moved to Buffalo, New York when he was three months old. WASHINGTON: Indian-American Co...

In 2020, relations between the U.S. and China reached the lowest point in four decades, as the two global superpowers clashed over many issues: the coronavirus pandemic, trade and economic disputes, human rights, democracy, territorial claims, cybersecurity, and espionage. Correspondingly, public sentiment toward China has grown increasingly negative in the U.S., with nearly two-thirds of the Americans polled by Pew Research Center citing unfavorable views of China. Both the Republican and Democratic parties have adopted more confrontational rhetoric against China, framing the country as a th...