U.S. apology for the Chinese Exclusion Act in legislative form

U.S. apology for the Chinese Exclusion Act in legislative form the House of Representatives unanimously approved

As unanimously adopted by vote in the House of Representatives on the 18th, the United States formally apologize to the legislative form 1882 through the “Chinese Exclusion Act, Chinese American history opened a new chapter.

Washington on the 18th afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives the case of the “Chinese Exclusion Act” to apologize voice vote, the results unanimously by the 10 the Senate to add the phrase has been unanimously approved in this formal legislation to apologize to the once excluded the practice of discrimination against the Chinese.

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1882 Chinese Exclusion Act of American history only for the immigrants of a particular ethnic exclusion bill was repealed until 1943. The Act, together with other discriminatory acts prohibited homeowners Chinese in the United States prohibit the intermarriage of Chinese and whites, prohibited Chinese wife and children immigrated to the United States, prohibited the Chinese government took office, the prohibition of Chinese with whites in court to court.

Chinese Congressman Zhao Maxim

20 115 in conjunction with other members submitted to Congress, to apologize case emphasized that the 25 U.S. Senate and House in the past only through the three apology case, on the 18th apologize case is quite rare, can be said to create a Chinese American history.

Chinese National Committee Chairman Xue Haipei

has been involved in promoting the case of “Chinese Exclusion Act” to apologize, said the Chinese American and Asian community to complete the requirements of the Congress on the Chinese Exclusion Act “to apologize historical mission, which is a Chinese American long-awaited day, will also be a new day of the Chinese American.

“Today we can to comfort the souls of the ancestors in America, they have suffered discrimination and suffering to become the spiritual food of the future generations to grow and progress, historical and spiritual pain from this can begin to heal.” Xuehai Pei said.

From 2010 onwards, the Chinese American National Committee, a public Chinese societies have teamed to promote the Congress as the “Chinese Exclusion Act” to apologize, and thereafter commence a petition to lobby the drafting of the apology motion a series of work; 20115 Zhao Maxim voted to submit the motion the apologize case officially entered Parliament in the legislative process.

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, the U.S. Senate took the lead by a unanimous vote to apologize case; last week, Zhao Maxim announced that, after internal consultation, the Democrats and Republicans reached a joint agreement therefore apologize case to obtain a vote by almost a foregone conclusion, single, House of Representatives on the 18th.

In the U.S. Congress to apologize for the Chinese Exclusion Act, the California State Assembly and the San Francisco City Council 2009 had passed a resolution on the “Chinese Exclusion Act,” officially apologize to the ethnic Chinese.