A new UCLA study published this week found Asian communities affected by the recent fires in Los Angeles County had difficulty accessing information about emergency evacuations and recovery efforts because of language barriers.
What Congress is telling the world is that being a person or company that simply has origins in Asia is enough to be labeled a national security threat—no evidence required. That is racial profiling and an affront to the Constitution.
“Immigration agents could call in the right to enter our private homes, schools, places of business and even houses of worship,” says Manjusha Kulkarni of AAPI Equity Alliance
A recent report from Stop AAPI Hate found that the number of anti-South Asian slurs, slogans and phrases increased from nearly 23,000 to more than 46,000 between January 2023 and August 2024.
