Washington, April 24 -- Congressman Ted W. Lieu issued the following press release:
Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) condemned President trump's racist post (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/us/politics/trump-china-india-immigrants.html) against Indian and Chinese immigrants.
"During WWII, over 100,000 Americans were torn from their homes and forcibly incarcerated in U.S. internment camps because they were deemed disloyal. The message was clear: Japanese Americans could never truly belong. Their very presence was a threat.
That logic didn't begin or end there. For much of U.S. history, Asian Americans have been cast as forever foreigners - regardless of whether they were born here or have spent decades building the...