US apologizes for discriminatory laws
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="On">On</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="House">House</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Representatives">Representatives</span> <span word="unanimously">unanimously</span> <span word="expressed">expressed</span> <span word="regret">regret</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="passage">passage</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="discriminatory">discriminatory</span> <span word="laws">laws</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="immigrants">immigrants</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span>, <span word="particularly">particularly</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="Exclusion">Exclusion</span> <span word="Act">Act</span> <span word="of">of</span> 1882.</p><p><span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="Foreign">Foreign</span> <span word="Ministry">Ministry</span> <span word="spokesman">spokesman</span> <span word="Hong">Hong</span> <span word="Lei">Lei</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="appreciates">appreciates</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="apology">apology</span>, <span word="adding">adding</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="contributions">contributions</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span>-<span word="Americans">Americans</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="history">history</span> <span word="deserve">deserve</span> <span word="positive">positive</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="evaluation">evaluation</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="development">development</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="US">US</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="immigration">immigration</span> <span word="country">country</span>, <span word="cannot">cannot</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="separated">separated</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="endeavors">endeavors</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="cooperation">cooperation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="races">races</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span>-<span word="Americans">Americans</span>," <span word="Hong">Hong</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="daily">daily</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="conference">conference</span>.</p><p><span word="Thanks">Thanks</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="grassroots">grassroots</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span>-<span word="American">American</span> <span word="communities">communities</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="US">US</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="vote">vote</span> <span word="marked">marked</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="House">House</span> <span word="acknowledged">acknowledged</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="laws">laws</span>' <span word="far">far</span>-<span word="reaching">reaching</span> <span word="injustice">injustice</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="followed">followed</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="similar">similar</span> <span word="apology">apology</span> <span word="approved">approved</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="Senate">Senate</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="November">November</span>.</p><p><span word="Representative">Representative</span> <span word="Judy">Judy</span> <span word="Chu">Chu</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="California">California</span> <span word="Democrat">Democrat</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="co">co</span>-<span word="sponsored">sponsored</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bill">bill</span>, <span word="called">called</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="passage">passage</span> <span word="a">a</span> "<span word="breakthrough">breakthrough</span>" <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> "<span word="historic">historic</span>" <span word="effort">effort</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="acknowledge">acknowledge</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="harm">harm</span> <span word="done">done</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="exclusion">exclusion</span> <span word="laws">laws</span> 130 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="adoption">adoption</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="trauma">trauma</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="exclusion">exclusion</span> <span word="laws">laws</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="permanent">permanent</span> <span word="scar">scar</span> <span word="upon">upon</span> <span word="generations">generations</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span>-<span word="Americans">Americans</span>, <span word="splitting">splitting</span> <span word="apart">apart</span> <span word="families">families</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="disenfranchising">disenfranchising</span> <span word="many">many</span>," <span word="Chu">Chu</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="vote">vote</span>. "<span word="Like">Like</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span>-<span word="Americans">Americans</span>, <span word="my">my</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="grandfather">grandfather</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="legal">legal</span> <span word="right">right</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="naturalized">naturalized</span> <span word="citizen">citizen</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="carry">carry</span> <span word="papers">papers</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="times">times</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="else">else</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="deported">deported</span>."</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="legislation">legislation</span> "<span word="formally">formally</span> <span word="regrets">regrets</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="passage">passage</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="legislation">legislation</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="adversely">adversely</span> <span word="affected">affected</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="origin">origin</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="ethnicity">ethnicity</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="recognizes">recognizes</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="founded">founded</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="principle">principle</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="persons">persons</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="created">created</span> <span word="equal">equal</span>," <span word="she">she</span> <span word="added">added</span>.</p>
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