华盛顿特区--3月18日上午10点，众议院司法部宪法、民权和公民自由小组委员会将举行听证会，讨论亚裔美国人在历史上和COVID-19大流行以来所面临的歧视和暴力。

"美国的反亚裔种族主义由来已久，尤其是在社会或经济动荡时期。不幸的是，自COVID-19疫情发生以来，这种偏执再次抬头。"众议院司法委员会主席杰罗德-纳德勒（Jerrold Nadler）说。"正如拜登总统所说，针对美国亚裔同胞的暴力事件增多是错误的，不是美国的，必须停止。委员会将研究这个问题，并探讨如何防止出于种族动机的歧视和暴力。我期待着看到这项工作带来有意义的变化"。

自19世纪以来，仇外心理和反亚裔种族主义在美国盛行，导致了歧视性政策，包括1882年的《排华法》和第9066号行政命令，该命令在第二次世界大战期间下令强行拘留了12万名日裔美国人。9月11日美国遭受袭击后，南亚、穆斯林和中东裔美国人越来越多地成为暴力和歧视的对象，在恐怖袭击后的一周内，媒体报道了645起针对被认为是穆斯林或中东裔的人的偏见事件。

自COVID-19大流行以来，针对亚裔美国人社区的骚扰和暴力事件明显增多。部分原因是仇外言论将冠状病毒的过错归咎于其原产国，亚裔美国人，特别是华裔或假定的华裔美国人，在过去一年中遭受暴力、骚扰和恐吓的比例增加。

Witnesses:     证人       

First Panel: 第一小组：   

•    The Honorable Doris Matsui, Member of Congress

•    The Honorable Judy Chu, Member of Congress

•    The Honorable Tammy Duckworth, United States Senator

•    The Honorable Grace Meng, Member of Congress

Second Panel: 第二小组：   

•    John C. Yang, Esq., President & Executive Director, Asian American Advancing Justice – AAJC

•    Manjusha P. Kulkarni, Esq., Executive Director, Stop AAPI Hate, Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council

•    Erika Lee, PhD., Regents Professor of History and Asian American Studies, Director, Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota

•    Charles Lehman, Fellow, Manhattan Institute, and Contributing Editor, City Journal

•    Wencong Fa, Esq., Attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation

•    Daniel Dae Kim, Actor and Producer

•    Shirin Sinnar, Esq., Professor of Law & John A. Wilson Faculty Scholar, Stanford Law School

•    Hiroshi Motomura, Esq., Susan Westerberg Prager Distinguished Professor of Law, Faculty Co-Director, Center for Immigration Law and Policy, UCLA School of Law

Washington, D.C. - On March 18^th at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties held a hearing on the discrimination and violence Asian Americans have faced both historically and since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“There has been a long history of anti-Asian racism in the United States, especially during times of social or economic unrest. Unfortunately, since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, this bigotry has reared its ugly head once again,” said House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY). “As President Biden said, the rise in violence against our fellow Asian Americans is wrong, un-American, and it must stop. The Committee will examine this issue and explore ways to prevent racially-motivated discrimination and violence. I look forward to seeing this work lead to meaningful change.”