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The legislation, which had overwhelming support in the House and Senate, aims to make reporting hate crimes easier and puts resources into monitoring and preventing those crimes.
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After a year in which they were galvanized by a surge of racially motivated attacks, Asian Americans are seeking — and wielding — more political power.
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The legislation, which had near-unanimous support from the Senate, now goes to President Biden's desk for his signature.
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In an attack that is being investigated as a possible hate crime, a 61-year-old Asian man was pushed to the ground and kicked in the head repeatedly on Friday evening.
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The Senate passed new legislation to address a spike in hate crimes and violence targeted at the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. Josh Hawley was the only senator to vote against it.
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The legislation would address the spike in hate crimes and violence targeted at the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. Democrats need GOP votes to advance the bill in the Senate this week.
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The Center for Humanities at FIU held a virtual panel Tuesday to protest Anti-Asian racism, given the recent rise in violence against Asian Americans.
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Brandon Elliot, 38, was arrested Wednesday and faces charges including assault as a hate crime. Elliot is a lifetime parolee convicted of killing his mother in 2002 when he was 19.
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Video of the assault, as well as the seeming inaction of apartment staff standing nearby, has drawn fury in and beyond New York. State and city authorities are investigating the attack.
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The White House on Tuesday unveiled actions to reverse the rising violent crimes against the AAPI community. Advocates and Asian American leaders have pressed the administration to do more.
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The money will be donated to help defuse racism against the Asian American community. Xiao Zhen Xie's grandson wrote, "She insists on making this decision saying this issue is bigger than Her."
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An estimated 100 people gathered in Gandhi Square in Davie late Saturday afternoon to remember the victims of the March 16 shootings in Atlanta that killed eight people, mostly women of Asian descent.