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President Biden: Stop the Racial Profiling of Asian Americans and Asian
Immigrants and End the Justice Department’s “China Initiative”
In recent years, the U.S. government has greatly increased the targeting and
racial profiling of Asian Americans and Asian immigrants, particularly those
of Chinese descent, who are working in science and technology. Under great
pressure by former President Donald Trump, former Attorney General Jeff
Sessions launched the “China Initiative” in November 2018 to target people
engaged in economic espionage for the Chinese government.
However, many of the investigations and prosecutions under this initiative
are not based upon evidence of economic espionage but on racial bias against
Asian Americans. Even after finding no evidence of espionage, federal
prosecutors are charging many Asian Americans and Asian immigrants with
federal crimes based on administrative errors or minor offenses and other
activities (e.g., failing to disclose information to universities/research
institutions) under the pretext of combating economic espionage.In addition,
federal agencies such as the FBI and the NIH have sent mass communications to
academic institutions implicitly encouraging staff to treat Asian American
scientists and researchers as suspects. This practice has led to
discriminatory investigations of scientists, researchers, and scholars of
Chinese descent. Matters such as nondisclosures were previously handled by
universities as part of the administrative process but are now being
criminalized, resulting in ruined careers and lives in shambles.The recent
targeting and profiling of Asian American and Asian immigrant scientists
follow a long history of criminalizing immigrants and treating Asian Americans
as “perpetual foreigners.” From the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, to the
incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII, to the targeting of Arab,
Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian communities post-9/11, Asian American
and immigrant communities have been repeatedly scapegoated and targeted based
on their race, ethnicity, or ancestry. In response to increasing concerns from
our communities, we launch this petition to stop the criminalization of Asian
Americans and Asian immigrants in this country and recreate an inclusive,
welcoming environment that embraces diversity.
请愿书：
To: President Biden
From: [Your Name]We urge you to immediately end the federal government’s
racial profiling and targeting of Asian American and Asian immigrant
scientists, researchers, and scholars, particularly by the Department of
Justice, National Institutes of Health (NIH), and National Science Foundation
(NSF). We also ask for an end to the “China Initiative” and a review of all
prosecutions and investigations under the “China Initiative” for evidence of
racial profiling. Furthermore, we request that the administration directs
federal grantmaking agencies, including the NIH, to stop using race,
ethnicity, or ancestry as a basis to investigate Asian American and Asian
immigrant scientists and provide redress to people who lost their funding or
had their funding withheld due to discriminatory allegations. Universities and
government grantmaking agencies should provide clear guidelines and
instructions regarding grant application requirements, disclosures and
conflicts of interest, as well as give scientists and researchers ample time
to correct their forms without disproportionate consequences. The mass
profiling of Asian Americans not only harms the lives of individuals,
families, and communities, but erodes the health of our democracy.###
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