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CELEBRATION! The US House of Representatives passed H. Res. 683, formerly known as H. Res. 282, An Expression of Regret for the Chinese Exclusion Act, a set of laws first passed in 1882 to deny Chinese and Americans of Chinese Descent their Civil Rights. This Act was later used as a precedent to deny Civil Rights of others, including other Asian Ethnicities as well as some Europeans as well. AAANM signed onto the 1882 project as a supporter and, in October of 2011 the Senate passed Senate Res. 201 and now June 18th, 2012, the House passed 683! Check out C-span Coverage below. Expression of Regret for Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
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the Asian American Association of New Mexico
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