On Saturday, people in the Asian American community and leaders held a rally to express outrage for Senate Bill 147.
People in the community say Senate Bill 147 is racist, specifically targeting Asians who already work to drive the local economy.
“This type of legislation. This growing anti-Asian and anti-immigrant sentiment is a direct attack on our community and on our city, quite frankly,” Representative Gene Wu said. “Senate Bill 147 should not be addressed at the state level,” Congressman Al Green said. “This is something we can do at the federal level because we have a committee on foreign investments to do just this.”“I’m worried about society splitting up potential racism against the Asians,” one person said.
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