On December 24, according to the Chinese in America Alliance (UCA) WeChat *** local time on the 22nd, recently, hundreds of Chinese Americans and people of all ethnic groups who support the Chinese held a rally in front of the "Friendship Torch" Plaza in downtown Miami, USA, in the rain to ** the state's discriminatory bill.
According to sources, this is the second ** rally held by Chinese in Florida since the discriminatory bills SB264 and SB846 were introduced. Florida Governor DeSantis signed into law in May two discriminatory bills against Chinese nationals, banning Chinese citizens from buying property within 16 kilometers of critical infrastructure and banning Chinese students from public university labs.
According to reports, among the more than 200 rallies, there were Chinese from all over the United States, as well as representatives of major organizations of the four major ethnic minorities in the United States (African-Americans, Latinos, Jews, and Asians). The rally received "great attention and solidarity from the Chinese community across the United States" and "received sympathy and solidarity from all ethnic groups in Florida."
The Chinese American Alliance said, "The Chinese community in the United States needs to launch a new civil rights movement that belongs to our time to protect itself and create a security shield to prevent the further deterioration of American society and politics from impacting and harming minorities." ”
According to the report, the two-hour rally was stormy. Presiding officer of the conference.
1. Xue Haipei, president of the Chinese American Alliance, said, "This rainstorm cannot destroy us, and the strong wind can only make our spirits higher!"Wang Hua, chairman of the Chinese American Alliance, also said that the event "was the beginning of the civil rights movement in the new era of Chinese Americans."
According to reports, the day after the rally, Biden issued a statement on the 80th anniversary of the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act on the 17th local time. The Alliance of Chinese in America said that this is "the first official proclamation by the White House in 141 years condemning the notorious Chinese Exclusion Act in history, which brings this chapter of history to an end and gives great encouragement to the efforts of Chinese Americans to pursue equality and justice today."
According to previous reports, in 1882, the US Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which banned all Chinese laborers from entering the United States, and also prohibited Chinese who had obtained permanent residency from naturalizing as American citizens. This act was not repealed until 1943. On December 17, 2023, Biden said in his statement that the Chinese Exclusion Act "**ized" the U.S. immigration system and failed to fulfill the promise that "all people are created equal and should be treated equally". Biden also affirmed the contributions made by Chinese Americans in the United States.