US Congress expected to express regret for discriminatory laws

WASHINGTON - A resolution calling on Congress to formally acknowledge and express regret for discriminative laws against Chinese-Americans was introduced on Thursday, thanks to the grassroots efforts of the Chinese-American community.

United States Representatives Judy Chu, Judy Biggert and Mike Coffman, along with Senators Dianne Feinstein and Scott Brown, announced the resolution and urged more Chinese-Americans to get involved in the campaign.

The Chinese Exclusion Laws were a series of legislative measures passed by Congress from 1879 to 1904. The laws violated the civil rights and liberties of Chinese people by severely restricting their immigration to the US and barring them from becoming American citizens.