议员签名发送截止日期： 7月27日。
刘云平办公室在发布的呼吁信中表示：
请和我一起要求司法部对多次错误的针对亚裔人士的间谍案件进行调查。在针对李文和，陈霞芬，郗小星，胡安明等人的错误指控中，我们多次看到了种族定性。我在给司法部的信中还要求提供2016年司法部长林奇（Lorretta Lynch)授权进行的关于整个司法部门隐性偏见培训的最新进展情况。
有报道称，美国联邦调查局在起诉田纳西大学副教授胡安明一案中存在不当行为，对此我们都应该深感不安。据称，联邦调查局错误指控胡教授是中国间谍，并利用虚假信息将他列入联邦禁飞名单。
任何人都不应该因为个人的种族而被政府视为更加可疑的人。请在美华人于7月27日（星期二）前邀请自己所在地区的议员填写此表格（表格可通过点击阅读原文(read more)获得）。如果有任何问题，可以联系Aurora.Paik@mail.house.gov
美国华人联合会（UCA)会长薛海培 希望更多的华人能参与到刘云平的倡议中。这和我们的集体利益息息相关！
薛海培表示，刘云平所倡议调查司法部的事情关系到在美众多华人的利益。华人要想在美国真正的扎根发展，必须要学会和国会打交道，并通过国会来保护华人社区的权益。我们应该都去和自己的国会议员办公室联系，要求他们支持刘云平给司法部的信，最终立案调查和终止司法部“中国行动"计划， 彻底为广大华裔科学家们正名！
Below is his messageand plea to the members of the Congress:
Demand Justice for Asian Americans Falsely Accused of Espionage
Dear Colleague –
Please join me in requesting a DOJ investigation into the repeated, wrongful targeting of individuals of Asian descent for alleged espionage. We have repeatedly seen this racial profiling play out in the false accusations of spying alleged against Wen Ho Lee, Sherry Chen, Xiaoxing Xi, Anming Hu and others. My letter also asks for an update on the department-wide implicit bias training that was mandated under then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch in 2016.
We should all be deeply troubled by reports of alleged misconduct by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the unsuccessful prosecution of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville Associate Professor Anming Hu. The FBI allegedly falsely accused Professor Hu of being a Chinese spy; falsely implicated Professor Hu as a Chinese military operative, and used false information to put him on the federal no-fly list—among a number of other alleged misconduct. Over the years, multiple people who happened to be of Asian descent have been falsely accused by the Department of Justice of espionage. The common thread in every one of these cases was a defendant with an Asian surname—and an innocent life that was turned upside down.
No person should be viewed by our government as more suspicious because of the individual’s race. Thank you for your attention to this important matter. I look forward to working with you to stop the racial profiling of Asian Americans.
To sign on, please fill out this form by Thursday, July 22 COB. If you have questions, please contact Aurora Paik in Rep. Lieu’s office at Aurora.Paik@mail.house.gov.
Sincerely,
Ted W. Lieu
Member of Congress
Petition Letter:
Dear Attorney General Garland:
Thank you for your public service. Racial profiling is both illegal and corrosive to our democracy. A particular form of this discrimination has disproportionately affected the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community, which is the false belief that somehow Americans of Asian descent are disloyal. We have repeatedly seen this racial profiling play out in the false accusations of spying alleged against Wen Ho Lee, Sherry Chen, Xiaoxing Xi, Anming Hu, and others. We write to request an investigation into the repeated, wrongful targeting of individuals of Asian descent for alleged espionage and an update on the department-wide implicit bias training that was mandated under then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch in 2016.
On June 27, 2016, the Department of Justice announced department-wide implicit bias training after Members of Congress and the public expressed strong concerns about racial profiling to Attorney General Lynch. The training was to be instituted in response to a number of high-profile cases of espionage charges brought against Asian American scientists and professors, only for all charges to be dropped. Our hope was that the training would prevent future instances of innocent people being wrongfully arrested on the basis of race, ethnicity, or national origin. Unfortunately, with the recent case of Professor Anming Hu, there appears to be an ongoing pattern and practice of people of color being singled out by law enforcement and prosecutors.
We are deeply troubled by reports of alleged misconduct by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the unsuccessful prosecution of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville Associate Professor Anming Hu. The FBI allegedly falsely accused Professor Hu of being a Chinese spy; falsely implicated Professor Hu as a Chinese military operative, and used false information to put him on the federal no-fly list—among a number of other alleged misconduct. Over the years, multiple people who happened to be of Asian descent have been falsely accused by the Department of Justice of espionage. The common thread in every one of these cases was a defendant with an Asian surname—and an innocent life that was turned upside down.
Social science research has revealed that even the most well-intentioned people experience some degree of “implicit bias,” the unconscious and often subtle associations we make between groups of people and stereotypes about those groups. A similarly large body of research indicates that individuals can reduce their implicit biases or mitigate their effects in part simply by acknowledging they exist. This is where the training comes in, and it is increasingly vital given the current wave of anti-Asian sentiment.
The pervasive racial bias and targeting of Asian Americans are not new. Despite being part of the fabric of American society for centuries, Asian Americans are still sometimes viewed as “perpetual foreigners.” This racism has manifested itself at many points throughout U.S. history, including with the “Yellow Peril” hysteria; the mass lynching of Chinese immigrants in Los Angeles; the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882; the incarceration of over 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II; the murder of Vincent Chin; the rise in COVID-related hate crimes against AAPIs; and the targeting of AAPI scientists and professors.
No person should be viewed by our government as more suspicious because of the individual’s race. We thus request an update on the mandated implicit bias training and request an investigation to determine whether the Department of Justice has a written or unwritten policy, program, pattern, or practice of using race (or other civil rights classifications such as religion, gender, and national origin) in targeting people for arrest, surveillance, security clearance denials or other adverse actions. We also specifically request whether, under the “China Initiative,” there is a written or unwritten policy, program, pattern, or practice to target people based on their race, ethnicity, or national origin.
Thank you for your attention to this important matter. We look forward to working with you to stop the racial profiling of Asian Americans.
Sincerely,
Member's Signatur
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