As Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, I recently testified at a Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on racial profiling in America.  Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, like other minority communities, have felt the significant effects of racial profiling throughout American history. From the Chinese Exclusion Act to the Japanese American Internment and the post 9/11 racial profiling of Arabs, Sikhs, Muslims and South Asian Americans, we know what it is like to be targeted by our own government. It results in harassment, bullying, and sometimes even violence... read more.