Sec. 120001. Sense of Congress regarding negative perception of persons of Asian ancestry and Federal law enforcement
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It is the sense of Congress that— there are notable instances where certain Federal law enforcement officials and institutions have contributed towards a negative growing perception that being of Asian ancestry or having ties to China render an individual more suspect of espionage and that such perceptions have created a culture of fear that has negatively impacted the Asian immigrant and Asian American community; national policy should guard against unjustly targeting scientists, academics, and institutional faculty members on the basis of Chinese ethnicity or familial background, which risks irreparable damage to careers, reputations, and lives, and erodes the freedom of intellectual and academic exchange; the global competitiveness of the United States, including with the People’s Republic of China, is harmed by hostility toward and unfair targeting of Chinese and Chinese American scientists and academics; and Congress rejects any dangerous attempts to portray Chinese students, professors, and scholars with more suspicion than non-Chinese academics.