AAPI Summit Focuses on Economic and Immigration Issues

“I know it will take time to build trust.” Andrew Strait, public advocate for the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security

A Korean drummer closes the first White House Regional Summit on Asian Americans as Tricia Sung looks on. Mary Silver/The Epoch Times

Mary Silver/Epoch Times Staff

ATLANTA—For the first time, the White House sponsored a regional Community Summit on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga., March 16. People came from as far away as Miami, Fla., Mississippi and Louisiana; some in chartered buses.

They told stories about immigration problems, health care needs, caring for elders, language barriers, predatory lending, problems getting government contracts, bullying, and the value of education.