The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for Quincy with melting snow and the potential of 2 inches to rain to fall over the next 24 hours. DPW crews have spent the last two days uncovering storm drains in low-lying areas across the City and will be on duty throughout the duration of the storm. For flood-related assistance, please call (617) 376-1910. The City is also monitoring the likelihood of a flash freeze on Saturday with salt crews prepared to deploy when temperatures drop.
星期六, 1月 13, 2018
氣象局: 昆士市今日可能淹水
星期五, 1月 12, 2018
Governor Baker Announces Expansion of CVS Health Medication Disposal Program in Massachusetts
Governor Baker Announces Expansion of CVS Health Medication Disposal Program in Massachusetts
MEDFORD – Governor Charlie Baker, Secretary Marylou Sudders and Attorney General Maura Healey today joined local officials to announce the expansion of CVS Health’s safe and convenient medication disposal program at the first drug take-back unit at the Medford CVS Pharmacy. CVS Health will launch 42 new medication disposal units in CVS Pharmacy locations throughout the Commonwealth for easy disposal of unwanted, unused or expired medications in effort to help fight the opioid epidemic.
“Addiction can often start at home in our own medicine cabinets, and today we are pleased to partner with CVS Health and build on efforts to address this public health crisis across the Commonwealth,” said Governor Charlie Baker. “The units give our residents more safe and reliable ways to discard unwanted medications and using them will prevent unnecessary exposure to addictive opioids for anyone in your home.”
The new units will supplement the nearly 40 units CVS Health has donated to police departments across the state and will be available for drug disposal during regular pharmacy hours. Nationwide, CVS Health will launch more than 750 medication disposal units in its pharmacies and has donated more than 800 units to police departments, collecting more than 220,000 pounds of unwanted medication.
“With a presence in nearly 10,000 communities across the country, we see firsthand the impact of the alarming and rapidly growing epidemic of opioid addiction and misuse,” said Thomas M. Moriarty, Executive Vice President, Chief Policy and External Affairs Officer, and General Counsel, CVS Health. “Expanding our safe medication disposal efforts is an extension of the initiatives in place across our company to fight the opioid abuse epidemic, and we are proud to bring this new disposal program to the Commonwealth. Massachusetts has led the nation in legislation to address this epidemic, including being the first to institute a seven day limit on opioid prescriptions. As we implement this policy here in 2018, we will also build on it by instituting a seven day limit on opioid prescriptions for certain acute conditions for patients we serve nationwide.”
“We need all hands on deck to combat the opioid epidemic,” said Attorney General Maura Healey. “That’s why my office has worked closely with partners across business, law enforcement, and every level of government to disrupt drug trafficking, change prescribing practices, increase access to treatment, and fund prevention and education in our schools. I applaud CVS Health for making it easier for our residents to safely dispose of unwanted medications, and I look forward to continuing our work toward ending this crisis once and for all.”
As part of the company’s broad commitment to addressing the opioid crisis, CVS Health and the CVS Health Foundation also announced $150,000 in grants to programs at Boston Medical Center, Mattapan Community Health Center and Greater Lawrence Family Health Center that support the Commonwealth’s prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery efforts. This work builds on ongoing programs the company operates including the Pharmacists Teach program, which brings CVS pharmacists to local schools to talk to teens and parents about the dangers of abusing prescription drugs. More than 15,000 teens in Massachusetts have already participated in the program.
“We commend CVS Health for its commitment to addressing the opioid crisis,” said Health and Human Services Secretary Marylou Sudders. “The company’s initiatives to combat the epidemic align with our statewide public health strategy”.
Between 2011 and 2015, nonfatal overdoses increased by about 200% in Massachusetts. CVS Health is one of several pharmacies statewide that has made naloxone, an overdose reversal drug, available without requiring a prescription from a physician. To date, the Baker-Polito Administration has helped train more than 56,000 people statewide to administer the life-saving drug.
For the first time in years, opioid-related deaths declined by 10% for the first nine months of 2017 in Massachusetts. Additionally, opioid prescriptions have dropped by 29 percent since the complete overhaul of the state’s prescription monitoring tool, MassPAT. In November, the Baker-Polito Administration announced the second significant package to fight the opioid and heroin epidemic, including legislation titled “An act relative to Combatting addiction, Accessing treatment, Reducing prescriptions and Enhancing prevention” (CARE Act). The CARE Act builds upon the STEP Act enacted in March 2016, which expanded treatment, created new education programs and instituted the nation’s first seven day limit on opioid prescriptions for adults.
For a list of all Massachusetts Rx/Prescription Medication Drop Box Locations, clickhere. For more information on the state’s response to the opioid epidemic, visitwww.mass.gov/opioidresponse.
MAYOR WALSH ANNOUNCES PLAN TO MODERNIZE CITY SHELTER SYSTEM
MAYOR WALSH ANNOUNCES PLAN TO MODERNIZE CITY SHELTER SYSTEM
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BOSTON - Friday, January 12, 2018 - Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced that the City of Boston is seeking to redesign the emergency shelter system to better support people experiencing homelessness in exiting shelter as quickly as possible, and to ensure that people seeking shelter are quickly connected with the right resources. In a request for proposals (RFP), the City outlines its goal of modernizing its emergency shelter system. Responses to the RFP are due on February 20, 2018.
"We have made significant progress in our efforts to end chronic and veteran homelessness in the City of Boston," said Mayor Walsh. "There is more work to be done though, and modernizing our shelter system will make sure that if a person becomes homeless, they are assessed and quickly connected with the right services to help them get back on their feet."
Since the implementation of Boston's Way Home, the Walsh administration's plan to end chronic and veteran homelessness, the city has seen significant success, ending chronic veteran homelessness and housing nearly 1,300 formerly homeless people. Despite this significant progress, however, demand for shelter continues to grow each year. Boston's individual shelters now serve seven percent more people annually than they did in June 2015, when the plan was released.
"Pine Street applauds Mayor Walsh's efforts to connect those who are homeless with the best resources to move them out of homelessness," said Lyndia Downie, President and Executive Director of Pine Street Inn. "Our goal is to move people out of shelter as quickly as possible; and better yet, to prevent them from entering in the first place. We look forward to exploring best practices as we work with the city to help people rebuild their lives."
Boston has one of the most intensive emergency responses to homelessness in the country, offering a shelter bed to anyone in need, regardless of sobriety, criminal record, ties to the area, income, or any other barrier that other shelters often impose. For example, more than half of all individuals entering Boston's shelter system report their last known address in a zip code outside of Boston. To that end, a more efficient use of the city's emergency shelter system is critical to achieving the goals of Boston's Way Home.
An 18-month Front Door Triage pilot at the City's four largest adult shelters revealed that there are still individuals entering shelter who have viable alternatives other than entering shelter. Shelter guests may need a different type of assistance, such as family mediation, inpatient treatment, or nursing home care, to become stable in housing. Data shows that in other cases, emergency shelter has become an over-utilized safety net for people exiting other systems of care, such as hospitals, jails, and psychiatric facilities. These facilities provide minimal discharge support, or in some cases, make referrals to shelter with the false expectation that it is a fast track to housing.
It is the goal of this RFP to reach a shelter system that is accessed only by those who need it, reducing demand on shelters and connecting clients with other options and assistance where necessary. Boston's shelters will also be able to operate in a manner that ensures people experiencing homelessness exit to housing as quickly as possible, and with lower rates of return. Should clients return to shelter after becoming housed, they will be connected to the appropriate resources to help them remain housed.
The shelter redesign process will take place after a thorough review of the policies, procedures, operations, staffing, and outcomes in the city's shelters. The proposed plan will be based on proven strategies and outcomes, and will be tailored to the context and resources available within Boston. Shelter management, staff, and clients will be consulted throughout the process.
In his recent inaugural address, Mayor Walsh announced the establishment of the Boston's Way Home Fund, which will raise $10 million over the course of four years. These funds will be used to create 200 new units of supportive, sustainable, long-term housing for chronically homeless men and women. The effort to redesign shelter and to create more permanent housing support one another, as often, the best solution for a chronically homeless individual exiting shelter is to become housed in a unit of permanent supportive housing.
This type of housing combines subsidized rental housing with individualized support services so that people with complex issues can receive the assistance they need to stay housed. The services are designed to build independent living skills and to connect people with services such as community-based health care, support managing mental health conditions, substance use counseling, and employment services.
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NATIONAL DENTAL CHAIN PAYS $1.7 MILLION TO MASSACHUSETTS OVER CLAIMS OF FRAUDULENT BILLING, PERFORMING UNNECESSARY DENTAL WORK ON CHILDREN
NATIONAL DENTAL CHAIN PAYS $1.7 MILLION TO MASSACHUSETTS OVER CLAIMS OF FRAUDULENT BILLING, PERFORMING UNNECESSARY DENTAL WORK ON CHILDRENCompany Allegedly Billed for Unnecessary Tooth Extractions and Baby Tooth Root Canals
BOSTON – A national dental chain has paid $1.7 million to Massachusetts to resolve allegations that it fraudulently billed the state’s Medicaid program for medically unnecessary and expensive dental work on pediatric patients, Attorney General Maura Healey announced today.
The payment is part of a $23.9 million global settlement with the United States, the District of Columbia, and 19 other states settling allegations against Benevis LLC (formerly known as NCDR, LLC) and 133 Kool Smiles Clinics across the nation supported by Benevis, including eight in Massachusetts.
“This company made millions by performing unnecessary root canals and other invasive dental procedures on children,” said AG Healey. “With this settlement, we’re recovering more than $1 million for the state and will ensure this company cannot use these practices in the future.”
Benevis is a private company that provides non-clinical practice support services, such as management of clinic finances and administration, to dentists and dental clinics, including Kool Smiles dental clinics nationwide. The Kool Smiles clinics that are part of this settlement are owned by professional corporations that are owned by licensed dentists and provide dental care to children and some adults, including patients covered by Medicaid.
The settlement resolves allegations that Benevis/Kool Smiles knowingly submitted or caused to be submitted false claims to the Medicaid program related to providing stainless steel crowns, tooth extractions and baby tooth root canals to pediatric patients that were either not medically necessary or where less costly treatment options were available. Of the $23.9 million paid by Kool Smiles to resolve these allegations, $1.7 million is attributable to the Massachusetts Medicaid program, MassHealth. Because the Medicaid program is jointly funded by the federal and state government, the total Medicaid settlement for Massachusetts of $1.7 million will be split, with a portion being refunded to the federal government and the remainder being paid to Massachusetts.
The settlement also resolves allegations that Benevis/Kool Smiles failed to implement appropriate controls to prevent the overuse of certain procedures, including offering productivity bonuses based on revenue generated by performed procedures, scheduling practices that maximized patient visits per day, and pressuring dentists to meet production goals and terminating those who failed to meet them.
The investigation stemmed from five qui tam actions, four of which were consolidated in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. The qui tams alleged claims under the federal False Claims Act and various state false claims statutes that Benevis and Kool Smiles submitted false claims relating to dental services provided to pediatric patients. MassHealth also made a fraud referral of Kool Smiles to the AG’s Medicaid Fraud Division.
A National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units (NAMFCU) Team investigated the allegations in conjunction with the Department of Justice and United States Attorneys Offices in Connecticut, the Southern District of Texas, and the Eastern District of Virginia. The NAMFCU Team included representatives from the Offices of the Attorneys General for the states of Texas, Massachusetts, South Carolina, New York and Virginia.
In Massachusetts, this matter was handled by Assistant Attorney General Stephany Collamore and Investigator April Waterhouse, both of AG Healey’s Medicaid Fraud Division, with assistance from MassHealth and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General.
星期四, 1月 11, 2018
首屆MTIS會議探討創新科技如何形塑未來社會
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| MIT-CEO暨波士頓清華校友會會長向凱致歡迎詞。(大會提供) |
(Boston Orange 周菊子劍橋市報導) 首屆麻省理工-清華創新峰會(MTIS)1月6日在MIT史隆管理學院王氏禮堂舉行，以6場專題演講，4場座談，探討創新科技正如何形塑人類的未來社會，中美企業發展機會何在，並闡述清華企業家協會的”TEEC領航計畫”，正致力扶持後起之秀。
大會主席，麻省理工學院華人企業家協會會長向凱和清華企業家協會美東區主席魏可成表示，兩會合作舉辦此會，旨在促進中美科技研究及企業創新之間的交流、發展。
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| 清華企業家協會美東區主席魏可成(左)送感謝紀念品給MIT物理 教授暨Ligtelligence聯合創辦人Marin Soljacic。(周菊子攝) |
大會的六場專題演講，從社會公益大數據，中美企業機會，智慧城市，人工智能醫療，電腦硬體平台的變化，談到未來的金融科技，範圍很廣。
四場座談，分別以人工智能，從實驗室到創業，風險投資，醫療未來為主題。
做開場專題演講的麻省理工學院媒體實驗室教授Alex
"Sandy" Pentland，或許是因應”中國區MIT新興科技論壇”即將於1月28日至30日在北京舉行，演講時用的幻燈片都以中文製作。
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| 麻省理工學院媒體實驗室教授Alex "Sandy" Pentland談社會公益大數據， (周菊子攝) |
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| 麻省理工學院城市規劃設計系副主任兼DesignX主任Dennis Frenchman。 (周菊子攝) |
Alex
"Sandy" Pentland建議對大數據安全性有興趣的人，到visionaryfuture.com上，查看”信任:數據 – 身分與數據共享新框架”，以及”金融科技前沿:未來商業探想，從區塊鍊和數字銀行到預測市場以及其他領域”這兩本書。要進一步瞭解MIT正在做的相關計畫，可以上網查trust.mit.edu，以及opalproject.org。
麻省理工學院城市規劃設計系副主任兼DesignX主任的Dennis
Frenchman，講的是”數位科技創造的未來城市(The
Future City Enabled by Digital Technology)”。他前年才和學生錢坤成立了一家公司，DF
Urban Design，正陸續為包括中國北京在內的15個國際城市，做改造計畫與設計。
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| Dennis Frenchman(左)和學生錢坤(右)合作創辦了 DF Urban Design公司。 (周菊子攝) |
在講談中，他也以韓國首爾和中國濟南的城市改造為例，指未來的智能城市設計，要走”可滲透國度(Permeable
Realm)”路線，能夠容許空間與時間隨著人物與活動，有各種不同的可能性。
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| 武岳峰資本合夥人武平。(周菊子攝) |
他認為從全球機會角度來看，美國持續100多年，中國才35年多，未來發展及投資機會的前景大好。即使是科技創新，中國也正迎頭趕上美國，例如思科被華為趕上，GoPro不如大疆，Instagram 不如微信。由於中美兩國的環境不同，從2010年起的這10年，中美兩國時興的產業也有異，美國興智慧設備，增強現實(AR)，虛擬現實(VR)，人工智能(AI)，中國則興智慧設備，人工智能，智慧製造，半導體。
至於未來的商業機會，武平認為地方，區域或跨界經商都有很多機會，關鍵還在創新與否。
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| 金唯智(Genewiz)公司創辦人孫中平。(周菊子攝) |
武平也以他個人的事業發展歷程為例，指出機會在哪兒就往哪兒走，有沒創新成分，有沒市場驅動力，都是個人做選擇或產業方向轉移的依據。
麻省理工學院物理教授暨Witricity及Lightelligence這兩家公司聯合創辦人Marin
Soljacic談的是”一些新的硬體計算範式(Some New
Hardware Paradigms for Computing)”。
他簡短綜述了人工神經網路在深度學習上有突破進展，但要使人工神經網路表現得比真人好，就需要能量做更高速計算。量子計算看起來是好工具，但技術上很困難，只有一次看到答案的機會，已知的有用經典算法，諸如Shor’s， Grover’s的數量又很少。因此光學神經網路才是更容易實現光學計算的工具。
他認為，由於矽光子的成熟，以及人們對深度學習的巨大興趣，現在是重新檢視光學神經網路的好時機。
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| 大會主席魏可成(左)送紀念品給 海投全球創辦人王金龍。(周菊子攝) |
金唯智(Genewiz)公司創辦人孫中平談的是”基金，健康及商業”。他從基因測序的價格陡降至一千元以下說起，指疫苗及抗體的基因表達研究，預測人體質量指數(BMI)變化的深度學習等，已容許人類用基因檢測來做個人化的精準醫療。金唯智公司的服務就聚焦在基因科技及其應用上。
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| 人工智能座談，右起，魏可成，鄔濤，宮恩浩，曹旭東。 (周菊子攝) |
海投全球創辦人王金龍談的是”金融科技”。他指出，在投資理財上的科技應用，最早是網上經紀(online
brokerage)，接著是機器人顧問，未來則是用人工智能及區塊鍊等技術來為人們配置資產。
他分析了這三種金融科技應用的發展趨勢及顧慮。
網上經紀正有著大機構整合，全面價格戰，使用更多社交網路元素等發展趨勢，例如TD
Ameritrade以40億元收購了Scottrade，穫多利(Fidelity)和Schwab在2017年減價40%等等。不過，使用網上經紀做投資的客戶多半缺乏專業知識，本身資產也不夠多元化。
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| 清華企業家協會的2018年領航計畫6月開始接受報名。 |
機器人顧問的面市，正使理財服務競爭更加激烈，不過80%的投資者仍然偏愛面對面的和投資顧問談，投資者也強烈要求從查看戶口到投資，有更整合的解決方案，越來越多金融科技公司和傳統銀行牽手了。例如黑石(Blackrock)收購了”未來顧問”，”Paypal”投資進Acorns。
由於中國的股票市場沒有西方世界的那麼成熟和有效率，法規障礙也高，機器人顧問還不太容易在中國市場運行。
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| 從實驗室到改變世界座談。左起，沈大嵬，沈亦晨，任鐵耕， 張靖，盧斌。(周菊子攝) |
未來的金融科技則是使用人工智能，區塊鍊，來更自動化，個性化的為客戶理財。例如人工智能有著能夠深度學習，以生物識別方式辨認客戶真偽，容許客戶以自然語言處理交易等好處，區塊鍊技術可在財富管理價值鏈上的和客戶互動，投資組合管理，交易及結算，追蹤及報告等每個步驟，有相應的服務，包括分佈的數據庫，智慧合約，數位資產，錢包等。
王金龍認為由於區塊鍊技術的去中心化，每一筆交易都無法更改的數據安全性等特性，非常適合金融業使用，再加上智慧合約技術，甚至容許可信任的無第三方涉入的交易。
不過王金龍也承認，使用區塊鍊技術的比特幣，存在著可以被偷盜，卻由於區塊鍊去中心化特性，無法追查被誰偷盜的現實狀況，因此並不算安全。
王金龍也為三種不同形式的金融科技，舉了實例。網上經紀有不收手續費的”羅賓漢財務(Robinhood Financials)”，中國最大的投資社區”雪球”，機器人顧問第一個面市的應該是2008年成立”改善(Betterment)”，後來有招商銀行的”MGI”等等。未來的財富科技將是用人工智能，區塊鍊來處理，例如百度金融，海投全球等。
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| 沈亦晨去年獲選入富比世30名30歲以下創業者。(周菊子攝) |
”人工智能競賽(The Race for AI)”座談由麻省理工學院科技評論高及編輯Will
Knight主持，講者包括Yottaa及Project Joy創始人魏可成，微軟數據科學高級經理鄔濤，Momenta.ai創始人曹旭東，Subtle
Medical聯合創始人宮恩浩。
他們指出，人工智能並不是新技術，但各行各業近年競相應用人工智能來優化企業架構或產品，人工智能才又火紅起來，也勢將不可避免的改變社會中的很多現狀。不過他們並不認為人工智能將在職場上全面取代人類，而會有如以往新科技出現時的，淘汰一些傳統行業，同時也催生新行業。
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| 風險投資座談。左起，魏可成，王金林，王毅哲，祁培，楊磊， Reed Sturtevant。(周菊子攝) |
”從實驗室到改變世界”這場座談，藉由4個創業故事，宣傳清華企業家協會有個”領航計畫”。製造氮化鎵半導體芯片的劍橋電子公司創辦人盧斌，記錄分析個人身體運動數據的Figur8聯合創始人任鐵耕，致力於用光子加速人工智能計算的Lightelligence聯合創始人沈亦晨，以3D印刷製作手術用個人化關節的ZSFab聯合創始人張靖等4名座談者都參加了2017年的領航計畫。座談主持人，Waylens聯合創始人沈大嵬本人也是領航計畫的過來人。
他們4人分享了自己從研究走上創業這條路的經歷，也都指出，無論是行業知識，市場行銷，人脈資源，情感支持，領航計畫都給他們很多幫助，甚至為他們牽線取得發展資金。
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| 醫療未來座談。左起，Xconomy 編輯Gregory Huang訪談金學成， 陳叔奇，Shirley Liu，Baohong Zhang。(周菊子攝) |
去年入選福布斯30名30歲以下創業家的沈亦晨透露，Lightelligence在2017年11月拿到1000萬美元投資，有一部分也得助於清華領航計畫。
領航計畫是清華企業家協會3年前在美國西岸創辦的項目，分職業組和創業組，面向所有人開放。2017年在紐約及波士頓試辦。獲選的8個團隊，有7個已經得到至少100萬美元投資，其中5個得到的投資額更高，總數加起來超過2000萬元。新一輪的團隊挑選，將從2018年6月起接受報名。
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| 曾任波士頓清華校友會會長的企業家韓松(左)在會上與舊識喜相逢。 (周菊子攝) |
”風險投資”的座談，由清園創投管理合夥人王金林主持，與談人包括MIT The Engine的Reed Sturtevant，腦機器資本執行合夥人祁培，北極光創投董事總經理楊磊，光大安石董事總經理王毅哲。
楊磊顯然是座中經驗最豐富的創業投資人，做過更多樣化的投資，在如何挑選投資對象，該做短期或長期打算，得投入多少資金，什麼時候要介入管理等都有一套看法。他透露，當然也有過投資失敗案例，及時處理才是最好策略。
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| 首屆MTIS會議爆滿。(周菊子攝) |
”醫療未來”的座談由Xconomy編輯Gregory Huang主持，與談人包括清華園創投管理合夥人金學成，哈佛大學公共衛生學院生物統計與計算生物系教授Shirley Liu，已被羅氏(Roche)收購的IQuum創辦人兼執行長陳叔奇，輝瑞(Pfizer)臨床生物資訊主任Baohong Zhang。他們談及人工智能，3D印刷等科技，未來勢必和醫療掛勾，只是實際應用時，如何與法規，社會道德融合，仍然需研議許多細節。金學成認為在生命科學領域，單細胞分析，精準醫療，跨界應用，個人化設計等都將很熱門。
MTIS大會由麻省理工學院華人企業家協會(MIT Chinese Entrepreneurs Organization，簡稱MIT-CEO)和清華企業家協會(Tsinghua
Entrepreneurs and Executives Club，簡稱TEEC)合作舉辦，今後將每年舉辦一次。今年這場會議，由MITCEO會長，也是本屆波士頓清華校友會會長，剛取得博士學位的向凱，以及今年獲選擔任清華企業家協會美東區主席的魏可成擔任大會主席。他們倆率40多名志工，在短短二個月內，籌辦完成，吸引了來自各界的數百人出席。 |
| 籌辦MTIS會議的志工們。(大會提供) |
Governor Raimondo Deserves No Credit for Lower Utility Rates
Governor Raimondo Deserves No Credit for Lower Utility Rates
(Cranston) - The Governor’s partisan and cynical approach to her job knows no bounds. Less than a month from saying that she couldn’t think of a single thing she supported in the tax reform bill, she is trying to take credit for its positive impact on Rhode Island families.
She must be realizing that the tax plan is having a significant positive impact to the lives of lower and middle class Rhode Islanders, despite her assurances to us all that it wouldn't. From companies raising their minimum wages, to widespread employee bonuses, and significant job creation, the idea of fundamentally lowering the cost of business is working across the country.
These results only shine a brighter light on the fact that her strategy of corporate welfare rather than tax relief doesn't work. Under my administration, we'll expand upon common sense strategies of removing regulations and lowering the cost of business to improve Rhode Island's stagnant economy.
She must be realizing that the tax plan is having a significant positive impact to the lives of lower and middle class Rhode Islanders, despite her assurances to us all that it wouldn't. From companies raising their minimum wages, to widespread employee bonuses, and significant job creation, the idea of fundamentally lowering the cost of business is working across the country.
These results only shine a brighter light on the fact that her strategy of corporate welfare rather than tax relief doesn't work. Under my administration, we'll expand upon common sense strategies of removing regulations and lowering the cost of business to improve Rhode Island's stagnant economy.
CAPAC Chair Statement on Trump’s Racist Comments Targeting Immigrants from Africa and Central America
CAPAC Chair Statement on Trump’s Racist Comments Targeting Immigrants from Africa and Central America
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-27), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, released the following statement in response to Donald Trump’s comments regarding immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador, and African countries:
“I am appalled by Donald Trump’s blatantly racist comments targeting immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador, and African countries while saying that we should accept more immigrants from countries like Norway instead. These demeaning views regarding the Diversity Visa Program – coupled with Trump’s incessant attacks on our family-based immigration system and failure to protect our nation’s Dreamers – have made it clear that this president truly believes the only good immigrants are white immigrants.
“The future of our nation’s immigration policy should not be dictated by Donald Trump’s personal prejudice and intolerance. America has always drawn strength from its diversity, and our nation has been enriched by the contributions of immigrants from all over the globe.
“It is shameful that this sort of hatred and bigotry was injected into bipartisan negotiations to protect Dreamers. The President’s dangerous and divisive remarks are reprehensible, and must be strongly condemned by all members of Congress.”
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