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In doing so, he doubled down on his effort to eviscerate both U.S. and international asylum law, using the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to turn back asylum seekers at the border.聽

The rhetoric from the nation's highest office is creating a climate of hate that is permeating the country and putting people at risk. There has been an increase in reports of bias-related attacks against Asians and Asian Americans in communities and online.聽

Hate has no place in our country and certainly should not be propagated by our commander in chief. As a country, now is the time for us to unite and say enough is enough. We will not tolerate hate and bigotry.聽聽

聽Recent examples of anti-Asian hate include:

• Earlier this , an Asian man was sprayed with an air freshener on a New York subway.
• with a fake seal of the World Health Organization tells Los Angeles residents to avoid Asian American businesses because of a coronavirus outbreak.
• In Philadelphia, Asian Americans have been regularly facing verbal and non-verbal forms of since as early as February.

If you have witnessed a bias-related incident or have been the victim of one, you can report it to Stop AAPI hate, after reporting it to the authorities: .

To learn more about the historical context of racializing public health events, please visit: .

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