聖地亞哥平權會致傑布•布希公開信（英文）

【紐約代偉】整理/轉發自：TOC/金橙俱樂部&SDAAF

      SDAAFE即San Diego Asian American For Equality，中文名聖地亞哥亞裔平權會，一個非盈利，無黨派，草根的政治組織，基於加利福尼亞州聖地亞哥市。組織成立於全加州華人反對SCA5運動之時。我們的目標是維護San Diego地區的華人權益。我們的理念是，呼籲並組織華人參與到本地的各項社區活動中，增加華人對本地公共事務的參與度，在此過程中增強我們華人社區的參政議政能力，建立華人社區與本地民選官員的良好關係；通過選票影響本地各級政府的選情，把選票投給能夠代表華人利益的政客。最終，不但在各項提案、規劃中達到維護華人權益的目標，並且在突發事件中可以迅速找到同盟為我們代言，達到維護華人權益的目標。

      我們一直在努力團結亞裔表達我們的關注。從2013年抗議ABC吉米金梅爾的活動開始，2104年又就有關加州立法SCA5問題，我們發表聲明認為這違背憲法賦予的人權，是不公平的，並舉辦了一系列活動和抗議。2014年加州大選，我們積極動員華人以及亞裔參與投票。從聖地亞哥選民登記處得到的統計數據，2014年11月份的選舉中，華裔公民的投票率從前面幾年的22%左右上升到29%，在所有單獨統計的少數族裔中（西班牙裔、越南裔、菲律賓裔、華裔）華人的投票率第一次成為最高。

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Open Letter to Jeb Bush：Anchor Babies

Dear Governor Jeb Bush,

San Diego Asian Americans for Equality (SDAAFE) is a non-partisan Political Action Committee promoting active civic engagement in public affairs and Asian American interests. We have over 1700 members.  Our community finds your recent remarks about 「Anchor Babies」 unwarranted, offensive and highly misleading. We would like to ask you to stop using Asians as a scapegoat in the important discussions on immigration policy.

The vast majority of Asian-Americans are law-abiding, hard-working, and lawful residents.  Many of us have proudly lived in and contributed to this great country for generations.  Surveys and studies show that only a small fraction, less than 8%, of all illegal immigrants in the US were from Asia.  Birth-tourism, although legal and protected by the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, may require further discussions.

Disturbingly, you chose to side-step the real discussion on immigration policy and wrongfully placed the blame on the Asian community.  By doing so, you threw a misleading and derogatory smear at our community, with which you foster a negative impression and stereotype against our community. To us, that is beyond offensive.  Another disturbing implication of your remarks is that by disparaging a law-abiding minority group, you are condoning illegal immigration and hurting the efforts to stem the tide of illegal immigration.

Sniping the Asian American community with gratuitous comments runs counter to common American ideals, further diminishing your appeal to a broad segment of the population, thereby dimming Republican prospect in the next election. We, Asian Americans, demand an immediate apology from you.  You can reach us at info@sdaafe.org

Sincerely,

San Diego Asian Americans for Equality