The White House

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release

April 30, 2010

ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH, 2010

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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

1.) SCHEDULE FOR MAY 2ND CALL

Please note the call will start at 1:30 pm Pacific or 4:30 pm Eastern and will last for approximately 30 minutes. Since your party starts at the top of the hour, that will give you guests 30 minutes to arrive late and/or settle in and review any materials you may have for them. That leaves the second hour of the event for your guests to stay and talk.

1.) INTRODUCTIONS - APAP (1 minute)

2.) WHITE HOUSE (10 minutes)

If you have questions you want answered by our featured panelists, Kalpen Modi, Congressman Mike Honda, Ami Bera, and Marissa Graciosa, you can post them (post comment) here. We will select questions and have 1-2 questions per speaker following their remarks.

Look at "those illegals,” my friend said jokingly while he was dropping me off to the Bart Station. He pointed at two Mexican immigrants standing against the fence. Although it was a joke, I was extremely angry. Yet, I was defenseless and vulnerable. I simply laughed with him and stayed casual as if nothing happened. Once he dropped me off, I wondered if he would treat me differently if he knew that I’m also “illegal.”