The United States has proliferated in racially motivated crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

US President Joe Biden signed anti-hate crime legislation on Thursday, instructing federal law enforcement agencies to respond to the increase in violent attacks against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders during the coronavirus pandemic.

“Simple core values ??and beliefs should unite us as Americans. Biden said at a White House ceremony attended by Democratic lawmakers and administrative officials that one of them is against hatred and against racism.

The new law aims to expedite the Ministry of Justice’s review of anti-Asian hate crimes and appoint an official from the Ministry of Justice to oversee this work. For the enforcement of anti-hate crime laws, it is important that it will make it easier to report victims of all types of hate crimes and provide training for local and state officials.

The measures are Passed both houses of Congress Passed by a majority vote. The Senate approved 94-1 and the House of Representatives approved 364-62. The new law directs the US Department of Justice to focus on prosecuting violent crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

Biden praised the Democrats and Republicans in Congress for working together to make laws.

“We haven’t seen this kind of bipartisan relationship in Washington for too long. You showed us that our democratic system can work and be realized for the American people,” the president said.

In the past year, US police have witnessed a surge in racially motivated crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, including a shooting in Georgia in March that killed six Asian women.

Grace Meng, the representative of the main sponsor of the bill, said in a statement: “For more than a year, Asian Americans across the United States have been crying for help.”

Meng said: “We all heard disgusting stories and saw shocking videos of Asian Americans being beaten, chopped and spitting.”

Law enforcement and Asian American advocates have Hate crimes against Asians on the rise The political rhetoric of former President Donald Trump and other Republican politicians who blamed China for the pandemic.

The bill provides a hotline for local prosecutors to seek guidance in handling hate crime cases and training law enforcement.

Last year, incidents of hatred against Asian Americans surged. It’s wrong, and it’s non-American.

To all those who are hurt: we see you, we are committed to stopping hatred and prejudice.

-President Biden (@POTUS) May 20, 2021

The legislation signed by Biden on Thursday also includes the Jabala Hayer’s “Prohibition of Hate” Act, which aims to improve enforcement reporting on hate crimes and expand community assistance and resources for victims of such crimes .

The bill is named after the Lebanese American Khalid Jabara (Khalid Jabara), Killed by a racist neighbor He died in 2016 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Heather Heyer, who died in Vehicle attack This is a parade by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017. The two attacks were not initially classified as hate crimes, but they will be restricted by the new law.

The bill also requires the U.S. Attorney General and the Department of Health and Human Services to issue best practice guidelines on how to reduce the use of racially discriminatory language in a pandemic.