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‘Hate can be given no safe harbor in America’: Biden signs COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act

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WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden signed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act into law on Thursday after its approval in Congress Wednesday.Vice President Kamala Harris gave remarks before Biden signed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act on Thursday.

Harris, the first Black and South Asian woman to hold the office recalled introducing legislation to put an end to anti-Asian violence last year."At that time more than 1,100 anti-Asian hate incidents had been reported since the start of the pandemic.

Today, that number is more than 6,600," Harris said. "Racism exists in America," said Harris ahead of Biden signing the bill into law. "Documented incidents of hate against Asian Americans has seen a shocking spike," Biden said. "Let alone the ones that have.

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