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125 Anniversary

th 週年

the population of legal immigration. The proposal prohibits immi-
grants already married from sponsoring their relatives over to the
United States. As a result, many Asian immigrants including the
Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association’s Board of Directors
protests against this Immigration Act, afraid that the 1882 Chi-
nese discrimination issues will arise once again.

1997 + 羅省中華會館積極呼籲華人重視總統大選，發動僑團為華裔辦理選民
登記，利用選票扭轉美國政壇中和社會上的反移民風氣。
The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association encourages
Chinese people to be more involved in presidential elections. The
association assists by helping at ballot polls, and hope that nega-
tive sentiments toward immigration will be overruled by the votes.
+ 朱棣文獲得諾貝爾物理獎。
Steven Chu wins the Nobel Prize for Physics.

1998 + 羅省中華會館與其他團體前往印尼領事館抗議印尼排華，掠奪焚毀商
店住家，殺害無辜。
CCBA and other organizations gathered at the Indonesian Consul-
ate to protest the persecution of Chinese nationals in Indonesia,
including looting and burning of businesses and homes, and mur-
dering of innocents.

一直以來，羅省中華會館都率先響應
全球各地支持華人權益的活動
Los Angeles’ CCBA responding to world-
wide activities in support of the rights of
Chinese.

1999 + 羅省中華會館聲援華裔科學家李文和。
The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association encourages
support for Chinese scientist Li Wenhe.
+ 台裔科學家李文和因涉嫌向中國或台灣洩露核機密，被新墨西哥州
洛薩拉摩斯國家實驗室解僱，並受到聯邦調查局的調查，控以59項罪
名，且被手銬腳鐐單獨監禁278天。次年9月13日，調查機構承認沒有
找到他從事間諜活動的證據，最後李文和以承認一項「不當下載文
件」罪名獲法官開釋。
A Taiwan-born Chinese-American scientist, Li WenHe, is indicted
by the U.S. Supreme Court under 59 counts for stealing secrets
about U.S. nuclear arsenal for the People’s Republic of China

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