Congress has passed three bills in hopes of protecting the country from the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic, including the most recent $2.2 trillion package called the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

While the CARES Act made available some much-needed relief for people across the country, it failed in many ways to aid some of our most vulnerable and marginalized communities, including immigrants.

It has been one year since the horrific murders of six Asian women in a mass shooting in Atlanta, and anti-Asian violence continues to be on the rise, with