Citizenship for Amerasian Act (혼혈인 시민권 법안)
AMERASIAN BILL (HR 3987) |
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| JANUARY 2004 | Jong-Joon Chun, attorney, first began lobbying for a bill that would grant automatic citizenship to Amerasians from five countries. |
| FEBRUARY 2004 | Korean-American Women’s Association and Mr. Chun visited Congressman Jim Moran’s office in support of the Amerasian issue. |
| MARCH 2004 | Congressmen Lane Evans and Jim Moran introduced HR 3987 on March 17, 2004. |
| APRIL 2004 | Campaign began to send letters to the 37 members of the House Judiciary Committee. |
| JUNE 2004 | Nationwide appeal went out to all members of Korean-American’s Women’s Association in support of HR 3987. |
| JULY 2004 | Ten (10) members of congress co-sponsored HR 3987. |
| SEPTEMBER 2004 | 4,345 signatures obtained from the members of Organization of Korean-American schools in support of HR 3987. |
| OCTOBER 2004 | Letters sent to 3,500 Korean-American churches asking for support of HR 3987. Donations were received and used to purchase stamps for mailings to congressmen. |
| NOVEMBER 2004 | Over 10,000 signatures obtained nationwide in support of HR 3987. Signatures still being obtained. |
| 2005 | Plan to submit all petitions signed to Congressman Lane Evans and request re-introduction of Amerasian Bill to pursue passage. |
