Jin Rhee

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The month of May is a time to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, which was introduced by politicians Frank Horton, Norman Y. Mineta, Daniel Inouye and Spark Matsunaga in the House and the Senate in 1977. The month commemorates the first Japanese immigrant to arrive in the U.S. and the many Asian immigrants who helped build the First Transcontinental Railroad—although Asian immigrants first arrived in 1587 when Filipinos came to California.