Lawmakers and advocates are hoping that a newly announced White House position of Asian American and Pacific Islander liaison will strengthen President Joe Biden’s commitment to the AAPI community, rather than just be a symbolic gesture.

Karthick Ramakrishnan, founder and director of the demographic data and policy research nonprofit AAPI Data, also noted that there’s a limited role that the vice president can play in terms of advocating on behalf of any community.

“I mean, she's the vice president of the United States. She's not the vice president of Asian America or Black America,” he said.

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