WASHINGTON: Prominent Indian-American civil rights lawyer Vanita Gupta ke US Senate para associate attorney general nimete chunishe.etu para tai ke colour laga akhe manu hoishe etu third highest position thura nimete Department of justice te. Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski toh tai laga party collegues logote charidishe Gupta (46), ke support kuribole nimete etu para democrats ke 51 votes dishe etu historic confirmation nimete Wednesday din te.
Etu senate para 51-49 vote kurishe Gupta ke confirm kuribole nimete. Vice President Kamala Harris toh senate te thakishe tai laga vote dibole nimete tie thakishe koile to.etu parties logote etu 100 seat United states senates te 50 members each ase.
Gupta toh arobi first civil rights lawyer ase top three position te thaka toh department of justive te. Senate Majority Leader, Senator Chuck Schumer, kun para ekta key role kurishe tai laga confirmation nimete koikena janaishe Gupta toh colour laga akhe wala maiki ase aro civil rights attorney ase etu role nimete.
Indian immigrants laga maiki bacha ku ntu toh Philadelphia area te jonom hoikena utha toh Gupta toh ekta bhal career thakishe civil rights nimete ladai kura toh.tai para Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University and Juris Doctor from New York University te kurishe.
28 umar te tai para tai laga career toh NAACP Legal Defense Fund te shuru kurishe kuntu te tai toh etu wrongful drug convictions 38 Black Americans Tulia, Texas laga toh ulta kurishe.
Aro American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), te thaka samay te tai para ladai kurikena mass incarceration khotom kurishe aro landmark settlement kurishe Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) laga khilaaf immigrant bacha khan laga behalf te etu para facility te family detention khotom kurishe.
2014 para 2017 tak gupta toh assistant attorney general civil rights nimete President Barack Obama bithor te thakishe kuntu te tai toh advanced criminal justice reform, prosecuted hate crimes, protected voting rights and fought against discrimination khan thakishe.
Indian-American groups khan para tai laga historic confirmation nimete khushi janaishe.
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