President 
Lai Ching-te said the government would keep caring for new immigrants so that everyone in Taiwan, whenever they arrived, gets full support, speaking at the Presidential Office during a Democratic Progressive Party tour. The party's new immigrants affairs department invited 80 new immigrants from central and southern Taiwan, Hualien, Taitung and Kinmen to Taipei for a two-day, one-night programme, CNA reported. In a statement on Thursday, the party said the itinerary also covered the National Human Rights Museum and the Legislative Yuan.
What did the president say? Lai, who posed for a group photo with the visitors, said in remarks carried by CNA that taking extra care of new immigrants has long been an important principle of the government. He said the government was continuing to push pay rises and tax cuts, childcare allowances and long-term care services, in the hope that every family could receive better support and protection.
Where else did the group go? The tour opened at the Jing-Mei site of the National Human Rights Museum, where the party said White Terror political victim Chien Chung-sheng (簡中生) guided the visitors and held a discussion with them. Chien drew on his own experience of being implicated in a political case and imprisoned as a young man to describe Taiwan's passage through authoritarian rule. The group also viewed a permanent exhibition, learning about the development of democracy, human rights and freedom through Taiwan's authoritarian history. At the Legislative Yuan, the last stop, the group toured the chamber and grounds accompanied by the team of Lo Mei-ling (羅美玲), a legislator from the party, learning about the legislature's composition, procedures and law-making.
Why did the party organise it? Chang Yu-ting (張瑜庭), director of the party's new immigrants affairs department, said Taiwan once saw a popular wave of "democracy catch-up classes", but many new immigrants who arrived at different stages of life may not have had a full chance to learn how Taiwan moved from authoritarianism to democracy. The event was meant to help them not only live in Taiwan but understand how its democracy reached where it is today step by step, Chang said, expressing the hope that they would cherish their civic rights and help decide Taiwan's future through their own choices and participation.
Figures referenced: Lai Ching-te. — JudgeMarket.
