In November 30, 2004, 13 Asian American national and local civil rights groups, led by the National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium, sent a letter concerning the LSC "private money restriction" to Representatives Frank R. Wolf (R-VA) and José E. Serrano (D-NY), respectively Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee. This restriction prevents LSC grantees from using any non-LSC funds (in addition to their federal LSC funds) to finance a range of advocacy activities, including representing certain immigrants. LSC grantees may use these private funds free of the various federal restrictions only if they first dedicate a portion of their non-LSC funds to establish a physically separate office with a separate executive director, separate staff, and separate equipment. In the letter, the organizations stated that more than 60 percent of the Asian American community are immigrants, and that "[t]hese individuals and families have an enormous and pressing need for linguistically accessible legal assistance on a variety of common legal problems including those involving domestic violence, healthcare, housing, labor, immigration, education, and discrimination matters that is often unavailable because of the LSC private money restriction."