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Recent reporting from @asamnews highlights the Trump Administration`s move to cut funding for programs that help millions of students of color access higher education — including Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs). For Southeast Asian American students, AANAPISIs are critical lifelines: while they make up just 6% of U.S. colleges, they enroll nearly half of all AA & NHPI students nationwide. SEARAC urges Congress to take immediate action to protect AANAPISIs and all Minority-Serving Institutions. Our communities can’t afford to lose them.

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AANAPISIs and MSIs have helped millions of students of color, including Southeast Asian Americans, access higher education. These programs have been essential for low-income and first-generation college students, and they have improved how colleges and universities educate students of color. We condemn the Trump Administration`s continuation of its attacks on higher education and on non-straight and non-white communities.

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For decades, Southeast Asian refugees have lived under the shadow of detention and deportation policies that punish our families long after we’ve rebuilt our lives. Now, two of our community members—one from Vietnam and one from Laos—have been secretly deported and imprisoned in Eswatini for more than six weeks. They remain locked away in Eswatini’s largest prison without charges, without legal counsel, and without access to their families. Their attorney, Tin Thanh Nguyen, has been repeatedly denied the ability to speak with them or confirm their safety. These deportations are cruel, unlawful, and dangerous. They are a direct attack on our Southeast Asian refugee communities. SEARAC stands in solidarity with the families, attorneys, and human rights defenders fighting for their freedom.

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Instead of investing in healthcare, education, and basic needs, Congress chose to expand deportations and give the Trump Administration more power to target immigrants and refugees. SEARAC remains committed to mobilizing and defending our communities, including Southeast Asian families, against unjust detention and deportation. …