In the aftermath of war and genocide in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, many SEAAs were separated in their escape to safety. Our immigration system must ensure the timely and humane reunification of families.
Key resource:
How family-based immigration benefits Southeast Asian Americans: Standing up for our families and our rights — A memo that discusses the current backlog for immigration visas and the ramifications of ending family-based sponsorship.
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Keep Our Families Whole – SEARAC Applauds Reintroduction of the Reuniting Families Act
The RFA would streamline the United States’ family immigration system – which has not been updated in over 20 years – to ensure the timely and humane reunification of immigrant and refugee families. The bill would eliminate bureaucratic red tape: clearing visa backlogs in the family and employment immigration systems, as well as providing an opportunity for relief for immigrants in deportation proceedings to remain with their families.
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“She’s all I think about. I just want my companion to be with me here, not just to help as a caregiver to my elderly father, but so we can also finally save some money and start a family, which is all I ever wanted. The emotional stress, the financial hardship, the physical toll it’s taken on both of us — it’s all really hard to manage.”
Solar installer, Minnesota
“The Reuniting Families Act would make our family reunification system more humane by ensuring that our families do not have to wait decades to be together and by providing greater opportunities for relief for those currently in deportation proceedings.”
Executive Director, SEARAC
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Since 2018, SEARAC has convened the Southeast Asian American Collaborative, comprising 17 SEAA community-based organizations across California. Our latest blog post spotlighted Collaborative member @hipcalifornia.
Read more from HIP Director of Policy and Partnerships Kao Ye Thao, who offers her reflections on people power and what federal advocacy can look like. Link in bio.
Sep 3
Reposted from @npquarterly • Twelve percent of Asian American adults ages 25 and older have not finished high school.
(For Cambodian adults, the rate is 28 percent.)
When federal agencies Southeast Asian American communities only within an imprecise “Asian American” category, disparities like this are obscured.
In this piece, Quyên Đinh, executive director of the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center, explains why collecting and reporting data by ethnicity is a civil rights issue—and how Southeast Asian American leaders are fighting for it.
Data does not simply describe who lives here. It influences which disparities the government recognizes—and addresses.
✍🏽: Quyên Đinh of Southeast Asia Resource Action Center
🔗: Link in comments and bio under #WeTheCivic
#WeTheCivic #DataEquity #SEAAVoices
Sep 2
🚨🆕! APIAVote and AAPI Data, in collaboration with NCAPA, have produced the 2026 AAPI Voters Data and Narrative Toolkit ahead of this November’s elections. AAPI voters are the fastest-growing voter demographic with tremendous potential to impact the outcome in key races across the country. Outreach to these communities needs to be prioritized, and this toolkit is meant to help elevate that argument to news media, funders, campaigns, elected representatives, and other relevant stakeholders to better understand and engage AAPI communities! 🗳️📢
This toolkit provides a standardized, evidence-based, and field-tested set of facts and messaging resources for AAPI community organizers and advocates and will be updated as new data becomes available.
🔗 Explore today at the link in bio!
#MidtermElections #AAPIVoters #AAPIElectorate #VoterData
Aug 31
Have you already taken action to ensure AANHPI students are seen and supported?
SEARAC, NCAPA, and more than 50 organizations are calling on Congress to cosponsor the All Students Count Act. The bill would provide more detailed education data to help schools better understand student outcomes and direct resources where they are needed most.
Join us in urging your representative and senators to act. Take action at the link in our bio.
#AllStudentsCount #AANHPI #EducationEquity #DataEquity #BackToSchool
Aug 28
SEARAC and AAPI Data’s latest fact sheet, Southeast Asian American Deportations: Trends and Policy Implications, makes one thing clear: we must act now to keep our families together.
Southeast Asian American communities are being targeted at an alarming rate, with 42% of ALL Southeast Asian deportations since 1998 happening in just the last two fiscal years, including a more than 20x increase in deportations of our elders. People who have called the United States home for decades, many since childhood, are being sent to countries they no longer have connection to. We need policy solutions that ensure dignity for our communities and respect for human life. Read the fact sheet and our policy recommendations at the link in our bio or bit.ly/seadeportationtrends2026
@searac @aapidata
Aug 27
