This historic bill would limit deportations of Southeast Asian refugees and provide further relief for those with final orders of removal.
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With ICE Tearing Families Apart, SEARAC and SEAFN Urge Immediate Action on Deportation Relief
SEADRA represents a critical step toward protecting refugee families at a time of escalating attacks on our community by ICE and an increase in deportations nationwide.
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“Today I am fighting for a real, authentic, and inclusive Land of the Free. With my entire heart and soul, I believe this country needs to provide true justice and support to all marginalized communities. Our laws and policies must reflect our values as a country.”
a mother and wife, as well as a daughter of Cambodian immigrants who escaped the Khmer Rouge genocide
“The SEADRA bill would end deportation for Southeast Asians as we know it. In this moment when we’re told to turn against one another, we must choose a different path: there is enough for everyone and no one is disposable. Our communities are already rich with knowledge, wisdom, and care. The SEADRA bill is a living testament to that collective power — born from 25 years of organizing for a more just future.”
Co-Executive Director of Southeast Asian Freedom Network
“It’s unjust to further punish people with detention and deportation solely based on where they are born, and it is unjust to punish them for the same mistakes that they had already paid their debts for.”
featured in our anti-deportation PSAs
“For the past 50 years, the Southeast Asian community has suffered through not only war, genocide, and refugee resettlement, but also a deportation crisis that has further ripped our community apart”
Southeast Asian Freedom Network
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This year, Vyvian from our partners at @vietrainbowoc shared a reflection that we want to leave you with as we close out June:
“One day, I hope that LGBTQIA+ Southeast Asian Americans, young and old alike, are able to fully express their identity as an homage to our rich histories of Queerness… I know there is endless potential in the Southeast Asian American community for love, action, and justice and my hope is that we come together to maximize it.”
Happy Pride Month 🌈 To our LGBTQIA+ Southeast Asian American community: your history is rich, your joy is resistance, and your community is bigger than you know.
Jun 29
“Queer Southeast Asian Americans have always existed, even if our experiences are not always represented in media or in community spaces. Sharing our voices allows others with similar identities to feel seen, valued, and empowered.”
Showing up as our true selves allows others to feel safe being themselves, too. We are proud to celebrate alongside the LGBTQ+ community this Pride Month and uplift the stories of our queer Southeast Asian American community.
Jun 27
LGBTQ+ trailblazers marched, organized, and fought so that we are able to show up fully as ourselves today. This Pride Month, we honor their legacy and stand together in pursuit of social equity for all. Hunny Hach from @uccoflongbeach shares their hope that pathways continue to open up for queer Southeast Asian Americans!
Jun 25
This Pride Month, we’re celebrating the beautiful intersection of queer identity and Southeast Asian American culture. Ravi Seng from @thecambodianfamily shares: “Being Southeast Asian American adds a unique layer of joy to being queer, and it’s been wonderful to see it play out.” Ravi reminds us that our identities don’t compete for space and we can embrace all of who we are!
Jun 23
June is a month of exemplifying intersectionality: SEAA communities are celebrating Pride Month, Immigrant Heritage Month, and World Refugee Day! It’s a time to embrace all aspects of our identities and take pride in who we are and where we come from. Thank you to @nataliepbui, SEARAC’s first-ever artist-in-residence, for beautifully capturing the joy and vibrancy of our communities through her art.
June reminds us that there is space for the fullness of who we are to exist. We celebrate the refugee legacy of our Southeast Asian American community and honor those who paved the way for us to celebrate Pride.
#pride #pridemonth #RefugeePride #ImmigrantPride #WorldRefugeeDay
Jun 20
