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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Find more info about the status and shifts in student loan borrowing programs in our Education policy primer (link in bio!) and make sure you’re registered to vote! 🎓🗳️
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Oct 15
Southeast Asian Americans are part of this country, and the census must reflect that. Tell the Census Bureau that every person should be counted and that our communities will not be erased.
More than 300 of you have taken action. đź‘Źđź‘Ź Help us get to 500 by Nov. 2 and add your comment at bit.ly/SEARACcensusalert or at the link in our bio.
Oct 13
SEARAC is closed today in observance of Indigenous Peoples’ Day. We reflect on the land we occupy and our responsibility to learn from Indigenous voices and advance their calls for justice. Their leadership inspires our ongoing work toward a future where every community can thrive.
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