Ask Congressional Rep to support the 2026 SEADRA bills today!

In this moment of escalation attack on our community by ICE. We are responding through organizing at a local and federal level to love and protect our community and to end deportation and detention. We, along with our partners and Representative Judy Chu re-introduce the SEADRA Bill - that will end deportation for Southeast Asians as we know it.

Southeast Asians came to America because the U.S. waged wars in our countries and we are a products of this country. The tactics our communities have employed to survive in the U.S. have not always been perfect. Some of us have repeated the fractures of wartime violence by harming each other to access limited resources in our disinvested communities. Those of us who chose to fight out of survival are now being severely punished by the US policing, prison, and immigration systems. Many face the injustice of double punishment through ICE detention and deportation. The SEADRA bill will address that harm and lead us towards healing.

SEADRA is part of SEAFN’s Southeast Asian Relief & Responsibility (SEARR) Campaign. The SEARR Campaign is a national effort to free our people from generational cycles of displacement and heal our communities. We embark on a multi-year campaign aiming to win concrete relief for our people, while holding the U.S. accountable for the harm and violence inflicted on our people during and after the War in Southeast Asia.

Ask Your Congressional Rep to support the SEADRA bills today!

The Southeast Asian Relief and Responsibility Act (SEADRA)

• Ends detentions and deportations for SEAs who arrived before 2008: Establishes that Southeast Asian community members from Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam cannot be deported.
• Extends work authorization for 5 years: Permanently extend work authorization for Southeast Asian community members with final orders of removal.
• End in-person ICE check-ins and limits it to virtual check-ins every 5 years.
• Allows SEAs to vacate their removal orders, for both SEAs who have already been deported and SEAs who are still in the US.Establishes a pathway to return for SEAs who have already been deported.