Tell Your Congressional Reps to Support The 2026 SEADRA Bill Today!

Tell your Congressional Rep to support the 2026 SEADRA bill today!

The Southeast Asian Relief and Responsibility Act (SEADRA):

  1. Ends detentions and deportations for SEAs who arrived before 2008: Establishes that Southeast Asian community members from Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam cannot be deported.
  2. Extends work authorization for 5 years: Permanently extend work authorization for Southeast Asian community members with final orders of removal.
  3. End in-person ICE check-ins and limits it to virtual check-ins every 5 years.
  4. Provides an opportunity to return to the U.S. for SEAs who have already been deported.
  5. Restore due process by allowing Southeast Asian refugees still in the U.S. to to fight their deportation order.

In this moment of escalation attack on our community by ICE - with 2,000 Southeast Asian individuals have already been deported, and about 15,000 still live in the United States with a final order of removal - we are responding through organizing at a local and federal level to love and protect our community and to end deportation and detention. SEAFN, along with our partners and Reps. Judy Chu, Pramila Jayapal, Zoe Lofgren, and Ayanna Pres re-introduce The Southeast Asian Deportation Relief Act (SEADRA) Bill - that will end deportation for Southeast Asians as we know it.

After the Vietnam War, the United States resettled over 1.2 million Southeast Asian refugees from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Many of our families were resettled into heavily disinvested communities without adequate access to socioeconomic resources or culturally and linguistically appropriate mental health support. Simultaneously, many also continued grappling with the trauma of war, genocide, and mass-carpet bombings. As Southeast Asian families struggled to resettle in this country, many Southeast Asian youth sought protection from gangs and became entangled with the criminal legal system, leading to criminal convictions and incarceration. Many individuals are now being removed for convictions from over two decades ago and for which they have already served their time. These individuals often have U.S. citizen family members, serve as the primary caregivers in their families, have no recollection of or meaningful ties to their country of origin, and hold deep roots in their local communities here in the U.S.

At a time when refugee and immigrant communities are being targeted and dehumanized by our government, SEADRA affirms a simple truth: Southeast Asian Americans deserve to live in safety, stability, and dignity with their families. Passing this bill is an essential step toward protecting our communities from the violence we’re seeing today and repairing the harm caused by decades of unjust deportation policies.

Join us to tell your Congressional Reps to support the SEADRA bill today!

In Gratitude and Solidarity,

The SEAFN Team