Omni Air International, a charter international air service, is contracted to operate the deportation flight of 46 beloved Cambodian community members on December 17, 2018 - the largest such flight of Southeast Asian refugees in United States history.

ICE raids have devastated Cambodian American communities. For example, on September 11, 2018, ICE agents arrested Sene Sem as he came home from work as his 10-year-old daughter and mother-in-law watched. Sene had a deportation order to Cambodia as a result of a 28-year-old assault conviction from when he was a teenager.

After arriving in the 1980s as infants fleeing genocide, Cambodian American refugees like Sene often have never set foot in Cambodia and no longer have surviving family there. Over the past year, the Trump administration has heavily targeted Cambodian refugees for deportation and conducted ICE raids every few months on the Cambodian American community.

We call on Omni Air International to stop separating families and remove itself from further collaboration with ICE. This is a powerful opportunity to show up in deep solidarity with the Cambodian American community to stop these deportations.

This petition is endorsed by the following organizations:

18 Million Rising
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO
ChangeLab
Southeast Asian Resource Center (SEARAC)