Southeast Asian Refugee Resettlement
After Vietnam War and collapse of Laos and Cambodian governments, 1.25 million refugees resettled in the United States over period of decades.
Largest resettlement effort in U.S.
history
Fleeing genocide, torture, persecution, and famine
Pol Pot killed 1.5-2 million, nearly 25% of population
Southeast Asian Deportations
• Who is at risk?
• 15,000 with final orders of removal nationwide
• Who has final orders?
• What is at stake?
• Changes to the deportation landscape
• Removals that never happened before
• Third country removals
The meaning of deportation
How did we get here?
Racism
• 1889 – Supreme Court “strangers in our land”, political branches control exclusion
• 1893 – Deportation is not punishment; political branches control expulsion, even of LPRs
“Tough on Crime” Policies
What this means
What you can do
Questions