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With ICE Tearing Families Apart, SEARAC and SEAFN Urge Immediate Action on Deportation Relief
Washington, DC – Today, SEARAC and Southeast Asian Freedom Network (SEAFN) celebrated the forthcoming reintroduction of the Southeast Asian Deportation Relief Act (SEADRA) during a special …
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There’s still time to join @searac and @seafnofficial for tomorrow’s virtual event celebrating the forthcoming reintroduction of the Southeast Asian Deportation Relief Act #SEADRA. We need your help to build momentum for SEADRA in Congress and end Southeast Asian deportation as we know it. Join us Feb. 19 at 1pm ET/10am PT on Zoom or Facebook. Register at bit.ly/SEADRA2026event
Feb 18
SEARAC wishes you and your loved ones abundance this Lunar New Year. In the Year of the Horse, we honor the courage of Southeast Asian communities across the country. Even as our communities face intensified immigration enforcement and ongoing harm, we continue to center joy and collective care.
This Lunar New Year, SEARAC is celebrating joy by launching new items featuring our 50th anniversary Our Roots, Our Power commemorative logo. Every purchase directly supports SEARAC’s work to build power with our communities.
Your support sustains our movement, today and for the next 50 years. Happy Lunar New Year and may all your wishes come true.
Shop at www.searac.org/shop-searac-merch/
Feb 17
Join @SEARAC and @seafnofficial for a virtual event celebrating the reintroduction of the Southeast Asian Deportation Relief Act #SEADRA. SEADRA is crucial to restoring humanity and compassion to our immigration system for impacted community members and would end Southeast Asian deportation as we know it. Join us Feb. 19 at 1pm ET/10am PT on Zoom or Facebook. Register at bit.ly/SEADRA2026event.
Feb 13
Thank you to our partners at @seafnofficial for their in-langue Know Your Rights videos, especially as Southeast Asian refugee and immigrant communities are being targeted by ICE. The videos are available in Hmong, Lao, Khmer, and Vietnamese and you can access them on SEAFN’s YouTube (@seafnofficial).
Feb 10
Believe in community leadership and collective power? Support SEARAC’s Leadership and Advocacy Training (LAT) by becoming a sponsor.
Sponsoring LAT means investing in people, movements, and long-term change. Join us in building the next generation of Southeast Asian American leaders. Learn more at bit.ly/2026LATsponsor
Feb 9
