,i  #aag? ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4
 ,r4 #hibb  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(          
,,repres5tatives  ,septemb] #bj1        
#bjbb,mr4 ,l[5?al 7= himself1 ,ms4      
,l(gr51 ,ms4 ,jayapal1 ,ms4 ,*u1 ,ms4   
,pressley1 ,mr4 ,evans1 ,ms4 ,mc,collum1
 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,ms4    
,tlaib1 ,ms4 ,m5g1 ,mr4 ,torres ( ,new  
,york1 ,ms4 ,s*ak[sky1 ,ms4             
,ocasio-,cortez1 ,mr4 ,smi? ( ,wa%+ton1 
,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,ms4 ,om>1 ,mr4      
,v>gas1 & ,ms4 ,lee ( ,cali=nia7        
introduc$ ! foll[+ bill2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to
 ! ,committee on ! ,judici>y  ,a ,,bill 
,to halt removal ( c]ta9 nationals (    
,vietnam1 ,cambodia1 & ,laos1 & = o!r   
purposes4  #a4 ,%ort title ,?is ,act may
 be cit$ z ! ,s\!a/ ,asian ,deportation 
,relief ,act ( #bjbb4  #b4 ,f9d+s       
,congress f9ds z foll[s3 7#a7 ,millions 
( ,s\!a/ ,asian ,am]icans live 9 !      
,unit$ ,/ates1 includ+ #b1ahb1gce       
,vietnamese ,am]icans1 #cch1fcg         
,cambodian ,am]icans1 #bed1cjd ,laotian 
,am]icans1 & #cbf1hdc ,hmong ,am]icans1 

accord+ to ! #bjai ,am]ican ,community  
,survey4 ,_m ( ^! communities arriv$ z  
refugees beg9n+ ov] #dj ye>s ago f      
,vietnam1 ,cambodia1 & ,laos1 9 !       
aft]ma? ( ! w>s 9 ,s\!a/ ,asia 7m       
commonly kn[n z ! ,vietnam ,w>74  7#b7  
,! ,unit$ ,/ates int]v5$ 9 ,cambodia1   
,laos1 & ,vietnam betwe5 #aied & #aige1 
to prev5t ! spread ( communism 9 ,s\!a/ 
,asia ?r\gh direct milit>y int]v5tions &
 cov]t & cl&e/9e op]ations4  7#c7 ,s\?  
,vietnam alli$ ) ! ,unit$ ,/ates 9      
opposition to ! expansion ( ,nor?       
,vietnam until ! ,fall ( ,saigon on     
,april #cj1 #aige4 ,z a result ( ?is    
s]vice1 _m ,vietnamese ,am]icans to ?is 
day /ill suff] la/+ trauma f ! w>1      
includ+ po/-traumatic /ress disord] &   
exposure to ,ag5t ,orange4 ,! ,c5tral   
,intellig5ce ,ag5cy 7,,cia7 & v>i\s     
ag5cies enli/$ ov] #cj1jjj soldi]s f    
,hmong1 ,lao1 & ,laotian e?nic gr\ps 9  
,laos z allies to aid ,unit$ ,/ates =ces
 9 ,s\!a/ ,asia1 wag+ a #ac-ye> cov]t   
op]ation call$ ! ,secret ,w> aga9/ !    

,pa!t ,lao1 ,viet ,cong1 & ,nor!rn      
,vietnamese ,army4  7#d7 ,! ,unit$      
,/ates heavily bomb$ ,laos1 mak+ x ! mo/
 heavily bomb$ c\ntry 9 ! _w1 ) ov]     
#ehj1jjj bomb+ missions betwe5 #aifd &  
#aigc4 ,today1 an e/imat$ #hj1jjj1jjj   
bombs rema9 unexplod$1 ) #bj1jjj p :o h 
be5 injur$ or kill$ s9ce ! bomb+s /opp$4
  7#e7 ,betwe5 #aifi to #aigc1 ! ,unit$ 
,/ates dropp$ #edj1jjj tons ( bombs into
 ,cambodia aga9/ ,viet ,cong =ces1      
de/abiliz+ ! c\ntry's already fragile   
gov]nm5t4 ,?is mass bomb+ ( ,cambodia's 
c\ntryside help+ to fuel ! rise ( !     
,khm] ,r\ge1 :i* subsequ5tly c>ri$ out !
 de/ruction ( ,cambodian society & !    
g5ocide ( an e/imat$ #b1jjj1jjj         
,cambodians4  7#f7 ,ov] #c1jjj1jjj      
individuals 7 displac$ by w>1 conflict1 
& g5ocide f ,vietnam1 ,cambodia1 &      
,laos4 ,betwe5 #aige to #bjjh1 ! ,unit$ 
,/ates ,gov]nm5t resettl$ ov] #a1bjj1jjj
 ,s\!a/ ,asian refugees 9 ?is c\ntry1 z 
"p ( ! l>ge/ refugee resettlem5t ef=t 9 
! hi/ory ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates4 ,s\!a/      

,asian refugees includ$ survivors ( ! w>
 9 ,vietnam & ,laos1 ! g5ocide 9        
,cambodia1 ,hmong soldi]s & _! families 
:o receiv$ refugee /atus 9 ex*ange = _! 
s]vice 9 ! ,secret ,w>1 & o!r e?nic     
m9ority gr\ps p]secut$ 9 ! aft]ma? ( !  
w>4  7#g7 ,_m ,s\!a/ ,asian refugees    
face significant physical & m5tal heal? 
issues1 su* z po/-traumatic /ress       
disord] & depression1 /emm+ f _!        
exp]i5ces escap+ w>1 g5ocide1 torture1 &
 mass />vation4 ,additionally1 _m ,s\!a/
 ,asian refugees 7 resettl$ 9           
communities t 7 heavily dis9ve/$ & lack$
 long-t]m resettlem5t support1 caus+ _m 
,s\!a/ ,asians also suff] f sy/emic     
pov]ty1 discrim9ation1 & l+ui/ic b>ri]s4
  7#h7 ,immigrant communities face      
significant *all5ges assimilat+ z a     
result ( ! trauma ( w>4 ,a #bjah /udy   
publi%$ by ,ra%mi ,gangamma & ,d>an     
,%ipman 9 ! ,j\rnal ( ,m>ital & ,family 
,!rapy not$ t ! traumatic nature (      
7immigrant's7 =c$ displacem5t flight1 & 
resettlem5t c increase vuln]ability to  

m5tal di/ress4 ,fir/ g5]ation immigrants
 are especially vuln]able to gang       
viol5ce )9 communities 9 :i* _! p>5ts _c
 guide !m ) cultural or political       
famili>ity4  7#i7 ,key policies dur+ !  
#aiijs includ+ ! p]iod's ,w> on ,drugs1 
passage ( ! ,viol5t ,crime ,control &   
,law ,en=cem5t ,act1 expansion ( !      
c>c]al sy/em1 & ov]-polic+ ( l[-income  
communities ( color entangl$ a          
significant numb] ( ,s\!a/ ,asian       
,am]icans1 especially ,s\!a/ ,asian y\?1
 )9 ! crim9al ju/ice sy/em4 ,dur+ ?is   
p]iod1 ,s\!a/ ,asian y\? 7 inc>c]at$ at 
twice ! rate ( ,:ite y\? = simil>       
(f5ses4  7#aj7 ,additional immigration  
policies dur+ ! #aiijs re9=c$ ?is em]g+ 
prison to deportation pipel9e4 ,!       
,illegal ,immigration ,re=m & ,immigrant
 ,responsibility ,act ( #aiif 7,,iirira7
 & ! ,antit]rorism & ,effective ,dea?   
,p5alty ,act 7,,a$pa7 exp&$ ! category (
 crimes t c\ld lead to deportation &    
limit$ due process protections =        
noncitiz5s4 ,,iirira also appli$ ^!     

*anges retroactively )\t prop]          
consid]ation ( an individual's liv$     
circum/ances4  7#aa7 ,approximately     
#ae1jjj long-t]m resid5ts ( ,s\!a/      
,asian desc5t1 _m ( :om initially arriv$
 z *ild refugees1 live 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates
 ) a f9al ord] ( removal4 ,^!           
individuals (t5 d n speak ! native      
language ( t c\ntry1 lack familial      
connections !re1 & are at risk ( be+    
t>get$ = human rights abuses z a result 
( hi/oric support = ,unit$ ,/ates       
anti-communi/ policies4  7#ab7 ,! ,unit$
 ,/ates accept$ ?\s&s ( ,vietnamese     
refugees ?r\gh ! ,ord]ly ,dep>ture      
,program1 ,humanit>ian ,resettlem5t     
program1 & ,mc,cain ,am5dm5t ?r\gh      
#bjji1 includ+ survivors ( re-education 
c5t]s1 =m] employees ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates  
,gov]nm5t & ,unit$ ,/ates companies or  
organizations1 & imm$iate family memb]s4
  7#ac7 ,9 #bjjb1 ! ,unit$ ,/ates &     
,cambodia sign$ a bilat]al repatriation 
agreem5t1 h]eaft] kn[n z ! #bjjb        
,u4,s4-,cambodia ,repatriation          

,agreem5t4 ,deportations ( ,cambodian   
,am]icans to ,cambodia increas$ by #cff 
p]c5t ! foll[+ ye>4 ,ov] #a1jjj         
,cambodian ,am]icans h be5 deport$ to   
,cambodia s9ce !n4  7#ad7 ,9 #bjjh1 !   
,unit$ ,/ates & ,vietnam sign$ a        
bilat]al repatriation agreem5t1 h]eaft] 
kn[n z ! #bjjh ,u4,s4-,vietnam ,memor&um
 ( ,und]/&+ 7,,m\74 ,accord+ to section 
#b1 article #b ( ! #bjjh ,vietnam-,u4,s4
 ,,m\1 ,vietnamese citiz5s are n subject
 to return to ,vietnam "u ?is ,agreem5t 
if !y arriv$ 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates be=e     
,july #ab1 #aiie1 ! date on :i*         
diplomatic relations 7 re-e/abli%$      
betwe5 ! ,u4,s4 ,gov]nm5t & !           
,vietnamese ,gov]nm5t4 ,presid5t ,george
 ,w4 ,bu% & ,presid5t ,b>ack ,obama bo? 
recogniz$ ! #bjjh ,unit$ ,/ates-,vietnam
 ,,m\'s removal protections = pre-#aiie 
refugees4  7#ae7 ,9 #bjbj1 ,presid5t    
,trump's adm9i/ration ent]$ into a new  
memor&um ( und]/&+ ) ,vietnam1 exp&+ !  
categories ( immigrants x c\ld deport to
 include pre-#ie ,vietnamese refugees :o

 7 previ\sly protect$ f removal by !    
#bjjh ,,m\4  #c4 ,limitation on !       
det5tion & removal ( nationals (        
,vietnam1 ,cambodia1 & ,laos  7a7       
,limitation on det5tion & removal ,an   
ali5 :o is subject to a f9al ord] or    
removal may n be deta9$ or remov$ f !   
,unit$ ,/ates on or aft] ! date (       
enactm5t ( ?is ,act if ! ali5-- 7#a7 is 
a national ( ,vietnam1 ,cambodia1 or    
,laos2  7#b7 ent]$ ! ,unit$ ,/ates on or
 be=e ,janu>y #a1 #bjjh1 & has          
cont9u\sly resid$ 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates s9ce
 su* entry2 &  7#c7 is subject to a f9al
 ord] ( removal4  7b7 ,employm5t        
au?orization ,! ,secret>y ( ,homel&     
,security %all au?orize an ali5 describ$
 9 subsection 7a7 to p]man5tly engage 9 
employm5t 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates & provide   
su* ali5 ) an employm5t au?oriz$        
endorsem5t or o!r appropriate "w p]mit1 
:i* %all be valid = a p]iod ( #e ye>s1 &
 may be r5ew$ any numb] ( times4  7c7   
,limitation on p]iodic id5tification ,^u
 application to ! ,secret>y ( ,homel&   

,security1 an ali5 describ$ 9 subsection
 7a7 :o is subject to an ord] (         
sup]vision "u section #bda7;a77#c7 ( !  
,immigration & ,nationality ,act 7#h    
,u4,s4,c4 #abca7;a77#c77 %all n be      
requir$ to appe> 9-p]son be=e an        
immigration (fic] = p]iodic             
id5tification pursuant to su* ord] (    
sup]vision4 ,! ,secret>y %all1 9 lieu ( 
su* p]iodic id5tification1 require su*  
an ali5 to appe> virtually be=e an      
immigration (fic] n m frequ5tly ?an once
 e #e ye>s4  #d4 ,notice = c]ta9        
,nationals ( ,vietnam1 ,cambodia1 &     
,laos ) removal ord]s  7a7 ,9 g5]al ,n  
lat] ?an #fj days aft] ! date ( enactm5t
 ( ?is ,act1 ! ,secret>y ( ,homel&      
,security %all provide notice ( !       
provisions ( ?is ,act to ea* ali5       
describ$ 9 section #c7;a74  7b7 ,cont5ts
 ( notice ,! notice describ$ 9          
subsection 7a7 %all include in=mation   
expla9+ ! requirem5ts & in/ructions =   
fil+ a motion to reop5 removal proce$+s 
"u section #bdj7;c77#g7 ( ! ,immigration

 & ,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4      
#abbi;a7c77#g774  #e4 ,judicial review  
7a7 ,review ,not)/&+ any o!r provision (
 law1 an individual or entity :o has be5
 h>m$ by a violation ( ?is ,act may file
 an action 9 an appropriate di/rict c\rt
 ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates to seek decl>atory or
 injunctive relief4  7b7 ,rule (        
con/ruction ,no?+ 9 ?is ,act may be     
con/ru$ to preclude an action fil$      
pursuant to subsection 7a7 f proce$+ z a
 class action 7z su* t]m is def9$ 9     
section #agaa ( title #bh1 ,unit$ ,/ates
 ,code74