#SEARAC

[reappropriate-blog]

As part of the Trump administration’s pattern of holding refugees’ and immigrants’ lives hostage in service of Trump’s xenophobic and anti-immigrant policies, ICE has rounded up over one hundred Cambodian American refugees and placed them in detainment to face deportation.

[absolutelyclayappuzzo]

Clay stood out on the tarmac, watching in awe as Jack spoke to the small flight crew about their trip while he waited for the others to arrive. They had decided to get their early to make sure everything was on track

Taking a long deep breath he smiled at the smell of autumn air, he typically loved this time of year but was looking forward to getting away to warmer climates. 

Seeing their cars pulled up as the others arrived he smiled, Jack walking over to join him to greet their friends. 

“You ready to get this vacation started Baby?” He asked as he wrapped an arm around Jacks waist. 

@definitelyjackbenjamin

[southernbell91]

Another in my Fall Series dedicated to @definitelydaytonwhite and @definitelymera

[book-dragon-13]

Based on Shotgun Girl by the Jane Dear Girls

@definitelydaytonwhite @definitelymera

[sonsandbrothers]

We need to protect each other by sharing resources and learning our basic rights. Check out Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC)'s resources to fight deportation raids. #KnowYourRights #SEARAC #AAPI #HereToStay #StayLoud #ImmigrantJustice http://bit.ly/2mmZWhF

[ryuto0822]

week7 Racing game Development

Game Development Process

I leraned some basic way to how to make game in workshop and I decided use the work in class as base of this game and I added some features.

Firstly, I added the plane as character to prevent visibility like Little Green men in second game whet I've done last week.

Show screen shot below is actual image when the plane appeared.

The plane is very disturbing.

Secondly, I put score upper right position. When player pass though the car you get one point.

Thirdly, when player get point the speed of enemy is increased, but it is hard to adjust the speed of increase per one enemy car. Therefore, I changed the system like when player get 10 points the moving speed of enemies is increased 10.

For next week

The visual of game is bit boring, so I'll try to find good image of the background, enemy and player.

Find good value of the moving speed.

Create end screen.

Display score in win and lose menu.

Think about the name of this game.

[diaryofanangryasianguy]

01/28/21

Immigration Reform Bill Offers SE Asian American Deportees Way Back to America

Democrats reintroduced the New Way Forward Act into Congress on Tuesday. Democratic Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García, (IL) originally introduced the bill in 2019. Democratic Reps. Pramila Jayapal of Washington, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Karen Bass of California co-wrote the bill with García. The goal of the bill is to decriminalize immigration and address systemic racism in the immigration system.

Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC), a civil rights advocacy non-profit, says that the bill would allow some Southeast Asian American deportees to reopen their cases and return to America. It would also prevent automatic deportations by redefining convictions and restoring judicial discretion, according to NBC News.

[benandstevesposts]

May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of Asian and Pacific Islanders who have enriched America's history and are instrumental in its future success.

As so, it is being celebrated locally in Mesa, Arizona. Mentioned are a few of the Asian Owned-Operated Establishments making our communities a better place by being well rounded through diversity!

The Donut King tells Ted Ngoy's rags-to-riches story of a refugee escaping Cambodia, arriving in America in 1975, and building an unlikely multimillion-dollar empire baking America’s favorite pastry, the donut.

Join audiences nationwide for a virtual CAAMFest Indie Lens Pop-Up screening of The Donut King, followed by a post-screening talkback with special guests:

Alice Gu, Director, and José Nuñez, Producer, The Donut King

Andrew Hem, Artist; The Donut King Poster Artist

Mayly Tao, Owner of DK's Donuts & Bakery and LA's Donut Princess; Film Protagonist

Kulap Vilaysack, Writer, Director, Showrunner (moderator)

New American Economy, Refugees International, and Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC) will be sharing resources in the interactive chat.

The film screening will be open captioned, and the livestream Q&A will have ASL interpretation.

[tagheuerenthusiast]

www.tagheuerenthusiast.blogspot.com

[a4bl]

A Timeline on U.S. War & Militarism in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia and the U.S. Migration-to-School-to-Prison-to Deportation Pipeline

Compiled by Asians4BlackLives primarily based on research by AATimeline, VietUnity and SEARAC

From January 19-25, 2019, impacted communities, social justice and advocacy organizations, and other allies across the country will launch a national week of action to stand with Southeast Asian American communities as they continue to be terrorized by policies of mass incarceration and deportation. This week of action, which spans 15 cities across the country, is on the heels of one of the largest Southeast Asian deportation flights in United States history and coincides with Martin Luther King Jr. Day. In honor of Dr. King’s memory, we call on our country to remember the three evils—racism, militarism and poverty—that continue to devastate and divide Southeast Asian, Black and Brown communities: bit.ly/SEAAWeekofAction

The timeline below was developed to help the public learn about the connection between US imperialism and war in Southeast Asian and the current struggle of Southeast Asian immigrant and refugee communities against deportations. A downloadable PDF version is available which can be folded into a mini-zine.

1953

The U.S. provides military aid to France to suppress Vietnam freedom fighters, helping France maintain Vietnam as its colony.

1961

U.S. involvement in the “Secret War” in Laos deepens. U.S. presence in Laos aids its military presence in Vietnam. The CIA recruits Hmong and other ethnic minority groups living in Laos to guerilla units fighting for the Royal Lao Government. Details of this war were not disclosed to the public, and were often completely denied.

1963

A U.S.-approved military coup overthrows President Ngô Đình Diệmin of Vietnam.

1965

President Lyndon B. Johnson deploys American combat troops to Vietnam. Domestic demonstrations against the U.S. war in Vietnam begin.

1964-73

The U.S. drops more than 2.5 million tons of ordnance on Laos over the course of 580,000 bombing missions. This is equal to a planeload of bombs every 8 minutes, 24-hours a day, for 9 years.

1965-1973

The U.S. drops 2,756,941 tons of ordnance on Cambodia. This is more than the Allies dropped in the entirety of World War II. Information about the first four years of bombing was not made public until 2000.

1968

My Lai Massacre – US soldiers kill as many as 504 Vietnamese civilians including 119 children & 27 elderly.

1973

The U.S. & North Vietnam sign a ceasefire agreement.

The U.S. withdraws troops from Laos.

1975

The U.S. War in Vietnam comes to an end.

U.S. war and military presence in Southeast Asia leads to the rise of oppressive governments in both Cambodia & Laos. After a 5-year civil war in Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge captures the capital city of Phnom Penh and a genocide of 1-3 million people begins in Cambodia.

The U.S. authorizes the entry of 130,000 evacuees from Vietnam, Cambodia, & Laos.

1978

A second wave of refugees begin to leave Vietnam, many by sea. Journeys by boat are dangerous and many refugees don’t survive the trip. Many countries become unwilling to accept refugees.

1979

The UN establishes the Orderly Departure Program to deal with various waves of refugees leaving Southeast Asia. The U.S. becomes the largest country of second asylum. People continued to leave their homelands as a result of the U.S. War in Vietnam through the early 1990s.

1980

U.S. Congress passes the Refugee Act.

1987

In California the Creation of the Gang Reporting Evaluation & Tracking database heightens the profiling and flagging youth of color as gang members.

1980s-1990s

Many Southeast Asian refugees resettle in already underserved neighborhoods and must compete for low-wage jobs or face unemployment. Many lack access to health care, mental health services, and support for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

The rise of the school to prison pipeline: over-stretched public schools with inadequate resources lead to disengagement and dropouts with youth then being pushed into violence and juvenile detention facilities with few pathways to return to school.

1994

A national report finds that more than 30 percent of all Southeast Asian households in the US depend on welfare for survival. Among Cambodian and Laotian communities in California, the percentage of those on welfare reaches 77 percent.

The state of California passes Proposition 187, denying undocumented immigrants public services like education & healthcare.

The state of California passes Proposition 184, Three Strikes Sentencing Initiative, the nation’s toughest mandatory sentencing law.

U.S. Congress passes the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, the largest crime bill in the history of the U.S. It provided for 100,000 new police officers, $9.7 billion in funding for prisons, $1.2 billion for border control, deportations, asylum reform and a tracking center for immigrants with convictions., $1.8 billion to reimburse states for incarceration of immigrants who also had convictions. . It also expedited deportation for immigrants who are not lawful permanent residents and who are convicted of aggravated felonies.

1996

U.S. Congress passes the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, a welfare reform bill. Immigrants who were on welfare were immediately removed if they were in the US for less than 5 years. Only immigrants who have been in the US for over 5 years can receive welfare.

U.S. Congress passes the Illegal Immigration Reform & Immigrant Responsibility Act, setting mandatory detention and deportation laws that apply retroactively, making refugees and lawful permanent residents vulnerable to deportation. Forms of immigration relief previously available to people with convictions are eliminated. It also eliminates judicial review for cases.

2001

U.S. Congress passes the USA Patriot Act after September 11th, ushering in a new era of racial profiling, immigrant detentions, and deportations.

2002

First repatriation agreement between U.S. and Cambodia for Cambodia to accept deportees.

2008

The U.S. signs an agreement with Vietnam not to deport Vietnamese immigrants who entered the U.S. before July 12, 1995.

2017

The U.S. sanctions visas for Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar to pressure them to accept deportees.

2018

The U.S. goes back on its 2008 agreement with Vietnam in an attempt to deport more Vietnamese people.

More than 110 Cambodian people are deported in the calendar year, the highest number in U.S. history. 750+ Cambodian, 200+ Laotian, and 550+Vietnamese community members have been deported since 2002.

Additional sources:  Legacies of War. “Secret War in Laos.” Legacies of War, legaciesofwar.org/about-laos/secret-war-laos/;  Taylor Owen. “Bombs Over Cambodia.” The Walrus, thewalrus.ca/2006-10-history/; Ashley Dunn. “Southeast Asians Highly Dependent on Welfare in U.S.” The New York Times archive, https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/19/us/southeast-asians-highly-dependent-on-welfare-in-us.html.

[southernbell91]

Trying my Hand At Moodboards again. Here’s one I made for the Definitely Ship Searacer @definitelymera and @definitelydaytonwhite

[theloneinquisitor]

135 Civil Rights Groups Oppose New Domestic Terrorism Statutes, Say Tackle Far-Right Violence With Existing Laws

"Members of Congress should not reinforce counterterrorism policies, programs, and frameworks that are rooted in bias, discrimination, and denial or diminution of fundamental rights like due process."

"The failure to confront and hold accountable white nationalist violence is not a question of not having appropriate tools to employ, but a failure to use those on hand. To date, DOJ has simply decided as a matter of policy and practice not to prioritize white nationalist crimes."

"As our nation's long and disturbing history of targeting Black activists, Muslims, Arabs, and movements for social and racial justice has shown," the letter notes, "this new authority could be used to expand racial profiling or be wielded to surveil and investigate communities of color and political opponents in the name of national security."

Here is the full list of signatories:

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

Access Now

Act To Change

Advancement Project, National

Alabama State Association of Cooperatives

American Civil Liberties Union

American Friends Service Committee

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)

Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)

Amnesty International USA

Andrew Goodman Foundation

ANYAHS Inc.

Appleseed Foundation

Arab American Institute

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)

Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC

Augustus F. Hawkins Foundation

Autistic Self Advocacy Network

Bend the Arc Jewish Action

Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI)

Brennan Center for Justice

Bridges Faith Initiative

Brooklyn Defender Services

Center for Constitutional Rights

Center for Democracy & Technology

Center for Disability Rights

Center for International Policy

Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)

Center for Popular Democracy/Action

Center for Security, Race and Rights

Center for Victims of Torture

Center on Conscience & War

Charity & Security Network

CLEAR project (Creating Law Enforcement Accountability & Responsibility)

CodePink

Color Of Change

Common Cause

Common Defense

Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)

Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Washington Chapter

Defending Rights & Dissent

Demand Progress

Demos

Detention Watch Network (DWN)

Drug Policy Alliance

Durham Youth Climate Justice Initiative

Emgage Action

End Citizens United / Let America Vote Action Fund

Equal Justice Society

Equality California

Federal Public and Community Defenders

Fight for the Future

Free Press Action

Freedom Network USA

Friends Committee on National Legislation

Government Information Watch

Greenpeace US

Human Rights Campaign

Human Rights First

Human Rights Watch

Immigrant Defense Network

Immigrant Justice Network

Immigrant Defense Project (IDP)

In Our Own Voice: National Black Women's Reproductive Justice Agenda

Interfaith Alliance

Japanese American Citizens League

Justice for Muslims Collective

Kansas Black Farmers Association/Nicodemus Educational Camps

KinderUSA

Labor Council for Latin American Advancement

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services

Louisiana Advocates for Immigrants in Detention

Matthew Shepard Foundation

Montgomery County (MD) Civil Rights Coalition

MPower Change

Muslim Advocates

Muslim Justice League

Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)

NAACP

NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. (LDF)

National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity (NAPE)

National Association of Social Workers (NASW)

National Council of Jewish Women

National Education Association

National Employment Law Project (NELP)

National Equality Action Team (NEAT)

National Immigration Law Center (NILC)

National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild (NIPNLG)

National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund

National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights

National Organization for Women (NOW)

National Partnership for Women & Families

National Women's Law Center

NETWORK Lobby

New America's Open Technology Institute

North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers Land Loss Prevention Project

Open MIC (Open Media & Information Companies Initiative)

Open The Government

Oxfam America

Palestine Legal

Partnership for Civil Justice Fund

People's Parity Project

Presbyterian Church (USA)

Progressive Turnout Project

Project Blueprint

Project On Government Oversight

Public Advocacy for Kids (PAK)

Public Citizen

Public Justice

Quixote Center

Radiant International

Restore The Fourth

Rethinking Foreign Policy

Rural Coalition

S.T.O.P. – The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project

Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Justice Team

South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT)

Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC)

SPLC Action Fund

TASH: equity, opportunity and inclusion for people with disabilities

Texas Progressive Action Network

The Human Trafficking Legal Center

The Sentencing Project

The Sikh Coalition

Transformations CDC

True North Research

Tuskegee University

UnidosUS

Union for Reform Judaism

United Church of Christ, OC Inc.

US Human Rights Network

Veterans for American Ideals

Voices for Progress

Win Without War

Wind of the Spirit Immigrant Resource Center

Workplace Fairness

source: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/01/21/135-civil-rights-groups-oppose-new-domestic-terrorism-statutes-say-tackle-far-right

[sonsandbrothers]

The Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (@SEARAC) stands in solidarity with refugees: “As Southeast Asian Americans, we stand proud as refugees, as children of refugees, and as Americans to denounce these Executive Orders that attack, not protect, the very best of our country’s values.” http://huff.to/2liGyh5

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^@!^ Tag Heuer Watch Mens CT1114.BA0551 Searacer Link Silver CHRONOGRAPH Mint Crystal https://ift.tt/2KRvaaz

[diaryofanangryasianguy]

03/17/20

Southeast Asian Americans Targeted for Deportations

Every few months, scores of Khmer Americans are loaded onto a plane and deported to Cambodia and Laos. Many of these deportees have never set foot in these countries and are unable to communicate with locals.

In 1975, the US occupation in Southeast Asia ended with the largest mass resettlement of 1.1 million refugees in America’s history. “Initially because the war in Vietnam was not popular in the U.S., when refugees came from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, they were met with hostility. They were not welcome at all,” said Dr. Le Xuan Khoa, SEARAC’s second executive director.