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Vietnamese Americans marching with the South Vietnamese flag during the Vietnamese New Year.

Social Justice

Does Trump’s Push to Deport Vietnamese Refugees Undermine the U.S. Corrections System?

The White House is expected to push to deport Vietnam War refugees with final removal orders, but immigration rights advocates argue they have already paid their debt to society.

Massoud Hayoun

University of California–Berkeley students walk campus on April 17th, 2007, in Berkeley, California.

Education

At UC-Berkeley, a Plan to Welcome Underserved Students Provokes the Ire of One Asian-American Group

Other Asian-American advocacy organizations applaud attempts to secure access to education for communities of color.

Massoud Hayoun

A man is searched while being in-processed at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement center on April 28th, 2010, in Phoenix, Arizona.

Social Justice

The Trump Administration Is Failing to Uphold Its Commitments to Vietnamese Refugees

An Asian-American rights group sued ICE last week over heightened detentions of Vietnamese—detainments that also threaten to undermine American credibility abroad.

Massoud Hayoun