Southeast Asian Deportation Relief Act of 2026
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 39
- Latest action
- Feb 20, 2026
What it does
The Southeast Asian Deportation Relief Act of 2026 would halt the detention and removal of Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese nationals who entered the U.S. on or before January 1, 2008, and have continuously resided here since, while granting them renewable 5-year employment authorization and exempting them from periodic in-person check-ins. It would also require the Attorney General to reconsider and reopen immigration cases for certain nationals of these countries who were previously ordered removed or departed voluntarily, vacate prior removal orders, and deem them as not having been removed for all immigration purposes, with the government providing transportation for their return if…
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Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Judy Chu
- Adam Smith
- Ayanna Pressley
- Betty McCollum
- Brad Sherman
- Dan Goldman
- Dave Min
- Delia Ramirez
- Eleanor Norton
- Gabe Amo
- Grace Meng
- Gregorio Casar
- Gwen Moore
- Henry Johnson
- Ilhan Omar
- J. Correa
- James McGovern
- Jesús García
- Jimmy Gomez
- Juan Vargas
- Lateefah Simon
- Lori Trahan
- Mary Scanlon
- Maxine Dexter
- Maxine Waters
- Nikema Williams
- Nydia Velázquez
- Pramila Jayapal
- Raja Krishnamoorthi
- Rashida Tlaib
- Ro Khanna
- Robert Garcia
- Seth Moulton
- Shri Thanedar
- Sylvia Garcia
- Ted Lieu
- Wesley Bell
- Yvette Clarke
- Zoe Lofgren
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.