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Wednesday 4 April 2012

Cambodian deportees advocate for policy changes through video

Tue, 04/03/2012
  • Year: 2012
  • Length: 3:35 minutes (3.28 MB)
  • Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)

Cambodians are just one group of many that are affected by stepped up immigration raids. Many Cambodians targeted for removal are from families who originally came to the US in the late 1970s and early 1980s as refugees fleeing war and conflict in Southeast Asia. On FSRN, we’ve been covering the issue of deportees who lived most of their lives in the US but were forced out of the country. Many of them now reside in Cambodia and have been advocating for changes to the immigration policy. That advocacy has taken the form of a video, called My Asian Americana. That video was submitted to the White House as part of a contest called What’s Your Story run by the Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, which President Barack Obama created in 2009 by an executive order. Anida Yoeu Ali is one of the producers of the video. She told FSRN today that the video aimed to capture the situation in Cambodia. FSRN’s requests for clarification from the White House were not responded to by airtime, however Eddie Lee, associate director with the Office of Public Engagement commended the “inspirational” stories of the top 11 videos but said they could only invite a select number to the White House.

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