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The Family Unity Campaign works to address of the climate of Fear and Paranoia that Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) has placed in Cambodian-American communities across the United States, and to call attention to the 47 Fathers, Husbands, Brothers, and Community Leaders recently torn apart from their families, to be deported at the end of August, and in September of 2010.

We are asking for the deferment of their deportations and for their civil and human right to due process. These Refugees have been residents in America since before they were 12 years old, and have very little memories of Cambodia. Many cannot write or speak the language and culture and feel out of place in Cambodian society. Unjustly deporting these Refugees with nothing increase the chances of them and their U.S. Citizen families going into poverty.

Since the passage of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA), both in 1996, detention and deportations have increased exponentially. These laws replaced a discretionary system with mandatory detention and deportation, and expanded the grounds of Deportation to include minor offenses. The 1996 laws are also retroactive. All 47 Khmer-American Refugee detainees have already served time for past crimes. However under current immigration law they are "Criminal Aliens" and are deportable. This is inhumane and unjust. Double punishment is wrong! The community is stepping up and demanding CHANGE!

Join us! Take action and make a difference! Join the Family Unity Campaign! STOP the Deportations of Cambodian American Refugees!

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