Southeast Asian Deportation Relief Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Southeast Asian Deportation Relief Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice, Immigration, Healthcare.
Who Benefits and How
law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H70BE474CECD74CBEB38CFF2A31ECB974: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Southeast Asian Deportation Relief Act of 2026.
- Section H5224B38C06BC4940A167EE8516131416: 2. Findings Congress finds as follows: Millions of Southeast Asian Americans live in the United States, including 2,182,735 Vietnamese Americans, 338,637...
- Section HE4EE1418C4DC4760A3C9EEED93D876F4: 3. Limitation on the detention and removal of nationals of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam An alien who is subject to an order of removal may not be detained or...
- Section H922C83319A434EE88BC10CE61F4017B6: 4. Reconsidering and reopening immigration cases Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Attorney General— shall grant a motion to reconsider or reopen...
- Section HDAB7602E897E485D8219CFB54E92FE95: 5. Notice for certain nationals of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam with removal orders Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Southeast Asian Deportation Relief Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Key Policy Areas
Criminal Justice, Immigration, Healthcare
Primary Purpose
This bill, Southeast Asian Deportation Relief Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Ms. Chu (for herself, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Pressley, …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_homeland_security"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security
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