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Bill could allow Southeast Asian American deportees to return Agnes Constante © Provided by NBC News Asian American community advocates say a new immigration reform bill reintroduced in Congress on Tuesday can become a pathway for Southeast Asian Americans who have been deported to return to the U.S. or who are in deportation proceedings to stay in the country. The New Way Forward Act, co-sponsored by 34 Democrats in the House and endorsed by more than 300 organizations, seeks to decriminalize immigration and tackle systemic racism in the country s immigration system. Kham Moua, director of national policy at the civil rights advocacy nonprofit Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC), one of the organizations endorsing the measure, said the bill would also allow some individuals who have been deported to reopen their cases and potentially return to the U.S.

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