August 26, 2020

From board member Phi Nguyen, who has been fighting and litigating against ICE on behalf of Vietnamese Americans since 2017, on the appointment of Tony Pham to lead ICE:

Vietnamese refugees understand the trauma of displacement. The violence of ripping families apart. The cruelty of incarceration. The desperation that drives people to flee their homes.

They also know--or ought to know if they are honest students of American history and their own migration history--that whether this country recognizes your right to be here, whether your presence is considered to be "lawful," is a matter of political chance.