Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Cambodian deportees advocate for policy changes through video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQxtfCz4B1o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt_W2S6tlQo

Tue, 04/03/2012
Free Speech Radio News

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.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

TRASH! TRASH! TRASH....

This viedo is purely made by gansgters. Who wants to support the gangsters, the White House?

Don't think about it! Stope dreaming. The white house never consider to brings trash back.

Who you say in video supporting you. We never support gansters. Gangsters are trouble makers. We Khmers people in America ruin reputation because of gangsters, like you. You ruined our reputation as good people, good country, Cambodia!

Don't you feel lucky that you were not sent to graveyard?