Congress Members to Reintroduce Bill to Block Vietnamese Refugees From Deportation

A man raises incense to his forehead as he pays his respects at the Vietnam War Memorial near the Little Saigon neighborhood in Westminster, Calif., on April 28, 2005. David McNew/Getty Images

House Reps. Lou Correa (D-Calif.) and Michelle Steel (R-Calif.) have teamed up to propose a bill in the coming weeks to protect certain Vietnamese refugees from detention and deportation.

This is the third time such a bill has been proposed in Congress since the Trump administration reversed a 2008 agreement with Vietnam that shielded many such refugees.