into Cambodia against Viet Cong forces, destabilizing the country’s already fragile government. This mass bombing of Cambodia’s countryside helped to fuel the rise of the Khmer Rouge, which subsequently carried out the destruction of Cambodian society and the genocide of an estimated 2,000,000 Cambodians. (6) Over 3,000,000 individuals were displaced by war, conflict, and genocide from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Between 1975 to 2008, the United States Government resettled over 1,200,000 Southeast Asian refugees in this country, as part of the largest refugee resettlement effort in the history of the United States. Southeast Asian refugees included survivors of the war in Vietnam and Laos, the genocide in Cambodia, Hmong soldiers and their families who received refugee status in exchange for their service in the Secret War, and other ethnic minority groups persecuted in the aftermath of the war. (7) Many Southeast Asian refugees face significant physical and mental health issues, such as post-traumatic stress disorder and depression, stemming from their experiences escaping war, genocide, torture, and mass starvation. Additionally, many Southeast Asian refugees were resettled in communities that were heavily disinvested and lacked long-term resettlement support, causing many Southeast Asians to also suffer from systemic poverty, discrimination, and linguistic barriers. (8) Immigrant communities face significant challenges assimilating as a result of the trauma of war. A 2018 study published by Rashmi Gangamma and Daran Shipman in the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy noted that the traumatic nature of (immigrant’s) forced displacement flight, and resettlement can increase vulnerability to mental distress . First generation immigrants are especially vulnerable to gang violence within communities in which their parents cannot guide them with cultural or political familiarity. (9) Key policies during the 1990s including the period’s War on Drugs , passage of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act,