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General Category => Immigration/Border => Topic started by: rangerrebew on November 10, 2017, 02:13:03 pm
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11/08/2017 11:03 am ET Updated
95 Vietnamese-Americans Detained, Could Face Deportation
The majority are refugees who are not eligible for deportation.
By Kimberly Yam
For many members of the Vietnamese community, their future in the U.S. hangs in the balance.
An estimated 95 Vietnamese-Americans are expected to be detained by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and could be facing deportation, Nancy Nguyen, the executive director of organization Vietlead, confirmed to HuffPost. The majority of those being rounded up are refugees.
“Deportations are a life sentence for our folks,” Chhaya Chhoum, executive director of Mekong NYC, who has spoken to families of those detained, told HuffPost. “In some sense, we put the responsibility on both governments who haven’t done the right thing to protect these people.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...b0baea26339447