Thy Chea was the fourth such refugee to be allowed back into the country since the administration stepped up deportations of Southeast Asians.
A Cambodian refugee who says he was wrongly deported nearly two years ago was reunited with his family in Massachusetts on Wednesday, becoming the fourth such refugee — and first on the East Coast — to be allowed back into the country since the Trump administration stepped up deportations of Southeast Asians.
«We need to uplift people’s humanity and not reduce them to criminals».
Deportations of Cambodians have been happening since about 2002, when Cambodia agreed to begin repatriating refugees convicted of felony crimes in the U.Z.S.
He was ordered to leave the country in 2000 after pleading guilty to assault and battery and «threat to commit a crime» and serving a three-month sentence.
This article was written by Philip Marcelo of The Associated Press.
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