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Trump confirms he will declare national emergency, use military for mass deportation
President-elect Donald Trump has confirmed he will declare a national emergency and use the military to carry out mass deportations of undoc...
Carl Samson
Government
Undocumented Chinese among the first Trump will target for mass deportation: report
Undocumented Chinese immigrants reportedly stand to be among the first targeted by President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation plan, rai...
Trump reveals anti-immigrant plan based on law used to incarcerate Japanese Americans in WWII
Donald Trump has laid out a new immigration plan invoking a centuries-old law that led to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during Wor...
Civil Rights
Malaysia deports domestic worker who criticized Cambodian government
Malaysia deported Cambodian domestic worker Nuon Toeun after she posted comments on social media criticizing Cambodia’s leadership. Her depo...
China
US deports over 100 Chinese migrants
Over the weekend, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deported 116 Chinese migrants, marking its first “large charter flight” sin...
Michelle De Pacina
China says US immigration interrogated, deported Chinese students with valid visas
The Chinese government has lodged a protest with the United States regarding the alleged mistreatment of Chinese students arriving in the co...
News
Vivek Ramaswamy says he’ll deport US-born children of illegal immigrants
GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will deport children of illegal immigrants even if they are born in the U.S., according to a rece...
New bill would give relief to Southeast Asian refugees facing deportation
The Southeast Asian Deportation Relief Act would allow judges to grant relief to those with prior convictions who are also facing deportati...
Khier Casino
Feature
Deported Cambodian refugee returns home to Southern California after 11 years
In 2011, ICE deported Cambodian refugee Sophea Phea to a country her family fled from in the 1970s to escape genocide. While in Cambodia, ...
Ryan General
California lawmakers reject bill that aims to stop prison-to-ICE transfers
VISION Act (AB 937) fell three votes short of the 21 it needed to pass in the California Senate on Wednesday. Introduced by Assemblymember...
Cambodian refugee who came to US as 1-year-old is deported after no pardon from California Gov. Newsom
On Tuesday, Phoeun You, a former child refugee from Cambodia, was deported to a country he is barely familiar with after failing to get a p...
History
UK government admits to forcibly deporting Chinese sailors who served the nation in WWII
An investigation conducted by the United Kingdom's Home Office revealed that Chinese sailors who served in the British Merchant Navy d...
New photos of North Korean defectors being dragged back at border sparks condemnation from Seoul
On Wednesday, South Korea’s presidential office condemned the former progressive administration’s decision to repatriate two North Korean f...
Jane Nam
Crime
Gov. Newsom urged to pardon former Cambodian refugee at risk of being deported after prison sentence
Phoeun You, whose family fled the Cambodian genocide, is now at risk of being deported back to the country after U.S. Immigration and Custo...
Queer California man faces risk of deportation to Fiji after living in the US for 44 years
Salesh “Sal” Prasad, 50, is facing deportation to his birth country, Fiji, where he is at risk of violence and abuse for being a queer pers...
Canada
Filipino woman allegedly abused by her employers pleads to stop her family’s deportation from Canada
Migrante Alberta and the supporters of a Filipino mother and her six-year-old daughter who require special medical attention plead with the...
Hong Kong
42-year-old Vietnamese refugee ready for deportation after being behind bars since he was 15 in Hong Kong
A 42-year-old Vietnamese refugee who was jailed as a 15-year-old boy in Hong Kong has given up efforts to fight deportation, as the move app...
Politics
Bipartisan bill to give ‘Documented Dreamers’ path to citizenship blocked by Senate parliamentarian
A proposed bipartisan bill aimed at giving so-called “Documented Dreamers” a path to permanent residency hit a roadblock on Sunday after Sen...
California Governor Urged to Pardon Vietnamese Refugee Facing Deportation
A petition with nearly 2,000 signatures is asking California Gov. Gavin Newsom to directly pardon a man facing imminent deportation to Vietn...
ICE Releases Former Firefighter Inmate Set for Deportation to Laos
A Khmu American man who was incarcerated for over two decades before being held for deportation has been released by the Immigration and Cus...
Man Who Helped Fight California Wildfires Sent to ICE for Deportation
Kao Saelee was supposed to be released last month after serving 22 years in prison, but he was transferred instead to the U.S. Immigration a...
US Plans to Deport International Students Who Only Have Online Classes
International students enrolled at U.S. institutions that will hold classes solely online this fall are at risk of being deported, the Immig...
Trump Orders New Deportation of Hmong and Lao Immigrants
Hmong and Lao immigrants with standing deportation orders could soon be out of the U.S. as talks between the Trump administration and the go...
Cambodian American Returns to the U.S. After Deportation Mistake 5 Years Ago
A Cambodian American man has returned to his home in California five years after self-deporting to Cambodia in response to alleged threats f...
Cambodian Refugees Who Escaped the Killing Fields Now Face Deportation from ICE
Advocates representing Cambodian Americans and supporters from across the United States are protesting the recent arrest of two refugees who...
Elderly Filipina Who Helped Chicago Church Community Deported After 30 Years in the U.S.
In her search for a better life, Julita Bartolome left the Philippines to work as a maid in the United States back in 1988. Over 30 years la...
What to Do When ICE Agents Knock at Your Door, According the ACLU
As the Trump administration gears up for immigration raids across the country after July 4, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement age...
New Documentary Reveals the Struggle of a Vietnamese American Family Separated by ICE
It has long been Lan Nguyen’s mission to bring to light on one of the most overlooked facets of the United State’s crackdown on immigr...
Sacramento Man Returns to the U.S. After Being Deported to Cambodia for 5 Years
A Cambodian man deported to Phnom Penh five years ago has given hope to others after coming back to the U.S. last week. Veasna Meth, 29, rec...
L.A. Judge Stops ICE From Conducting Raids on Cambodian Immigrants For Now
A judge in Los Angeles ordered federal immigration officials to temporarily halt any surprise raids on Cambodian immigrants living in the U....
50,000 Sign Petition to Stop Chinese Boy’s Deportation from Ireland
Eric Zhi Ying Xue, a nine-year-old boy from the town of Bray, County Wicklow in Ireland, is facing deportation to China, according to the So...
Ziye Wang
U.S. Army Veteran’s Daughter to Be Deported to Korea Because She Was Adopted a Year Too Late
A South Korean-born teenager will be deported back to her home country because her uncle adopted her too late. Hyebin Schreiber, a senior at...
Asia
American Arrested in Vietnam to Be Deported for ‘Disturbing Public Order’ During Protest
Vietnam is deporting a United States citizen after being convicted of “disturbing public order” for joining a protest in Ho Chi Minh City. H...
NYC Dad Reunites With Family After Judge Puts Deportation on Hold
Xiu Qing You, the 39-year-old father who was separated from his family for deportation, has reunited with loved ones after a federal judge o...
Taiwanese Exchange Student Who Plotted a School Shooting as a ‘Joke’ to be Deported
The Taiwanese exchange student who was accused of plotting a mass shooting at his high school in Pennsylvania is set to be deported after be...
Bryan Ke
Pilot and Assistant Arrested for Trying to Kidnap and Deport Flight Student Back to China
A male pilot and his female assistant in Northern California were recently arrested by the Redding Police Department for attempting to kidna...
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