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, ...

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...

Burger King Japan releases world’s first Ice Whopper for a limited time

In what may be considered an eyebrow-raising move, Burger King Japan has announced a limited-time Whopper with ice shavings as part of a new...

Cambodian American domestic abuse survivor graduates from college after serving 16 years in prison

A Cambodian American woman who faced deportation after serving 16 years in prison has graduated with a degree in sociology. Ny Nourn, who ...

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 Man Set for Deportation Back to His Family in California

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released a man headed for deportation to Laos after lawmakers, organizations and members of th...

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...

Controversial Acting Ice Director Tony Pham to Quit After 5 Months

Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Tony H. Pham will step down from office by the end of the year, citing personal re...

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...

Trump Admin Walks Back Plan to Deport International Students Enrolled in Only Online Classes

After sparking a series of lawsuits, the Trump administration backed out of its proposed visa policy that planned to deport international st...

Elderly Korean Man Kept in ICE Detention for Nearly 90 Days Allegedly Kills Himself

A 74-year-old South Korean man died of an apparent suicide inside his cell in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention cen...

ICE Agents Let Sex Traffickers Go Free After Getting Hand Jobs From Asian Prostitutes

Agents of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) — a division of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — reportedly paid “Asian fe...

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...

ICE Finally Releases Asian Trans Man Kept in Solitary Confinement for 19 Months

A transgender man from Hong Kong, who has been kept in solitary confinement in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center...

Japanese American Running ICE Detention Center Had Mother Born in a U.S. Concentration Camp

President Donald Trump’s order for deportation raids reportedly commenced last weekend, vowing to send at least 2,000 undocumented immigrant...

Asian Immigrants May Be the Easiest Targets in Trump’s Upcoming ICE Raids

The U.S. administration’s plans to commit mass raids of the homes of undocumented immigrants has the Asian community on edge.  Undocum...

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....

NYC Dad Married to U.S. Citizen A‌r‌re‌st‌ed During Green Card Interview, Faces De‌por‌ta‌tion

A man in Flushing, Queens, was separated from his wife and two children after being ar‌re‌ste‌d during his green card interview. Xiu Qing Yo...

Vietnamese Man D‌i‌e‌s In ICE C‌us‌to‌dy While Waiting to Be D‌epo‌rted

A Vietnamese man has d‌‌i‌e‌d‌ while under the cu‌s‌to‌dy of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. According to the Associ...

Thousands of Vietnamese Immigrants Protected By Treaty Now Targeted By ICE For Deportation

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is preparing to deport thousands of Vietnamese immigrants who have been in the U.S. for m...

U.S. Army Vet May Be Forced to Move His Entire Family To South Korea If Adopted Daughter is Deported

A United States Army veteran may soon be forced to move his entire family to South Korea next year over the immigration status of his adopte...

Girls Eating Ice on Camera is the New ASMR Video Trend in China

A bizarre online trend from China has captured the attention of a specific group of people — girls eating ice. Paw prints {🔳} ...

ICE Sued By OC Vietnamese Immigrants Over Unlawful Detentions

Vietnamese immigrants in the United States have filed a class action lawsuit against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for putt...

Connecticut Community Bands Together to Save Chinese Couple From Deportation

Local officials and members of a community in Simsbury, Connecticut are voicing their protests against the impending deportation of a Chines...

Chemistry Professor Gets His Kids Ready for School, Then ICE Agents Drag Him Away in Handcuffs

Like a typical Wednesday morning, Syed Ahmed Jamal was getting his children ready for school. As soon as he stepped outside, however, he was...

California Governor Jerry Brown Defies Trump, Pardons 132 Cambodians Set for Deportation

Just before the holidays, Governor Jerry Brown of California granted clemency to 132 Cambodian immigrants detained by the Immigration and Cu...

The U.S. is Deporting 70 Cambodians in ‘Batches’ For the Holidays

Around 70 Cambodians living in the U.S. will be deported this month, the first group of which could be out before the holidays. The Southeas...

ICE Releases Asian American Sexual Assault Survivor After Viral Social Media Protest

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released Ny Nourn, the sexual assault survivor it plans to deport to Cambodia, after an extens...

Immigration Arrests of ‘Non-Criminals’ Has Increased 156% Under Trump

In the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s presidency, 41,318 undocumented immigrants have been arrested following the signing of executi...