Looks like some that have been deported to S.E. Asia by ICE have a happy ending

[theking]

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Deported Cambodian refugee returns home to Southern California after 11 years

After being deported to Cambodia in 2011, a former refugee was recently reunited with her family and loved ones in Long Beach, California.

Sophea Phea, 40, was able to return to the U.S. last month, two years after Governor Gavin Newsom pardoned her from her criminal record.

Phea’s family was among those who fled to Thailand during the genocide perpetrated by the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s. A year and a half after being born in a Thai refugee camp, her family moved and settled in Long Beach.

At age 23, Phea was convicted of credit card fraud and served her time in a California prison. After completing her sentence, she was handed over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which placed her in a detention center for nine months.

Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
Ryan General
Tue, September 13, 2022 at 3:10 PM·4 min read
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Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
Governor of California
After being deported to Cambodia in 2011, a former refugee was recently reunited with her family and loved ones in Long Beach, California.

Sophea Phea, 40, was able to return to the U.S. last month, two years after Governor Gavin Newsom pardoned her from her criminal record.

Phea’s family was among those who fled to Thailand during the genocide perpetrated by the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s. A year and a half after being born in a Thai refugee camp, her family moved and settled in Long Beach.

At age 23, Phea was convicted of credit card fraud and served her time in a California prison. After completing her sentence, she was handed over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which placed her in a detention center for nine months.

ICE was about to deport Phea in 2007 but was forced to release her after Cambodia did not issue her travel documents.

In 2011, Phea was shocked one morning when ICE knocked at her door in order to deport her to a country she had no familiarity with, without even giving her time to pack any luggage.

“It feels like history repeating itself, being ripped from our homes and families to try to resettle in a foreign country– the same country where most of us are still trying to forget and overcome horrific war trauma,” Phea shared with legal and civil rights organization Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus.

Amid the challenges of settling in a country she barely knew, Phea was able to lead a productive life in Cambodia. Aside from becoming a teacher, she also began advocating for other Southeast Asian refugees who were also deported in a bid to help them return home to the U.S.

“I played a part in raising awareness on deportations to the Cambodian government,” Phea shared about her involvement with the 1Love Cambodia Movement. “I helped lobby to end the mistake of Cambodia’s agreement to accept deportations from the United States and to spread the message that it isn’t humane to tear families apart.”

[Hung_Low]

She committed a crime and she paid for it... I hope she learned her lesson.

[theking]

Yeah, don't be like THAT GUY and just continues to lie some more and shoot himself on the foot then blames others....