Southeast Asian Deportations to Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia Surge Nine-Fold as Decades-Old Removal Orders Target Elders

U.S. deportations to Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia have surged nearly nine-fold, putting older refugees and people with decades-old removal orders at risk of being sent away. Data cited by the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC) show that 42% of all Southeast Asian deportations since 1998…